Two employees of Chevron Corp., one of the few majors still helping Venezuela’s collapsing oil industry, were arrested there on Monday as President Nicolas Maduro ratchets up his crackdown on alleged corruption....
Hometown champion Alexandre Pantoja unanimously outpointed Australian Steve Erceg on Saturday night to retain his flyweight championship at UFC 301. Pantoja (28-5), the 34-year-old flyweight champion dominated the fight against Erceg (12-2), but was unable to secure the win before five rounds. Pantoja, who claimed the belt last July after defeating Mexican Brandon Moreno, defended his title last November against Brandon Royval and now in his hometown took care of Erceg to have a six-match winning streak and remains undefeated in almost four years.
NBC/screengrabSaturday Night Live has just returned from a three-week break, and the big story everyone was hoping they’d cover was Kristi Noem and her poor dog, Cricket. South Dakota’s Republican governor (and VP hopeful) sparked viral outrage recently when she announced in her novel, with seemingly little prompting, that she’d once murdered her 14-month dog Cricket. While it seemed she revealed this to sound tough, it instead made her seem like a psychopath, even to the fellow GOP peers she wa
Labour’s Sadiq Khan secures third term as Mayor of London, beating Conservative Susan Hall
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Lamorna and Gareth Hollingsworth bought their 25-year-old bus for £5,000 in 2020 and spent two years converting it
The Man Who Pays His Way: Unlike easyJet and Jet2, the Irish airline is leaving the organising to trusted online travel agents
Panamanians will head to the polls in Sunday's general election to elect one of eight contenders to be the nation's next president and vote for hundreds of local lawmakers and officials. Following weeks of campaign events that featured catchy reggaeton songs and popular entertainers, over 3 million voters will decide who is best placed to fix Panama's pressing economic problems, tackle corruption and restore the country's reputation as an investment haven. Jose Raul Mulino, a former minister who replaced popular ex-president Ricardo Martinelli on the ballot after Martinelli was barred from running due to a money laundering conviction, is leading in opinion polls.
INTERVIEW: The comedian and ‘Parks and Recreation’ star talks to Louis Chilton about the Keanu Reeves casting rumours, his new improv show at the Royal Albert Hall, and the time he forced John Malkovich to rewatch ‘Con Air’
INTERVIEW: The pop star and TV personality talks to Adam White about being compared to Kylie, her traumatic years on ‘The X Factor’ and in the pop world, and why things are so different on her new dating show ‘I Kissed a Girl’
NEW SENSATIONS: As the indie-pop singer releases her first album, What a Devastating Turn of Events’, she speaks to Ellie Muir about the six years it took to release it, her music constantly being miscategorised as R&B or urban, and her decision to use the St George’s Cross on her album artwork
IN FOCUS: Hear from up-and-coming stars of the literary world before they rocket up the bestseller lists, and make sure you don’t miss some of the eclectic treats on Hay Festival’s vast programme, writes Jessie Thompson
The man who led the polls, ex-President Ricardo Martinelli, was found guilty of money-laundering.
Kivimaki rose through teen cyber gangs to become a Most Wanted criminal responsible for one of the most shocking hacks in history.
It was initially a demanding fight for the champion, but Álvarez silenced Munguía's typically explosive speed and combinations with precise counter punches.
Jerry Seinfeld crashed Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update segment, and Colin Jost introduced him as “a man who did too much press.” The Seinfeld star has been on a press tour promoting his Netflix movie Unfrosted, which he directed and stars in. Seinfeld came to the Update desk, not knowing where he was, asking if …
The Timberwolves' rising superstar led Minnesota to a Game 1 victory over Denver, then reminded the world that he's 22, not 23 ... yet.
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Italy for a state visit in 2019, he was given a lavish welcome, with private tours of Roman landmarks and a dinner serenaded by opera singer Andrea Bocelli, topped with a crowning flourish – Italy’s decision to join Xi’s signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
NBC / SNL It wasn’t completely unexpected when this week’s Saturday Night Live focused its cold open on the massive wave of student protests throughout America, but the exact direction it chose was still a surprise. Rather than a news report or a sketch involving protester characters themselves, SNL chose to open up with a fake talk show.Called “Community Affairs,” the talk show focuses on a concerned host played by Michael Longfellow and two white, well-off parents played by Heidi Gardner and M
The mother of a four-and-a-half-month old baby boy said being a new parent is 'challenging and isolating' enough without this sort of criticism. Read the note here.
President Vladimir Putin and scores of other Moscow worshippers attended an Easter service on Sunday, led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a staunch supporter of the Russian leader and his war in Ukraine. Putin, in a dark suit, white shirt and a dark red tie, stood in the capital's main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, together with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, each holding a lit red candle, video of the service showed. The Russian leader crossed himself several times during the traditionally sung service that begun late on Saturday and lasted into the early Sunday hours.
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