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The Real-Estate Sons Have Taken Over
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Getty It’s been a hectic few months for the real-estate developers, financiers, and golf champions tapped to help run the second Trump administration. Consummate loose cannon Howard Lutnick has orchestrated the...

Football: African briefs
South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns have received a massive cash boost despite exiting the Club World Cup in the United States after the first round. Here, AFP Sport also reports on a thrilling climax to the Tanzanian league and the possible...

Delegations from over 50 countries to take part in Russia’s Innoprom trade fair
YEKATERINBURG, July 7. /TASS/. This year’s Innoprom trade fair kicks off in Yekaterinburg on Monday. "A total of over 50 countries will be taking part, and we are working with more than 30 countries that will be represented by official...
Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the US. Here's what to know
Associated Press Published: June 17, 2025 President Donald Trump has banned travel to the U.S. by citizens of 12 countries and restricted access for those from seven others, citing national security concerns in resurrecting and expanding a...

Five Canadian chefs share their must-have white T-shirt (and more)
Open this photo in gallery:Sunnys Chinese, MIMI Chinese and Linny’s restaurant owner David Schwartz in Kensington Market in Toronto on June 16, 2025.Chloe Ellingson/The Globe and Mail Of all the ways FX’s The Bear has contributed to pop culture...

Dino D’Santiago and Os Tubarões concert at the MED Festival will be “special”
The festival director, Carlos Carmo, stated that the upcoming concert, featuring the Algarve-born musician of Cape Verdean descent and the iconic Cape Verdean band, will be “special and unique,” highlighting it as a “novel experience” with “the...

Master P’s Ultimate Guide To New Orleans Includes His Last Performance, College Basketball And A Po’Boy
Percy 'Master P' Miller is evolving from Master P to Coach P in his new position as President of ... More Basketball Operations.University of New Orleans Rap legend Master P has seen the world. His lifetime of careers, from founding and running No...

Record Store Profile: Rock Steady Records VIC
More The Music's Best Record Store What is your store called? Lvl 1 (Upstairs) Mitchell House, 358 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne/Naarm Victoria and online here. Tell us about the people behind the scenes? Pat has been working in record stores for...
'Ended India-Pakistan War': US President Donald Trump Reiterates Ceasefire Claims At NATO Summit In Netherlands (VIDEO)
US President Donald Trump, who has openly expressed his desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize, has repeatedly used media appearances to assert his claim that he prevented war between India and Pakistan, allegedly by leveraging trade negotiations as a...

County residents celebrate Juneteenth at Rebecca Howard Park
Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com On Saturday, June 21, the Women of Color in Leadership Movement and Media Island International hosted Olympia’s fifth annual Juneteenth Celebration at Rebecca Howard Park. The City of Olympia and Community...

"Don't Tell People Who Work on Star Wars": 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Director Reveals Everything the D-Rex Is Made Of
[Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Jurassic World Rebirth.] Summary Collider's Perri Nemiroff chats with director Gareth Edwards and producer Frank Marshall for Jurassic World Rebirth. During this Collider Screening Series Q&A,...

New On Paramount+ July 2025: (Now With Showtime, Too!)
The Paramount+ schedule for July 2025 releases has premiering original and exclusive titles like Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado and Dexter: Resurrection slated for arrival. Other Paramount+ highlights for this month include additional...

We’re Publishing the Speech That Harvard Suppressed for Mentioning Genocide
Harvard Divinity School refused to publish this year’s commencement speech after one of its speakers went off-script to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza, as The Intercept reported last month. Now, The Intercept is publishing recent Divinity School...

Inside the real-life scandal of Benidorm as ITV show return is 'in crisis' after creator's divorce
Fans of hit ITV comedy Benidorm were delighted earlier this year when rumours suggested the iconic show was close to returning. Written by Derren Litten, the sitcom following holidaymakers at the Solana all-inclusive resort had been brutally axed...

‘Heart of Darkness’ Sand Animation Feature Enlists ‘Loving Vincent’ Studio BreakThru
A new animated movie adaptation of the Joseph Conrad classic Heart of Darkness is back on track, with the news that Polish studio BreakThru Films is on board as co-producer. The Polish studio earned a global reputation for its hand-painted 2017...

Five Below-the-Line Talents to Track in Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s most prized assets – aside from its unparalleled locations – are its highly skilled crews, known for their depth of experience, strong work ethic and bilingual skills. Honed through years of on-set experience – paired with formal...

The Hustle in God’s Name: From Crusades to Clickbait
By Richard Dablah “So they left everything and followed him.” Luke’s gospel, chapter 5, verse 11. That sentence once carried the weight of renunciation. It demanded fishermen walk away from nets heavy with fresh catch. It summoned tax collectors...

From ‘apprentice’ to tycoon to statesman
Fasten your seat belts. Americans (and the world) are in for a roller coaster ride that would envy even Disneyland. They are witnessing the advent, in real time, of Make America Great Again. The slogan is the vision, and the objective is a new...

Theodora: Why you should listen to France's new pop sensation
Published on 23/06/2025 - 8:13 GMT+2 I am so tired of pop stars being perfect. It’s not even really their fault. To be able to last in the music industry, women are subject to impossible standards. They must be sexy, glamourous, charming, and...

Local Notes: Chess team to contest All-Ireland finals, principal Mary retires and tribute to Elizabeth Dolan
A local U-13 Community Games chess team will contest the All-Ireland finals for the second year in a row, this Saturday. The team is made up of Addhrit Bhushan, Adhiraj Bhushan, Aaron Sheehy, Cuan Ryan, Cormac Gallagher, and Eleanor Neary,...