34 m. ago Zach Bryan Releases New Song ‘Streets of London’ After Hyde Park Gig

Zach Bryan Releases New Song ‘Streets of London’ After Hyde Park Gig  Rolling Stone

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38 m. ago Heads of State review – John Cena and Idris Elba sell fun throwback Amazon comedy

US president and UK prime minister team up for a well-modulated mix of action and comedy that deserved a theatrical releaseRather than give the world an escape, Heads of State, Amazon’s throwback buddy comedy, thrums the tension in US foreign relations. Suicide Squad veterans Idris Elba and John Cena are redeployed in this gun show from Nobody director Ilya Naishuller, respectively, as the UK prime minister and US president at loggerheads. President Derringer, barely six months in office, resents the PM for not doing more to help him get elected. Prime Minister Clarke, a six-year incumbent mired in an approval ratings slump, has already dismissed the president – a swaggering former action hero – as a Schwarzenegger knockoff. After a joint press conference goes sideways and spoils the announcement of a Nato-supported energy initiative, the pair are forced on an Air Force One ride to help repair the PR damage – but it gets worse when the plane is shot down.As it turns out, the Nato en...

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2 h. ago Lawrence Shankland 'agrees' Hearts contract as striker snubs big money offers to return to Tynecastle

The 29-year-old frontman's future has been up in the air but he looks set to commit to Gorgie

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2 h. ago Eminem, AI and me: why artists need new laws in the digital age | Alexander Hurst

I can’t can’t quote a single line from a song in my book. So how can big tech legally feast on all the lyrics ever written?In the 74,833 words of a book I am writing, there are six words that, when strung together in a specific 12-word sequence, I cannot say. It’s a single line from the song Bloodbuzz Ohio by the National, which goes: “I still owe money to the money to the money I owe.”My book is a memoir about the psychological toll that what I term “desperation capitalism” took on millennials in particular, and how it pushed tens of millions of people to try to find a way out of financial precarity by engaging in high-risk financial activity. It’s told through the lens of my own experience of falling deeper and deeper under the spell as I spent 11 months trading a few thousand dollars into more than $1.2m, and then 18 months chasing my losses all the way down to zero. Well, more than zero, in fact, since by the end I owed the US government nearly $100,000 in taxes on phantom gains...

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2 h. ago Explosion at a California fireworks warehouse sets off fires and forces evacuations

Authorities say an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California has caused several fires, sending black smoke into the air and forcing some evacuations

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3 h. ago Should Brits start getting air conditioners as temperatures skyrocket in the UK?

Air conditioning could either be considered a waste of money or a wise investment as the mercury rises in the UK

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3 h. ago Foreign Office warns UK tourists of ‘flight disruption’ due to strike action at holiday destination

French air traffic controllers are set to walk out over two days impacting flights across Europe

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4 h. ago Indian lawmakers to review safety of aviation sector weeks after decade’s worst plane crash

High level parliamentary review to include participants from industry and government officials

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4 h. ago 'King's Cross in Africa' rail station project unveiled as Kenya's president visits London

The Nairobi Railway City scheme aims to transform 438 acres of land in the centre of Kenya’s capital into a new multi-modal transport hub

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4 h. ago Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel

The craven failure to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is just the latest example of skewed journalistic values over Israel’s warTonight, audiences can finally watch Gaza: Doctors Under Attack on Channel 4 and Zeteo. This timely film was originally produced for the BBC by award-winning production company Basement Films. The BBC has been delaying it since February, arguing it couldn’t go out before a review into an entirely different film, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, had culminated. That was a poor editorial decision with no precedent. But poorer still: after months of leaving the film in limbo, last week the BBC announced it wouldn’t air it – leaving it for Channel 4 to pick up.Why? The BBC said it might create “the perception of partiality”. You’d be forgiven for thinking this was lifted from a dystopian novel. Perception, after all, has nothing to do with impartiality – at least in an ideal world. The BBC seems to have said the quiet part out loud. Impartiality, as far as ...

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4 h. ago Heathrow fires: What caused the substation blaze which led to travel chaos

A new report unveils that a catastrophic failure led to the Heathrow power outage, prompting an Ofgem investigation into preventable faults

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4 h. ago Hymn of Babylon is pieced together after 2,100 YEARS: Scientists use AI to reconstruct ancient song

Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and 'bathed priests' in stunning detail.

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4 h. ago Popular Greater Manchester car boot sale unveils big return line

The 'even bigger and better' event will feature a double-decker rave bus with DJ performances, food stalls and dance lessons

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5 h. ago Kanye West stripped of Australian visa over Heil Hitler song

Ye has been travelling to Australia for years as it is where his wife of three years, Bianca Censori, was born

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5 h. ago Debacle in the desert: Will the Athetics’ $1.75bn stadium on the Vegas Strip ever be built?

It’s been over two years since the A’s were awarded public funding for their new ballpark. But despite last month’s “groundbreaking”, its completion is anything but certainIt had just turned 8am on a crystal clear, late June Monday morning, but it was already 85F (29F). Despite the tolerable heat (for the desert), a giant air conditioned tent had been erected on the former site of the Tropicana, the famed hotel which was demolished in a controlled implosion last October. Athletics owner John Fisher, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and a gaggle of politicians had all gathered on the compact, nine-acre site for a ceremony over two years in the making: the groundbreaking for the new A’s stadium on the Strip, coming your way in 2028.On the surface, it was your run-of-the-mill pomp and circumstance: a series of uneven speeches mixed in with a few kids gushing over how much they can’t wait to have the former Oakland and current A’s in Las Vegas. But if you had been followin...

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5 h. ago Ryanair was forced to cancel more than 800 flights last month

The impact on air travel was underscored last week when flights were temporarily halted at Dubai airport

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5 h. ago Shoppers ditch trainers for 'like walking on air' £36 Crocs sandals

The sandals are currently on sale at Amazon ahead of the retailer's annual Prime Day sale

Economics

5 h. ago Greater Manchester care home earmarked for closure as 'difficult news' announced

The Salvation Army has unveiled a list of five care homes where 'consultations' will begin

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5 h. ago Coronation Street fans declare 'give it to me' as they make same Vicky Myers claim

The actress's popularity in the ITV soap as Lisa Swain has continued to soar and fans are already commenting on scenes yet to air

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6 h. ago Kanye West banned from entering Australia over song with shocking two

Australia’s Immigration Minister revealed that Kanye West’s visa was revoked due to his promotion of hateful content and antisemitism underscoring the country’s firm stance against bigotry

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