78 m. ago ‘I was killed in virtually every film’: how trailblazing Chinese

A retrospective at the BFI celebrates how Wong – whether typecast in orientalist fantasies or breaking taboos with a kiss – could always steal the showAnna May Wong is everywhere these days. The chic Chinese-American actor who first made a splash in the silent era has been fictionalised in films and TV shows, including Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood and Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, and an excellent novel, Amanda Lee Koe’s Delayed Rays of a Star. She has her face on the quarter, the first Asian-American to be honoured in that way, and she is the subject of a page-turner of a biography, Not Your China Doll by Katie Gee Salisbury. But what about the films? This month, BFI Southbank in London hosts a retrospective of this remarkable star’s career, titled Anna May Wong: the Art of Reinvention.Wong was born in Los Angeles to second-generation Chinese parents in 1905. At the very beginning of her film career in 1921, she self-consciously told a movie magazine that she was “a considerable spot of ye...

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92 m. ago At least 13 killed after suicide bomber targets political rally in Pakistan

Thirty people wounded as bomber blows himself up outside stadium hosting rally in restive Balochistan province

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93 m. ago Mum told family she was going on holiday before text confirmed tragic death

Maureen Slough, 58, never told her children how much she was suffering. She only confided in a friend, whom she only met on TikTok, in her final hours.

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3 h. ago 'Ketamine Queen' accused of selling fatal dose to Matthew Perry is set to plead guilty

A woman charged with selling Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him is set to plead guilty

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3 h. ago Meet the revenge quitters: why people are ditching their jobs

From marching bands to TikTok takedowns, employees are resigning in spectacular fashion. While going viral seems risky, some find it opens new doors ...In 2011, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco had been working in room service at a luxury hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, for nearly four years, whisking delicacies on demand to guests’ rooms, when he reached breaking point. He was paid a measly $5.50 (£4) an hour, made to work punishingly long shifts and, to top it off, had managers taking a cut of his hard-earned tips.The poor treatment ratcheted up after DeFrancesco and colleagues tried to unionise workers at the hotel. In response, managers would berate those involved for making tiny mistakes. Things got so petty that workers on shift who had to take calls from guests were banned from sitting down. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Crypto scandal sinks Russian elite’s $8.5mn polar party cruise

Company owned by France’s billionaire Pinault family sued by Russian-owned travel agency after trip collapses following payments chief’s arrest

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5 h. ago Brit tourist 'grabs crying boy from his mum and refuses to hand him back' at airport

Alvina Omisri Agba, 23, was arrested at Miami International Airport on Tuesday after allegedly taking a four-year-old boy from his mother and refusing to hand him back

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6 h. ago Moment suspect flees undercover cops during car stop arrest attempt in North London

Witnesses shared footage of a man escaping from his car as swooped on the High Road in North Finchley at about 12noon on Tuesday.

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6 h. ago Colorado sheriff's deputy disciplined for helping immigration agents resigns, ending lawsuit

A Colorado sheriff’s deputy disciplined for helping federal immigration agents make arrests has resigned

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6 h. ago Forget oil and cook the 'best bacon ever' using chef's simple method

A chef has shared his simple hack for cooking the "best bacon you'll ever have" - and it doesn't require any oil. The method has gone viral on TikTok with users dubbing it "life-changing"

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6 h. ago Video shows lethal U.S. missile strike on Venezuela 'drug boat' as Trump reveals 11 Tren de Aragua members were killed

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was briefed about a military operation where the U.S. 'shot out a boat' involved in the drug trade coming out of Venezuela.

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7 h. ago Genius whose life was cancelled: The vicious campaign that robbed TV mastermind Graham Linehan of his career, his celebrity friends and marriage

By the time they had escorted him to a private area, Graham Linehan's 'offence' had been explained to him. He was under arrest for a series of 'anti-trans' social media posts.

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8 h. ago Airport chaos as woman grabs crying boy, 4, from his mother and refuses to let go

Alvina Omisri Agba, 23, from Luton, England, was arrested on Tuesday after she allegedly grabbed a young boy from his mother at Miami International Airport and refused to hand him back.

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9 h. ago US conducts ‘kinetic strike’ against drug boat from Venezuela, killing 11, Trump says

Trump says ‘we took it out’ referring to the operation in international waters, amid US-Caracas tensions The US military has killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela during a “a kinetic strike” in the Caribbean Sea, the US president, Donald Trump, has claimed amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.Trump trailed the announcement during an address at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, telling reporters the US had “just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a drug-carrying boat”. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Man, 88, killed wife, 85, and told emergency services he 'had to do it'

Jurors found 88-year-old William Haxworth had killed his wife of more than 60 years by smothering her to death, before her body was discovered at their Bath home

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9 h. ago Farage to say UK has ‘authoritarian censorship regimes’ after Linehan arrest

The Reform UK leader will give evidence to the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on free speech in the UK.

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9 h. ago Woman arrested in probe into online threats against Irish politician

It comes after Tanaiste Simon Harris revealed he had received direct threats targeting his family.

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9 h. ago Family of worker who died while building Vegas F1 stands files lawsuit after saw didn’t have ‘safety stop’

Tizoc Antonio was only a few hours into his first day on the job when he was killed

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9 h. ago Viral bakery loved by Lizzo hits back at TikToker who slammed 'overpriced' French toast and bacon butty

'One of the most disappointing food experiences I've ever had in my life'

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10 h. ago 8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago over long weekend as Trump plans federal deployment

Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago

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