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‘Could be worse’ – Americans on the state of the nation in its 250th yearUS President Donald Trump will head to Washington DC’s National Mall on Saturday for what he has billed as a “spectacular rally” celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.The event, taking place as a sweltering heatwave grips swathes of the eastern and central US, will include flyovers by hundreds of aircraft and a fireworks display organisers hope will be the biggest of all time.Military flyovers over Washington DC will happen every hour between 13:15 local time (17:15 GMT) and sunset, the organisers said, and Trump’s new Air Force One…
Starmer says you can’t separate foreign policy from domesticSir Keir Starmer has warned his likely successor Andy Burnham will have to spend just as much time dealing with global turmoil as he has during his time in No 10.In an untypically candid interview, the outgoing prime minister spoke for the first time about the “intensely personal” and “really tough” decision he took alongside his wife and children to accept that his “political career” was “over”.Sir Keir told the BBC he had “saved” the Labour Party and been a successful prime minister.He promised to “keep my mouth shut” under his successor,…
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ReutersBookseller Lam Wing-kee marches during a protest in Hong Kong to demand authorities scrap a proposed extradition bill with China. Photo: March 2019.Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who defied China and fled to Taiwan, has died aged 70.Lam passed away at Mackay Memorial Hospital late in Taipei on Thursday after suffering from lung cancer, regional media said.He was one of several booksellers detained in 2015 after selling material critical of the political elite on China’s mainland.He fled to Taiwan – which is seen by Beijing as a renegade province that must be reunited – in 2019 for fear he would…
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LoopEar-plug brands are appealing to music fans with the promise of hearing protectionEvery music fan has a list of essential gig and festival accessories, but there’s one that’s increasingly popular.Ear-plugs.If you’ve caught one of Harry Styles’ recent Wembley shows, you might have spotted other fans wearing them, or you might be packing a pair in preparation for K-pop megastars BTS hitting the UK next week. When 26-year-old Paula shows BBC Newsbeat hers at Radio 1’s Big Weekend, the small, v-shaped devices catch the sunlight.But Paula and other young people like her are increasingly wearing a newer type designed to look…
Getty ImagesAn 1811 drawing depicts Louis and Clark’s exploration of the American frontierIn the 250 years since the US declared its independence from Great Britain, the nation has grown from a sparsely populated collection of settlements scattered along the Atlantic coast into a global power spread over the breadth of a continent and beyond.Starting from the original 13 colonies that covered 430,000 sq miles (1.1m sq km), its geographic footprint has increased eightfold, to approximately 3.7m sq miles.America’s population has undergone a similarly dramatic expansion. In 1790, the year of the first US Census, there were approximately four million Americans,…
VK/Kyakhtinsky DistrictValery Averin is among the first Russian students known to have died in the war after being signed up in a recruitment drive in educational institutions”He studied drones for three months – and yet they still threw him into a frontal assault, into the meat grinder,” said Valery Averin’s foster mother Oksana Afanayeva.The 23-year-old is among the first Russian students known to have been killed in Ukraine after signing up as part of a new large-scale drive to recruit young people from universities and colleges into Russia’s drone forces.”He had never even served in the army,” Afanasyeva complained.The campaign…
Getty ImagesXie Na announced her concert tour with this poster Popularity can make or break a career in show business. But for one celebrity in China, even a legion of devoted fans was not enough to stave off the wrath of the internet.Xie Na, one of the most recognisable faces on Chinese television, realised this recently when her attempt to hold a nationwide concert tour ended in ignominy.Her first leg of the tour, slated to begin in Beijing later this month, was cancelled abruptly over the weekend, after her singing talent was mocked and questioned online – and even admonished…
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