The Freedom of the Press Foundation notified company executives that a settlement “could amount to a bribe.” If Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, settles a $20 billion lawsuit brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, it could face another lawsuit from a leading press freedom organization. The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF),...
They suddenly don’t want to be identified with their murderous Free, Free Palestine poster boy. That’s kind of a hoot, don’t you think? They were all proud of him right up to when the heat came on. He’s a cowardly POS who slaughtered young folks at an event that was fostering greater understanding between warring...
Cristina Varga BBC News, Devon George Capone Dr George Capone said she wanted to support other women after boxing helped her A clinical psychologist who set up a women-only boxing group puts the success of the project down to laughter. Dr George Capone set up Warrior Women in north Devon after finding boxing made her...
The first set of 49 white South Africans to be granted refugee status by President Donald Trump’s administration are on their way to the US. On Sunday they boarded a flight from Johannesburg which is due to land in Washington DC later on Monday. This comes after a weekend of speculation about when the Afrikaners...
Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, has announced it is laying down its arms and disbanding. The move followed a call in February by the group’s jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, for the organisation to disband. The group is banned as a terrorist group in Turkey, the EU, UK...
Columbia’s response to the library takeover Wednesday is winning plaudits from the Trump administration. Yesterday the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism issued a statement praising President Shipman and pressing for follow-up disciplinary action. The Task Force is encouraged by Acting President Shipman’s strong and resolute statement regarding the unlawful, violent and disgraceful takeover of...
A man suffered injuries when he was attacked by a group of people in Plymouth, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said the victim was was pushed over, punched and assaulted while walking home along Beacon Park Road. Officers said the attack, involving a man riding a motorbike accompanied by three or four women,...
The Pakistan-based leader of a militant group has said 10 of his relatives have been killed in a missile strike by India. Masood Azhar, chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), said his older sister and her husband, his nephew and his nephew’s wife, his niece and five children from his family were killed in a strike on...
Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had “capitulated”, as Oman confirmed a “ceasefire” had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea. “[The Houthis] just don’t want to fight, and we will honour that and we will stop...
A new leader of the Liberal Democrats at Devon County Council has been appointed following the party’s success in the local elections. The Liberal Democrats took 27 of the 60 seats at Devon County Council on Friday, making them the largest party but without a full majority. Julian Brazil has returned to the helm of...
Catherine Ellis Business reporter Reporting fromLa Guajira, Colombia Catherine Ellis José Luis Iguarán says that the sound of the turbines disturbs his dreams When José Luis Iguarán steps outside his home in La Guajira, northern Colombia, he is met with a line of 10 towering wind turbines stretching across the cactus-strewn terrain toward the Caribbean...
PDF metadata revealed a letter circulated in the House was written by Paragon Health Institute President Brian Blase. A letter that a group of 20 far-right House Republicans released earlier this week as part of a campaign in support of slashing Medicaid appears to have been authored by the head of a research institute with...
Rap group Kneecap’s recently announced show in Plymouth has been cancelled due to safety concerns, organisers have said. On Tuesday the Eden Sessions in Cornwall announced the band’s appearance scheduled for 4 July had been cancelled before a gig for the same date at Plymouth Pavilions was announced by the band later in the day....
NBA great Jason Kidd has joined Everton’s American ownership group. The double Olympic champion and 10-time NBA All-Star, who is currently head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, has joined Roundhouse Capital Holdings, which is part of The Friedkin Group. The Texas-based group completed its takeover of Everton in December 2024. Kidd, who also won the...
K-pop group Just B’s member Bain has revealed to fans he is “proud to be part of the LGBT community” – a rare move in an industry known for its tight control over artists’ behaviour, where stars typically keep details of their personal lives private, particularly relationships. The star, 23, is now among only a...