Month: May 2019

Jeremy Corbyn will not be able to get enough of his MPs to back a Brexit deal without the promise of a second referendum, even “Labour MPs say they won’t back a Brexit deal without a people’s vote”

It began with a great outpouring of images. At 15, Harold Feinstein borrowed his neighbour’s Rolleiflex camera and started shooting scenes of everyday life on “Photographer Harold Feinstein, the unsung chronicler of Coney Island”

In his home state, Mike Pence gazed out at the massed ranks of the National Rifle Association. “I know we’re going to keep on winning “Silent accomplice or quiet plotter: what does Mike Pence really want?”

Washington and Moscow traded barbs over Venezuela on Sunday with Russia’s foreign minister urging the United States to abandon its “irresponsible” plan to depose Nicolás “Venezuela: Russia urges US to abandon ‘irresponsible’ plan to topple Maduro”

Having made his first, brazenly ambitious feature at the age of 27, and finding himself compared to the young Orson Welles, American writer-director Brady Corbet “Vox Lux director Brady Corbet: ‘The movie is about the desire to be iconic’”

Somali-American model Halima Aden has become the first Muslim model to appear in Sports Illustrated magazine wearing a hijab and burkini. She appeared in the “Halima Aden becomes first model to wear a burkini in Sports Illustrated”

As Venezuela slumps further into crisis, White House officials from Donald Trump down have made repeated expressions of support for the country’s people. But such “Trump administration denies special help to Venezuelans seeking asylum”

A police station in north-eastern Paris had to be evacuated on Sunday after it was invaded by fleas, a police union said. “Police station closed “Flee! French police forced to close Paris station after flea invasion”

Madonna, a pioneer for gay rights, accepted the advocate for change award at the 2019 Glaad media awards, with a rousing speech that went from “Madonna gives rousing speech on why she fought for change at Glaad awards”