2023

20 minutes ago About sharing Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Mick Jagger arrived in Hackney at lunchtime on Wednesday ahead of the album launch By Mark Savage and Steven McIntosh BBC News The Rolling Stones have unveiled their first album of new material since 2005, and the first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts….

8 minutes ago About sharing By Sean Seddon and Daniel Sandford BBC News A manhunt has been launched for a soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison on Wednesday morning. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was awaiting trial after being accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. He escaped from HMP Wandsworth,…

36 minutes ago About sharing A stem-cell derived human embryo model showing blue cells (embryo), yellow cells (yolk sac) and pink cells (placenta). By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. The Weizmann Institute team say their…

Politics / September 6, 2023 The Road to a Democratic Congress Could Run Through Alabama A court will intervene to create a second majority-Black district in a state that has used gerrymandering to boost the GOP. John Nichols Ad Policy A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday, August…

Books & the Arts / September 6, 2023 A New World The Soviet remaking of the Pale Jews. The Saga of the Pale and Soviet Jews The trials and tribulations of a tumultuous period. Bela Shayevich Ad Policy Jewish children in the Soviet Union’s youth movement in Minsk. (Getty) This article appears in the September…

Activism OppArt Today 8:30 am Fighting Sexism in Spain Fighting Sexism in Spain Spanish soccer federation President Luis Rubiales’s forcibly kissing star player Jenni Hermoso at the Women’s World Cup generated widespread support for Hermoso and reinvigorated the MeToo movement in Spain with the hashtags #SeAcabó. Andrea Arroyo September 6, 2023 (Andrea Arroyo) Check out…

September 6, 2023 Henry Kissinger’s Malevolent Influence Will Be With Us Long After He’s Gone Kissinger’s brand of realpolitik was delusional, amoral, and ruthless—and it persists today. Rebecca Gordon Ad Policy German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger attend the conference of the German Marshall Fund of the United States…

17 minutes ago Comments About sharing The Commonwealth Games was hailed as the start of a so-called “golden decade” for the city Sophie Madden and Caroline Gall BBC West Midlands A former advisor to Birmingham City Council has said the hosting of the Commonwealth Games was a mistake given its legacy of financial problems. Max…

12 minutes ago About sharing (L-R): Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and Eric Swaffer were killed in the crash By Will Jefford BBC News The pilot of the helicopter that crashed outside Leicester City’s stadium, killing five people including its chairman, said “I’ve no idea what’s going on” as it spun…