Año: 2024

Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit activist and serial disruptor of British politics, announced plans on Monday to stand in Britain's general election next month, dealing a fresh setback to the prospects of the country's troubled prime minister, Rishi Sunak. The surprise announcement by Farage, who represents a far-right rebel movement, threatens to upend the election campaign by taking votes away from Britain's ruling Conservative Party. In doing so, it could make it even more difficult for Sunak and his party to narrow the double-digit gap in the polls with the opposition Labor Party. Divisive, charismatic and famous for his communication skills,…

According to a recording obtained by the New York Times, one of the Washington Post's political stars, Ashley Parker, asked how the paper had arrived at its decision, adding that a skeptical interpretation might be that Mr. Lewis was simply hiring his associates to help him manage the post office. Mr. Lewis is in many ways orchestrating a reunion with the people he worked with in the early chapters of his career. As publisher of the Wall Street Journal, he appointed Murray to the paper's top editorial position in 2018. And he worked with Winnett for years, first at the…

A lonely man and his records Cristiano Ronaldo's social media output, if we're all completely honest with ourselves, peaked in 2017, when he asked us – as a species – the most penetrating question of all: have you ever related steel to steel? 'steel? 'ecology? Because you should know, he did. Of course he did. This is Cristiano Ronaldo. And he collaborated with Egyptian Steel. However, even by these not-so-high standards, this week has been a bad one for Ronaldo. For basic context: he's 39 years old. He is several times a millionaire. He is a hero to millions of…

The outburst, which Votto and Jim Day, the reporter on the sidelines of the Reds broadcasts, had been reenacting for weeks – even on the team plane, which confused quite a few members of the Reds staff – has gone viral: one of the funniest characters of baseball had acted again. Votto, 40, who didn't embrace social media until March 2020, now regularly posts content to an audience of more than 300,000 followers on Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter. Like the attack on Russo, Votto's posts are carefully conceived and executed. Last winter, she posed in a flamboyant…