August 2019

Kano on making ‘great art’, knife crime and Drake’s Top Boy

Image copyright Olivia Rose Image caption Kano has made music with Gorillaz, Craig David, Chase & Status and Wiley Kano’s last album – the 2016 MOBO-winning Made in the Manor – was an introspective reflection on his journey, friends, family and rivals. This time around, with knife crime on the rise again, the east London […]

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Tesla heads down new road with car insurance in California

Tesla owners in California can now buy insurance from the electric car company in what may be the first step toward the unconventional automaker providing coverage for a fleet of driverless taxis. The expansion announced Wednesday comes four months after Tesla CEO Elon Musk told analysts the company would branch into insuring its own cars

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SEC’s early season neutral-sites games might be on the clock

This is the time of year when the Southeastern Conference usually validates its claim as the best league in college football by dominating neutral-site nonconference matchups. No. 8 Florida’s 24-20 victory over Miami last week at Orlando, Florida, improved the SEC’s record to 21-6 in regular-season nonconference games against Power Five opponents at neutral sites

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Barr Plans to Throw $30,000 Holiday Party at the Trump Hotel in Washington

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr has booked a ballroom in President Trump’s hotel for his annual holiday party, an event that he could spend tens of thousands of dollars on and that drew criticism from ethics experts. Mr. Barr booked the Presidential Ballroom at the Trump International Hotel for a 200-person holiday party

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Martha Stewart Masters The Fine Craft Of Throwing Shade At Gwyneth Paltrow

Martha Stewart sure knows how to add a sharp pinch of spice when talking smack about fellow lifestyle mogul, Gwyneth Paltrow. E! News reports that Stewart appeared on a recent episode of Alex Rodriguez’s podcast “The Corp,” and delivered the perfect amount of saltiness responding to a question about Paltrow’s brand, Goop. “How would you

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Trade war drives ‘innocent’ Asian nations towards recession

Image copyright Getty Images Rising fears about the health of the global economy have prompted talk of recession, spreading anxiety about jobs and growth. The US-China trade war is casting a shadow over the world economy and warning signs of a looming downturn have flashed on financial markets. Recession poses no immediate threat to the

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Celebrating Islam in predominantly Catholic Mexico

For decades, hundreds of Muslims have been forging their own identity in predominantly Catholic southern Mexico. Catholicism was brought to the mainly Maya indigenous region during the Spanish conquest, and in recent decades evangelical Christians have increased in number, but Muslims from Spain also came to Chiapas in the 1990s, bringing their religion with them.

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Gregory Craig, Washington Lawyer on Trial, Says He Never Lied to Investigators

WASHINGTON — Gregory B. Craig, one of Washington’s most powerful Democratic lawyers, testified in his own defense in a federal felony trial on Wednesday, denying passionately that he had deceived federal investigators six years ago about whether he had aided a public relations campaign by Ukraine’s president to repair his battered image in the United

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