It was an audience more accustomed to stifling a cough or resisting the temptation to unwrap a sweet. But when they spotted vice-president JD Vance taking his seat at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Thursday night, classical music-goers erupted in unrestrained boos, jeers and shouts of “You ruined … Read more
Tesla sales have tumbled, X has seen an exodus of users, and now it seems cracks are appearing among those who have turned to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system as a means of staying connected in remote areas. While the number of Starlink users has been growing, some subscribers have been venting their frustrations over … Read more
When Marlene Viggers was told her newly diagnosed cancer was untreatable, she said she wanted to go home to die. “She was the matriarch of the family, she held everything together, and she wanted to have her family all around her,” said Neil Andrews, her son-in-law. For the next few weeks, until Marlene died in … Read more
A Peruvian fisher was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days, a navy official said on Saturday, as he was discharged from hospital after his ordeal. Maximo Napa, 61, was rescued in his small fishing boat on Tuesday after being spotted by an Ecuadoran vessel off the coast of Chimbote in northern Peru. … Read more
A Reform UK general election candidate who said Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people and described Bashar al-Assad as “gentle by nature” is now in charge of the party’s vetting process. Jack Aaron’s comments about the Nazi leader and Syrian dictator came to light last year when he stood for Reform in the Welwyn Hatfield … Read more
The life of a 79-year-old British man imprisoned along with his wife by the Taliban is in serious danger, his family have warned. Peter Reynolds and his wife, Barbie, 75, who run a training business in Afghanistan, were detained last month when they travelled to their home in Bamiyan province. Their daughter, Sarah Entwistle, said … Read more
When the doors closed on two art shows in the Sussex town of Lewes last weekend, a record number of people had crossed the threshold of Southover House to look at works by Picasso and Grayson Perry. For 18 months, the former council office building has housed a pop-up outpost of Charleston, the former home … Read more
Last July, Nigeria’s third-most powerful man gave a rare apology on the floor of the senate which he heads. Godswill Akpabio had chastised his colleague Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for speaking out of turn, saying: “We are not in a nightclub”. But after receiving what he said was a deluge of insulting text messages from Nigerians, he … Read more
Fifty-one people have been killed and about 100 more injured in a massive fire that broke out in a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kočani, the interior minister has told a press conference. The blaze began at around 2.35am on Sunday morning during a concert by a local pop group, according to the … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Deadly fire may have been caused by the use of pyrotechnics – interior minister North Macedonian interior minister, Panche Toshkovski, has been speaking to journalists at a press conference following the deadly nightclub fire. The concert, attended by as many as … Read more