65 m. ago Katy Perry to travel to space as part of groundbreaking mission with Jeff Bezos' wife

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will take Katy Perry to space as part of an all-female team heading to the edge of space later this year in a rocket operated by the Amazon founder's aerospace company

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2 h. ago Jeff Bezos' wife Lauren Sanchez set for space alongside Meghan Markle's pal and huge popstar

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will take Katy Perry to space as part of an all-female team heading to the edge of space later this year in a rocket operated by the Amazon founder's aerospace company

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3 h. ago Memo to Jeff Bezos: Never has a free press been more important

Editorial: The new US power brokers claim to venerate free speech – until someone disagrees with them

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4 h. ago Three billionaires: America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed | Robert Reich

As Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk alter US media, the connections between wealth and power are in plain sightOne of the unacknowledged advantages of the horrendous era we’ve entered is that it is revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.Oligarchs are fully exposed and they are defiant. It’s like hitting the “reveal codes” key on older computers that let you see everything. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Katy Perry heading to space in Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket

The all-female crew also includes journalist Lauren Sanchez, the wife of American billionaire Mr Bezos, and CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King.

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6 h. ago Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry set for historic mission to space on Jeff Bezos’ rocket

The three celebrities will be part of Blue Origin’s first all-female mission

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7 h. ago Fans in shock as Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King and Katy Perry announce they are heading to space with Blue Origin

It was revealed on Thursday that the pop star, 40, and the news anchor, 70, are part of the Blue Origin 's historic all-women crew.

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8 h. ago Real Housewives star Kameron Westcott slams Katy Perry for ruining father

Reals Housewives of Dallas cast member Kameron Westcott calls Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom 'greedy' after the pair pushes to collect $6m from the reality TV star's dying father-in-law.

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24 h. ago What Man United need to avoid Premier League relegation and worst

Manchester United have suffered a disastrous season so far and look set to make their own unwanted history in the Premier League this campaign

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24 h. ago Fuming Washington Post editor blasts 'disgusting' Jeff Bezos for editorial board shake up

Marty Baron, 70, who edited the broadsheet from 2013 until 2021, said he was 'sad' and 'disgusted' to see what the billionaire has done to the opinion section.

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26 h. ago Jeff Bezos is muzzling the Washington Post’s opinion section. That’s a death knell | Margaret Sullivan

‘I couldn’t be more sad and disgusted,’ says former top editor Martin BaronOwners and publishers of news organizations often exert their will on opinion sections. It would be naive to think otherwise.But a draconian announcement this week by Jeff Bezos, the Washington Post owner, goes far beyond the norm.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Washington Post staffers outraged at Jeff Bezos’ stunning plan for opinion pages that prompted top editor to quit

“I have a feeling this isn’t gonna bring back the 250K subs,” one Post reporter wrote in the paper’s Slack channel on Wednesday.

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30 h. ago Britain's disappearing armed forces: How UK's military has shrunk by nearly 200,000 since the height of the Cold War

The RAF now has one of the smallest combat fleets in history, while the British Army looks set to drop below 70,000 for the first time since the Napoleonic era.

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30 h. ago Jeff Bezos sparks OUTRAGE with overhaul of Washington Post opinion page

The Amazon boss said he is ditching a traditional, 'broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views'.

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30 h. ago Washington Post opinion editor departs as Bezos pushes to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’

Opinion editor leaves as Amazon executive and newspaper owner says ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’US politics live – latest updatesJeff Bezos, the self-proclaimed “hands-off” owner of the Washington Post, emailed staffers this morning about a change he is applying to the paper’s opinion section that appears to align the newspaper more closely with the political right.“I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” Bezos said. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’

Amazon executive and newspaper owner says in letter that ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’US politics live – latest updatesJeff Bezos, the self-proclaimed “hands-off” owner of the Washington Post, emailed staffers this morning about a change he’s applying to the paper’s opinion section.“I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” Bezos said. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Clydesdale crew set for Historic Rally Car Register British Championship this weekend

Car 51 is the 1973 Saab 96V4 of George Topp and his wife Rosalind.

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41 h. ago £10m investment will see Scottish tech at heart of ‘staggering’ mission to measure ripples in space

“Scotland is at the heart of two of humanity’s most important and innovative space science missions” – Paul Bate, UK Space Agency

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46 h. ago Scottish labs receive £10m for space mission to study cosmic ripples

The project will use lasers, routed through optical benches made in Edinburgh, to measure gravitational waves.

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58 h. ago How long have Oasis sets been previously, as fans still seethe over alleged reunion set length?

Three iconic Oasis performances from history - and how long each set lasted when performed 🎶🎸⌚

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