Author and It-Girl Julia Fox in Marni. The Fashion Trust U.S. Awards? You kind of had to be there. After the point in the ceremony when Natasha Beddingfield sang “Unwritten” at the top of her lungs, the entire room overtaken by euphoric nostalgia, moving and singing in her reflection, host Keke Palmer correctly retorted: “Why…
Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that he will abolish NHS England signals the “final nail in the coffin” for a decade-long experiment to provide operational independence to the health service. NHS England — now the world’s largest quango with 13,000 staff — was set up in 2012 as part of a top-down reorganisation introduced by Andrew…
CHAMPAIGN (25News Now) – Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed legislation in the General Assembly that would force all Illinois schools to keep students from using cell phones during classroom instruction. Pritzker argued that phones in the classroom increase distraction, worsen student mental health, and give students opportunities to cheat. He spoke Thursday at Champaign’s Centennial High…
Utah became the first state in the country to pass legislation requiring app store operators to verify users’ ages and require parental consent for minors to download apps. The App Store Accountability Act is the latest kids online safety bill to head to head to the governors’ desk, as states across the country and the…
In a move promoted as supporting freedom of speech, The Washington Post will no longer publish opinion columns that oppose the core views of Post owner and Amazon executive chair Jeff Bezos, Bezos has reportedly told staff. New York Times reporter Benjamin Mullin and Semafor reporter Max Tani published details about the move on Wednesday,…
Heavy police presence is seen on the sentencing day for the 45 pro-democracy activists convicted of … [+] violating the Beijing-imposed National Security Law outside a court in Hong Kong on November 19, 2024. (Photo credit: Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images On November 19, 2024, 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders were…
Former US President Donald Trump Former US President Donald Trump gave a speech on Sunday in Lititz, Pennsylvania, where he talked about violence against journalists and reporters being shot. In his remarks, Trump further cast doubt on the integrity of the election and revisited old grievances from his 2020 defeat, as reported by the Associated…
Hong Kong’s leader has brushed aside a former minister’s suggestion that encouraging protests can help the city’s image abroad, calling the argument that demonstrations prove political inclusivity “narrow-minded”. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu made the remarks on Sunday, two weeks after former housing and transport minister Anthony Cheung Bing-leung told a newspaper that encouraging groups…
Elon Musk purchased Twitter with a pledge to make it a bastion for free speech. Musk quickly reinstated some previously suspended accounts, like for Alex Jones and Donald Trump. But a new report from X shows it has suspended — on average — more accounts than Twitter ever did. Thanks for signing up! Access your…
Open this photo in gallery: Patrick Lam, left, and Chung Pui-kuen leave court during the hearing on charges of conspiring to publish seditious publications, in Hong Kong, in this June 27, 2023, file photo.Tyrone Siu/Reuters When Chung Pui-kuen founded the media outlet Stand News, he meant the name literally. It was 2014, and media in…