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Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte left in tears after fan insults late mother during game
Infielder’s mother died in car accident in 2017
Fan removed by security at request of Arizona
Arizona’s victory over the host Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night was marred after a fan’s insults about Ketel Marte’s late mother left the Diamondbacks second baseman in tears.
Marte was visibly upset after the incident, which took place when he came to bat at the top of the seventh inning. The 31-year-old’s mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car accident in 2017 in the Dominican Republic.
Continue reading...Taskforce launched to tackle root causes of UK riots
Politicians from different parties are aiming to come up with ideas for a stronger sense of community across the UK.
New corruption scandal, same old story? Why Spanish politics keeps failing to clean up its act | María Ramírez
With the prime minister now mired in scandal, a culture shift is towards accountability is crucial
María Ramírez is journalist and deputy managing editor of elDiario.es
On 31 May 2018, Pedro Sánchez, then the socialist opposition leader, delivered a powerful speech introducing the motion of no confidence that led to him becoming prime minister for the first time. It was a passionate speech, laced with detail. His target was the serving conservative PM, Mariano Rajoy, and his central argument for ousting Rajoy was the widespread corruption in the governing party, which Spain’s highest criminal court had confirmed just days earlier.
“Corruption acts as a corrosive and profoundly harmful force for any nation. It erodes society’s trust in its leaders and consequently weakens the authority of the state. But it also strikes at the very root of social cohesion,” Sánchez said. “Corruption undermines faith in the rule of law when it is left to run rampant or when there is no political response commensurate with the harm caused. Ultimately, corruption destroys trust in institutions, and more profoundly, in politics itself, when there is no decisive reaction grounded in exemplary conduct.”
Continue reading...Online and IRL, Trump Offers a Window Into His Psyche
Other countries used to need spies to discern the thinking of American presidents. Now they just need a Truth Social account.
India, Poland and Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission
Countries send their first astronauts in decades into space on Axiom Mission 4, along with US commander
A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades.
Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2.31am local time with a brand-new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule riding atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
Continue reading...UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace
Official visit confirmed but diary issues appear to have scuppered plans for initial informal meeting with king
Donald Trump will make a second state visit to the UK this year but the diary complexities of King Charles and the US president mean the two are unable to meet informally over the summer, it is understood.
The manu regia, a hand-signed formal invitation from the king, was hand-delivered to the White House last week by British representatives from the Washington embassy.
Continue reading...Not just rice and peas: lifting the lid on the radical roots of Caribbean cuisine
Caribe is more than a cookbook, says its author Keshia Sakarah, it’s also a homage to family – with a dash of history and a sprinkling of joy
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I dived into Caribe, a remarkable Caribbean cookbook that is simultaneously history, memoir and visual masterpiece. I spoke to the author, Keshia Sakarah, about how she came to write such a special book.
Continue reading...Eurostar passengers face severe delays and cancellations after cable theft
Passengers are being told to cancel or postpone their trips, following two track deaths and the theft of copper cables.
Trump praises Nato states as summit prepares to lift defence spending target
‘Nato’s going to become very strong with us,’ says US president, as secretary general calls him ‘daddy’
Donald Trump praised Nato countries for being willing to lift defence spending to 5% in his first public remarks at the military alliance’s annual summit, and said that he expected the US to be fully in support.
The president was speaking at a preliminary press conference in The Hague that was dominated by his rejection of overnight reports that Iran’s nuclear sites were not destroyed in US bombing, and where he was also praised by the Nato chief, Mark Rutte, for being the “daddy”.
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