Month: February 2020

Electronic music artist Moby claims that under the influence of alcohol and drugs, he slid his penis against Donald Trump almost 20 years ago. Moby, real name Richard Melville Hall, writes in a new book excerpt published by The Daily Beast that he thinks the incident took place sometime after the 9/11 attacks, when he…

Macron backs the concept of a "common mandate" whereby the European Commission negotiates on behalf of national capitals | Pool photo by Yoan Valat/EPA Emmanuel Macron warns of ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ in Brexit Phase 2 French president fears bloc might split if member countries seek to pursue self interests. By Judith Mischke 1/5/18, 11:57 AM CET…

Empire’s ratings suffered series-lows on Wednesday as fallout from actor Jussie Smollett being indicted for filing a false police report continues to plague the Fox drama. According to TheWrap, Empire garnered 4 million total viewers with a 1.1 demo rating/6 share. The program’s last series lows occurred in October of 2018 Halloween 2018, then drawing 4.2…

Illustrations by Dom McKenzie for POLITICO Leveraging Food Labels Food (labeling) fights Calorie and ingredient labels for alcohol and labels indicating the amount of fat, salt, sugar and other things in food are at the center of controversy. By Kait Bolongaro and Emmet Livingstone 11/26/17, 7:05 PM CET Updated 12/4/17, 11:17 AM CET Setting out…

The Norwegian star is eager to forge out a career that’s even better than his dad’s Borussia Dortmund sensation Erling Haaland is determined to do even better than his father, Alf-Inge Haaland, who played for the likes of Leeds United and Manchester City nearly two decades ago.  At the age of 19, Haaland became just the…

Hollywood figures doubled down on Trump-Russia conspiracies Sunday following Attorney General William Barr releasing a letter to Congress summarizing the Mueller report, which concludes President Donald Trump’s campaign did not collude with the Kremlin. Many in Hollywood previously fantasized about Robert Mueller’s investigation resulting in an indictments for Trump and his family. However, Attorney General…

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond | Carl Court/Getty Images Click Here: Golf special Philip Hammond: UK committed to trade ‘status quo’ after Brexit Deal agreed with EU means there will be little change, chancellor says. By Nicholas Vinocur 12/16/17, 1:28 PM CET Updated 12/16/17, 1:29 PM CET British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond…

A front-runner for the federal Conservative party leadership has deleted a tweet that praised citizens opposed to rail blockades for taking matters into their own hands. Peter MacKay, a former federal justice minister and attorney general, took to Twitter Wednesday to laud counter-protesters who tried to remove parts of a blockade erected on a Canadian…

MONTREAL — As the rail blockades that have paralyzed cross-country transportation enter their third week, a growing number of commentators are drawing comparisons with the spectre of the Oka crisis. Thirty years after that dark period in Canada’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples, what have governments learned? “It’s obvious that political authorities are traumatized, with reason,…

TORONTO — All three people in Ontario confirmed to have had the novel coronavirus are now cleared of the illness. Ontario health officials say the last of the three patients to have some remaining virus in her system has now had two negative tests at least 24 hours apart, which is the standard for being…