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At least 100,000 scores by the pioneering 20th century Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg have been destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires. The sheet music was kept at his family’s music production company – which burnt down in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood last week. While no original manuscripts were lost, the music owned by Belmont Music … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Kate Middleton has confirmed her cancer is in remission, using a post on social media to share the good news and thank the staff who cared for her while she underwent treatment. In a message posted to Instagram on Tuesday, the Princess of Wales shared that there … Read more
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain suffered a new blow on Tuesday when his anticorruption minister, Tulip Siddiq, quit her post weeks after being named in an embezzlement investigation in Bangladesh. Ms. Siddiq, 42, is the niece of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh, who resigned last year after 15 years in power … Read more
Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced Tuesday that she was in remission from cancer. The princess revealed she had been treated at London’s specialist Royal Marsden Hospital.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, said she was relieved to be in remission on Tuesday after visiting the London hospital where she received treatment for cancer to thank all the medics and staff there. Catherine, 43, underwent a course of preventative chemotherapy after major abdominal surgery a year ago revealed the presence of an unspecified form … Read more
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, said Tuesday her cancer is in remission, about 10 months after announcing her diagnosis. Princess Kate made the announcement on social media after visiting the London hospital where she received treatment. “It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focussed on recovery,” she said in her … Read more
Hopes are running high that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza might finally be reached. Negotiators in Doha, Qatar appear to be on the brink of breaking a deadlock in ceasefire talks to end 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza. In his final foreign policy speech, the outgoing US President Joe … Read more
Social media users are criticizing a Democratic senator for claiming that Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth would lead a military invasion of Greenland if nominated. A confirmation hearing for Hegseth was held by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, where lawmakers were given the opportunity to question Trump’s defense pick. One Democrat in … Read more
Secretary of Defense hopeful Pete Hegseth on Tuesday called himself the target of a “coordinated smear campaign” as he denied a raft of allegations about his personal and professional conduct at the start of a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing. Hegseth said that reports about his alleged sexual impropriety, alcohol abuse and mismanagement of nonprofits were … Read more
At least 120 people are reported to have been killed in random shelling on Monday in the Dar-Salam area of the Sudanese city of Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, according to a local volunteer network. The Ombada Emergency Response Room said the death toll was provisional, suggesting that the number of victims … Read more