World No 1 Iga Swiatek cruised to a second Indian Wells title and eighth WTA 1000 victory of her career as she beat Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-0 following a ruthless finish. Swiatek also defeated Sakkari in the 2022 BNP Paribas Open final, winning 6-4 6-1 on that occasion, and she rushed through the second set … Read more
LONDON — Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, the son of a Welsh father and a Zambian mother, will be the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. — and, according to him, of … Read more
LONDON — Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, who is currently Welsh economy minister, narrowly beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. Drakeford announced late last year he would … Read more
In 2014, Vybz Kartel was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of the 2011 murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. The Jamaican dancehall star has now won an appeal of his conviction due to juror misconduct in the original trial, Reuters reports. A Jamaican appeals court will now decide whether the musician and his … Read more
Samantha Markle‘s defamation case against her sister, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, has been dismissed. Samantha sued the former actress for statements she made in her Netflix series with Prince Harry, her Oprah Winfrey interview, and many more instances. Now, a judge has ruled that the statements were “substantially true,” negating Samantha’s earlier defamation … Read more
A motion to dismiss has been granted to Meghan Markle in the defamation lawsuit filed against her by her half-sister, Samantha Markle. Markle was sued for defamation by her half-sister following a 2021 CBS interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which she said she was an only child and did not have a close relationship with … Read more
The name on everybody’s lips at the 96th Academy Awards was Oppenheimer. Christopher Nolan’s historical drama took home the Oscar for Best Picture, as well as six other awards: Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography. The Oscar win marks … Read more
Awards season is about to end and we’re one day away from the 2024 Academy Awards, so let’s go over some Oscars trivia! At the 2023 show, there were three movies from franchises that received lots of nominations: Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Avatar: The Way of Water. Well, we decided to … Read more
FILE – Protesters, one wearing a mask and holding a poster that reads “The revolution starts from Rosia Montana,” sit on the pavement, blocking the traffic, in front of the Romanian parliament in Bucharest, Oct. 20, 2013, during a protest against the exploitation of gold by by Gabriel Resources, a Canadian mining company, at Rosia … Read more
Luke Littler marked his European Tour debut with a thrilling deciding-leg victory on the opening day of the Belgian Darts Open, as Stephen Bunting dumped out home hero Dimitri Van den Bergh. Littler was one of three Premier League stars in action on a bumper opening day in Wieze, and the teenage superstar produced a … Read more