Nicolas Sarkozy: The Queen left me shaking with fear

Teetotal Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed that he nervously downed a glass of gin -believing it was water - to ease his dry throat ahead of meeting the Queen at a Windsor state dinner. In the first volume of his autobiography Le Temps des Tempêtes (The Time of Storms), the former …...Read More

Married footballer Patrice Evra locks lips with Dutch model Margaux Alexandra

Married footballer Patrice Evra put on a very cosy display with Dutch model Margaux Alexandra in London on Friday. The former Manchester United defender, 39, passionately kissed the blonde beauty as they enjoyed an alfresco lunch at Little House in Mayfair. It comes after model Margaux teased their relationship to …...Read More

Hurricane Hanna: Storm Makes Landfall in Texas

When natural disasters strike, swift and effective disaster response by local, state and federal officials has always been difficult. The pandemic has made it even harder. “Hurricanes can be deadly events,” Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference on Saturday afternoon. “We cannot allow this hurricane to lead to …...Read More

CBBC series The Next Step applauded by viewers for airing its first same-sex kiss

CBBC has been highly praised by viewers for airing its first same-sex kiss. In Canadian mockumentary-style drama series The Next Step, which follows a dance troupe as they prepare for and compete in various competitions and championships, the channel's first ever same sex kiss was seen on-screen. The latest episode, …...Read More

Kate Middleton 'barely acknowledged' Meghan Markle at Commonwealth Day, biography claims

The book is written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, who are considered friendly to Harry and Meghan Stand-offish episode at charity polo match appearance was snapshot of the pair's 'cordial but distant rapport' Meghan tried to make eye contact with Kate at Westminster Abbey, but she 'barely acknowledged her' …...Read More

A Viewer Spotted a Lump on Her Neck. Now, She’s Having a Tumor Removed.

When an eagle-eyed viewer noticed something on the broadcast journalist Victoria Price’s neck during a televised segment last month, the woman sent her a short, cryptic email. “Just saw your news report,” the viewer wrote to Ms. Price, an investigative reporter for WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fla. “What concerned me is …...Read More

Why Everyone’s Talking the ‘Green Banana’ Off Florida’s Coast

Sprinkled across the ocean floor, invisible from the surface, are hundreds — or maybe thousands — of sink holes. These “blue holes,” as scientists call them, do not swallow up everything incapable of fighting their gravitational force, like their black hole cousins. But to those who study them, they are …...Read More

Compensation for Embassy Bombing Victims Could Imperil Thaw With Sudan

Mr. Khaliq and Ms. Oport are among hundreds of victims and family members at the center of a yearslong process to remove Sudan from a U.S. government list of state sponsors of terrorism. Doing so will open the way for the East African country to move toward economic stability, and …...Read More

The Great Au Pair Rush

When the au pair decided to change families, she feared she was taking a major risk. Since the fall, the Colombian woman in her mid-20s had been working in New York as an au pair, one of about 20,000 young people — mostly women — who come to the United …...Read More

Mothers’ Power in U.S. Protests Echoes a Global Tradition

In the United States, there is a long tradition of Black women claiming their identities as mothers when protesting against police shootings, lynchings, and mass incarceration. But, like the Tamil activists in Sri Lanka, they have tended to be viewed through the narrow lens of their own grief and fear …...Read More