A former leader of the Conservative Party has criticised Rishi Sunak’s approach to the economy, accusing the former chancellor of fuelling inflation. Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme, Liz Truss backer Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the Treasury, overseen by Mr Sunak, has demonstrated a “failure” of monetary policy. Sir Iain continued:
Joe Biden pushed back against criticism of his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, telling reporters that he raised the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi “at the top” of their meeting. But Biden faced criticism of an image that preceded the meeting in Jeddah, when he gave a fist bump to
Researchers have disclosed details about a security vulnerability in the Netwrix Auditor application that, if successfully exploited, could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected devices. “Since this service is typically executed with extensive privileges in an Active Directory environment, the attacker would likely be able to compromise the Active Directory domain,” Bishop Fox said
Up and coming honky tonker South Texas Tweek is back with his latest single “Feelin’ Good.” Acquiring the peculiar nickname “Tweek” after being diagnosed with tourette’s syndrome as a child, the Houston, TX area native has quickly and quietly amassed a strong following of fans. He released his first single “Count on Me” in December
LeAnn Rimes, Mickey Guyton and award-winning pop percussionist Sheila E. take a stand in their anthemic new song “The Wild.” Released Friday (July 15), the powerful collaboration echoes the empowering themes of Rimes’ upcoming album God’s Work, which is set for release on Sept. 16 via Thirty Tigers. “My new album as a whole looks at the
Oppo Pad Air will debut in India alongside the Oppo Enco X2 TWS earphones and the Oppo Reno 8 series of smartphones on July 18. To keep the buzz going, Oppo has teased the processor and RAM details of its first tablet in India. It is confirmed to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 680 SoC,
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, controlled by the country’s de facto leader Mohammed bin Salman, is to become the second-largest shareholder in Aston Martin Lagonda as part of a fundraising to shore up the struggling sports car brand. The company said on Friday it was looking to raise £653m in total. This would be done
Roger Waters threw shade at both the Weeknd and Drake after the former Pink Floyd rocker found himself overshadowed in the Toronto press by the two hometown artists. Waters’ This Is Not a Drill Tour rolled into Toronto on July 8, the same day the Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn trek was set to kick
Brittney Griner’s lawyers told a Russian court that the WNBA star was prescribed medical cannabis at the latest hearing for Griner’s drug possession trial on Friday. Griner was detained at a Moscow-area airport for having vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage, resulting in the drug smuggling charges. However, during the hearing, Griner’s lawyers produced
“This report was birthed in trauma.” It’s a striking and heartbreaking opening statement for the groundbreaking 2022 Urban Library Trauma Study Report, released in late June at the 2022 American Library Association Annual Conference. While the beginnings of the study were rooted in library trauma before the COVID-19 pandemic, the initial grant application was written
With the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium, we look at the history of one of America’s most sung songs. Baseball has inspired a lot of music. There have been pop songs and polkas, quicksteps and two-steps, mambos and marches and even operas have been written in celebration of America’s favorite pastime. Here
When Donald Trump touched down in Saudi Arabia in 2017, King Salman was waiting on the tarmac. It was the president’s first overseas trip and the capital Riyadh had been transformed into a celebration of American culture, with flags, projections and music. Joe Biden‘s arrival could not have been more different. Awaiting him as he
Rishi Sunak has vowed to scrap hundreds of remaining EU laws and regulations if he triumphs in the Tory leadership race, as Penny Mordaunt faces scrutiny for her views on trans rights. In a fresh pitch to win over Brexiteers, the former chancellor promised to appoint a Brexit minister to comb through the remaining 2,400
ESPN+, which has grown dramatically over the past couple of years while also adding a significant amount of live sports offerings, will increase its monthly price to from $7 to $10 a month on August 23. The 43% rate hike is the second one in a little more than a year for ESPN+, which launched
VoIP phones using Digium’s software have been targeted to drop a web shell on their servers as part of an attack campaign designed to exfiltrate data by downloading and executing additional payloads. “The malware installs multilayer obfuscated PHP backdoors to the web server’s file system, downloads new payloads for execution, and schedules recurring tasks to
There is no better way to spend your weekend than having some classic country songs on and diving deep into the archives of amazing country music videos. Merle Haggard’s Austin City Limits performance from 1978 was the church service I didn’t know I needed. This performance was his first ever appearance on ACL. And naturally,
Wade Bowen is singing the truth about being a country singer-songwriter, and he’s bringing along a country legend to help him tell the story. The Texas singer released “A Guitar, a Singer and a Song,” featuring Vince Gill, on Friday (July 15). The tune finds Bowen singing about the experience of making music for a
Q’orianka Kilcher has been charged with insurance fraud over what officials claim was improper collection of disability benefits over 2 years … amounting to tens of thousands. The actress — who’s appeared on ‘Yellowstone’ lately — was slapped with 2 felony counts of workers’ comp insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Department of
Despite just minor upgrades over the Nord 2 (Review), the new OnePlus Nord 2T 5G seems to have it all. OnePlus’ first ‘T’ model in the Nord series isn’t a brand-new phone, but seems to get the basics right by including a proper mid-range processor, an upgraded fast-charging system, a quality display and a capable primary
Internet providers have a moral obligation to help customers through the cost of living crisis, the regulator has said. More and more families are struggling with their internet bills, which often are linked to inflation and have been going up this year. Along with everything else. Ofcom’s networks and communications group director, Lindsey Fussell, told