Hollywood is playing catch-up with its Asian moment
Reuters The cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once accept Screen Actors Guild award Just after Everything Everywhere All At Once had swept the Screen Actors Guild Awards, 94-year-old James Hong recalled a time when Hollywood saw Asian actors as “not box office”. “But look at us now, huh!” quipped the star of almost 700 […]
May’s final gamble and Jamie’s ‘kitchen nightmare’
EPA The reaction to Theresa May’s “new deal” on Brexit is the lead story for most papers. Confidence vote? Among the issues covered are online bullying, mental health, plastic waste and climate change. The paper’s leader writer says few will envy today’s teenagers, growing up in a world of fast-changing technology, social media pressures and […]
Canada Soccer: Women’s team ‘disrespected’ as governing body reveals details of proposed pay deal
Janine Beckie says Canada players feel “disrespected” after details of its proposed collective bargaining deal were made public by its governing body with no notice. The women’s national team has been embroiled in a dispute with Canada Soccer (CSA) over equal pay. Hours prior to the players appearing before Canada’s parliament on Thursday, CSA revealed […]
Afghanistan: Foreign Office chaotic during Kabul evacuation
MOD via PA Media The UK Foreign Office’s handling of the Afghan evacuation after the Taliban seized Kabul was dysfunctional and chaotic, a whistleblower has said. Raphael Marshall said the process of choosing who could get a flight out was arbitrary and thousands of emails with pleas for help went unread. The then Foreign Secretary […]
Deadly Toronto van ‘attack’ and royal baby name
Hello. Here’s your morning briefing: Toronto van incident ‘deliberate’ Getty Images The US and Europe have seen an increase in driving attacks in recent years – some of them known to be terror-related, like that on the Berlin Christmas market in 2016. Toronto police chief Mark Saunders said this incident appeared to be deliberate but […]
‘Every young guy wanted to do what he was doing’
Getty Images The sudden death of 31-year-old SBTV founder Jamal Edwards has sent waves of sadness though the music industry – and far beyond. His loss is felt as strongly by the stars whose careers he launched as the countless young people he inspired as a role model for cultural change. Jamal once tweeted: “We […]
Period products for NHS staff ‘a basic necessity’
BBC Dr Rosie Baruah said period products should be viewed as a basic necessity and not a luxury A leading Scottish ICU consultant has told the BBC of the dread female staff can feel knowing that they could be about to bleed through their scrubs but have no access to pads or tampons. Dr Rosie […]
Oil paintings and books for Huawei executive fighting extradition
Reuters Meng Wanzhou on her way to court in Vancouver in September, as part of her fight against extradition to the US A Chinese Huawei executive who was arrested in Canada a year ago has published an open letter detailing her life on bail and thanking supporters. Meng Wanzhou – the chief financial officer and […]
Facebook, Google and Microsoft ‘avoiding $3bn in tax in poorer nations’
Getty Images Google, Facebook and Microsoft should be paying more corporation tax in developing nations, says ActionAid. The aid charity estimates that poorer countries are missing out on up to $2.8bn (£2.2bn) in tax revenue that could be used to tackle the pandemic. ActionAid is calling for big companies to pay a global minimum rate […]
Premier 15s: Exeter aiming to make history in final, says boss Susie Appleby
Kingsholm, which was chosen to host the final well in advance of Gloucester’s success, will likely be packed for the game. It will end a season which has seen women’s rugby union in England once again increase in visibility thanks to the Red Roses making the World Cup final and their Six Nations success. But […]