SALEM, Ore. (AP) — GOP senators are preparing to remain absent from the Capitol for a second day to block a landmark climate plan that would be the second of its kind nationwide. Gov. Kate Brown has deployed the state police to round up 12 Republican senators who fled the […]
Daily Archives: June 21, 2019
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Australia had sputtered on their way to four wins but roared to full power to notch a fifth and all-but confirm a World Cup semi-final place with a 48-run win. Bangladesh have a remote chance of joining them, but their travelling support made sure they went down singing and dancing […]
Pakistan’s “third-gender” people, or khawaja sehras as they call themselves, are often rejected by their families and have no-one to look after them in old age. But at last a member of the community has opened a retirement home, reports the BBC’s Mobeen Azhar, providing dignity for residents in their […]
Tensions between Iran and the US have neared breaking point over the last few weeks after a series of attacks on oil tankers in the region and the most recent downing of a US drone in “international airspace” over the strategic chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz. Writing in the […]
Zion Williamson, the Duke University freshman who was the consensus top college player in America last season, was selected No. 1 in the National Basketball Association draft by the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. Williamson, a 6-foot-7 hybrid small/power forward who turns 19 next month, averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds […]
Instagram Ariana Grande continues to keep fans on their toes with every tattoo she gets. On Thursday, the 25-year-old “Thank U, Next” pop star revealed her latest addition: a famous quote inspired by her favorite Jim Carrey movie, The Truman Show. Taking to Instagram Stories, the brunette beauty re-posted her BFF and cousin Courtney […]
Midsommar follows Dani and Christian, a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. […]
The rocky launch of Anthem feels like it has not fully rallied yet, after the roadmap has been delayed and come out to less than stellar responses. This was punctuated by the game’s outright absence at E3, as Electronic Arts seemingly had no update for a dwindling fanbase hungry to […]