Strong characters naturally elicit strong reactions. But even allowing for the polarisation of modern politics, Emmanuel Macron is as a truly insufferable figure to his opponents. Just as – on the other side of the same coin – is Donald Trump. With Mr Trump is the unapologetic boorishness that sends liberals blind with fury; with…
High above Los Angeles, in the hills of Bel Air, a clash of the titans is playing out. Two rival “mega mansions” are on the market, both vying to become the most expensive house ever sold in the United States. What is more, they are both right next door to each other. On one plot…
Click:高仿包包哪里买 Repeat wolf-whistlers face on-the-spot fines of up to €750 (£660) under a new law against sexual harassment passed this week, amid outrage over a film of a woman being punched in broad daylight in Paris. MPs approved the law on its second reading late on Wednesday days after security footage showing a man punching…
Two nine-year-old twins who went missing in Greece’s wildfires died “hugging” their grandparents, it was confirmed late on Friday. A family friend announced on Facebook that the bodies of sisters Sophia and Vassiliki Philippopoulou were identified along with their grandparents. Angelos Kontos wrote: “The epilogue has been written. All 4 found hugging each other. Not…
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that the magazine deal with Conde Nast to produce her Goop quarterly ended after only two issues, because the publishing powerhouse objected to some of her unorthodox remedies and she wanted more control. Paltrow, 45, launched the magazine to accompany her wellness and retail site in the autumn of 2017, with…
Fresh concerns that US voters are turning against Donald Trump and could punish the Republican Party at the mid-term elections have emerged after a congressional race remained too close to call. Troy Balderson, the Republican candidate in the traditionally conservative twelfth district of Ohio, was less than one percentage point ahead of his Democrat…
Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton and one person was taken into custody, police said on Friday. Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 that is the capital of the province of New Brunswick, said in a post on Twitter that the…
Donald Trump’s administration is considering a tax cut worth $100 billion that would mainly benefit the well off and be delivered without legislation, it emerged on Tuesday. The US Treasury is looking at whether to allow people to take account of inflation when they work out what capital gains tax they owe. Steven Mnuchin, the…
New national stamps featuring a family with three piglets have given rise to speculation that China may soon relax its two-child family planning laws. The stamps for 2019, the Year of the Pig, which feature mother and father pigs and three piglets, were unveiled on Tuesday. Commentators noted that the scrapping of the decades-old one…
Blizzard’s Battle.net app now has a gifting function, so you can send in-game items such as Hearthstone card packs to friends. In fact, most in-game items can now be purchased as a gift rather than for yourself. Overwatch loot boxes? Check. World of Warcraft pets and mounts? Check. You can even gift BlizzCon virtual tickets….