Thousands of women took to the streets of Copenaghen after a Muslim woman became the first victim of the new Danish law banning burkas in public. The 1000 kroner (£120) fine was given on August 3 to a 28-year-old who refused to remove the veil after being asked by police […]
Daily Archives: August 10, 2018
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Carmen was on her way back to her estranged husband’s sexual and physical abuse and to the fear that she could once again be a violent gang’s prey when a federal judge, outraged that she had been spirited from the country by the U.S. government, ordered her return. By Friday […]
Kosky brings a dazzling sense of visual drama to the oratorio. The overture begins to a grey background with the severed head of the giant Goliath on the ground beside Iestyn Davies’s battle-traumatised David. The curtain is then whipped up to an outburst of Hallelujahs from the jubilant Israelites over […]
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to begin confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 4, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, announced Friday. Grassley expects the hearings to last between […]
Kobach announced his decision in a letter to his opponent Gov. Jeff Colyer More (TOPEKA, Kan.) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach stepped aside from his duties as the state’s top elections official Friday until his hotly contested Republican primary challenge to Gov. Jeff Colyer is resolved, but Colyer […]
The end was always going to be heartbreaking. Now that we have lost Carrie Fisher in real life, as well as Luke and Han Solo on screen, it has to be accepted that Star Wars will never be the same again. However, as he brings all three trilogies to a […]
The orange clone trooper helmets seen on the teaser poster for the new episodes of The Clone Wars are inversions of Ahsoka Tano’s markings. Lucasfilm At San Diego Comic-Con 2018, we learned Star Wars: The Clone Wars is returning with 12 all new episodes on Disney’s upcoming streaming service. That […]