news2shortsWith the US disengaging from its traditional relationship with Europe, we need to abandon our ‘red lines’ and rekindle ties with our neighbours Alas: that the infantile wrecker in the White House has “blinked” may be some relief; but the damage he is wreaking on his own country and the rest of us persists. Amid … Read more
Trump and all the president’s men feted at UFC card Volkanovski claims featherweight belt at UFC 314 US president Donald Trump entered to a standing ovation and cheers from a crowd of thousands attending a UFC event on Saturday night, shaking hands with supporters against a backdrop of fans waving his trademark Maga hats. Just … Read more
After attaining comfort and a shift in the culture, high heels have returned – for some a symbol of retrogressive femininity, for others a protest I mean, it sounds mad now. I know this even as I write, it sounds impossible, like a weird lie you tell kids to show them how good they have … Read more
With $1.5bn ploughed in by SSG, Jay Monahan and co have plenty of money and no need to agree a deal with LIV The Ryder Cup could become the next piece to move in the apparently never-ending game of elite golf’s three-dimensional chess. Multiple sources have confided during the Masters that PGA Tour Enterprises, a … Read more
Employees are choosing to opt out of a new era of corporate malignity, epitomised by Elon Musk Almost any workplace study in the last decade will tell you that the death of productivity – and the death of profits – is a direct result of having miserable, overworked and micromanaged employees. In an attempt to … Read more
Economically, the trade war may be bad news for Xi Jingping, but ideologically and politically it is a gift Last week, Mao Ning, head of China’s foreign ministry information department, posted a blurry black-and-white clip of a moment in history. In 1953, Chairman Mao made a defiant speech of resistance to what he called US … Read more
Ennis unifies IBF, WBA titles with sixth-round TKO Philadelphian improves to 34-0 with 30 knockouts Jaron Ennis needed that special moment. On Saturday night in Atlantic City, he seized it with both fists. The 27-year-old welterweight from Philadelphia, nicknamed Boots, systematically broke down Eimantas Stanionis with precision and force en route to a sixth-round TKO … Read more
Administration fails to show they have taken any steps to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego García The Trump administration on Saturday confirmed to a federal judge that a Maryland man who was wrongly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador. However, the White House filing did not address the … Read more
Northern Irishman shoots 66 to take two-shot lead Bryson DeChambeau sets up final-day showdown It is now or never. Surely it is now or never. Rory McIlroy will take a lead into the closing round of the Masters for the first time since 2011. That sentence barely does justice to a Saturday of high drama … Read more
The U.S. military will take control of a strip of federal land that spans three states along the southern border in an effort to stem illegal immigration, a memorandum Friday by President Donald Trump said. The memorandum, “Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions,” directs the secretaries of … Read more
