42 h. ago The truth about Steve Tandy, the crisis meeting he called and what players think of him

The former Ospreys head coach is the favourite to be Wales' next head coach

Sport

65 h. ago Mountainhead: first trailer for Jesse Armstrong’s topical Succession follow

Billionaires, starring Steve Carell and Ramy Youssef, meet amid an international crisis in HBO’s of-the-moment satireA summit of influential male billionaires is under way in the first teaser trailer for Mountainhead.HBO unveiled the extended look at the first feature from the Succession creator Jesse Armstrong on Tuesday, which stars Steve Carell, Cory Michael Smith, Ramy Youssef and Jason Schwartzman as a group of billionaire friends who meet at an alpine retreat during an international crisis. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Another crisis, another IMF summit: but unlike 2008, the delegates are disunited

Where once the world came together to fight the credit crunch, Trump’s tariffs will set a more divisive testWhen the world’s finance ministers and central bank governors gather at the International Monetary Fund in Washington this week, it may kindle memories of another meeting, also held against the backdrop of a global economic crisis, in autumn 2008.Then, as the aftershocks from the collapse of Lehman Brothers ripped through financial markets, central banks coordinated drastic emergency rate cuts, and the UK chancellor, Alistair Darling, urged his G7 counterparts to emulate the UK’s approach and shore up stricken banks. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Islanders welcome CalMac move to 'urgently review' South Uist ferry service

Pledge made at “crisis” meeting staged by businesses near Lochboisdale

Politics

3 w. ago Clowns face extinction as they plot plan to save profession at crisis meeting

Clowns are facing their job going extinct as they face 'turbulent times' and are now banding together at a crisis summit this weekend in a bid to save the industry

Events

3 w. ago Academy board to meet as response to No Other Land director’s arrest decried

Meeting follows letter signed by prominent members urging more forceful response on Hamdan Ballal’s arrestThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has convened an extraordinary meeting to address a crisis over its tepid response to the arrest and detention of the Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal, of the documentary No Other Land, by Israeli authorities.The meeting on Friday morning Pacific time, first reported by Deadline, follows a strongly worded letter signed by many prominent members – including the actors Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Penélope Cruz and Emma Thompson, directors Ava DuVernay, Alfonso Cuarón, Adam McKay and Jonathan Glazer and writer Tony Kushner – calling for a more forceful response from the Academy’s board of governors than an initial statement that did not refer to Ballal or No Other Land by name and cited the Academy membership’s “many unique viewpoints”. Continue reading...

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