Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been sacked by Boris Johnson. It is understood Mr Gove was one of the first serving cabinet ministers to indicate he was unhappy with the prime minister staying in his post. The prime minister vowed to “keep going” on Wednesday despite the raft of departures, including the exit of
Manny Charlton, the founding guitarist of Nazareth who played on the Scottish rock band’s best-known records, including “Love Hurts”, its LP Hair of the Dog, and also produced early Guns N’ Roses demos, died today. He was 80. His grandson, Jamie Charlton, posted the news on social media with the caption “RIP Grandad.” Charlton cofounded Nazareth
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has chosen the first set of quantum-resistant encryption algorithms that are designed to “withstand the assault of a future quantum computer.” The post-quantum cryptography (PQC) technologies include the CRYSTALS-Kyber algorithm for general encryption, and CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, and SPHINCS+ for digital signatures. “Three of
Two years without one of the greatest fiddle players the world has ever known. Today marks the two-year anniversary of the passing of Charlie Daniels, who died on July 6, 2020 after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke at his home just outside of Nashville. On the anniversary of his father’s death, Charlie Daniels Jr. shared a
If you head to a show with Lee Bains + The Glory Fires, you won’t see a Southern punk band on stage. Instead, you’ll see a band that’s a raucous tornado of sound and righteous fury. A decade into their work, the talented outfit has toured the country proselytizing anarchism, anti-racism, and joyous resistance. The band’s upcoming
Israel Adesanya is taking aim at Chris Pratt after the actor criticized him for his performance at UFC 276 … calling the ‘Jurassic World’ star “just some fan” and sharing a video of him getting hit in the mouth. Adesanya unleashed the clap back on his Twitter page early Wednesday morning — nearly four days
Tecno Camon 19 and Camon 19 Neo are set to launch in India soon, the manufacturer owned by China’s Transsion Holdings announced on Wednesday. Both new phones were unveiled last month. Alongside the Tecno Camon 19 and Camon 19 Neo, the Chinese vendor has teased the launch of the Tecno Spark 9 in the country.
British Airways (BA) has announced it will cut a further 10,300 short-haul flights until the end of October. The airline, among the worst hit by post-pandemic staff shortages that have resulted in widespread disruption for passengers this year, made the announcement just a day after another wave of cancellations was revealed in a bid to
Robert Crimo III allegedly confessed to carrying out the July 4 mass shooting in Chicago’s Highland Park neighborhood, a prosecutor said at Crimo’s first court hearing Wednesday, July 6. At the hearing, during which a judge ruled that Crimo would be held without bond, Assistant State Attorney Ben Dillon said the 21-year-old made “a voluntary
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The Liberty Canyon neighborhood in Agoura Hills with street names like Freetown Lane, United Road and Yankee Drive was in a patriotic spirit as it celebrated the Fourth of July with their annual parade on Monday. The low-key parade is a great fit for the neighborhood with some street names that reflect on an Independence
A two-year-old has been left an orphan after both of his parents were killed when a rooftop sniper opened fire on the Fourth of July parade in Chicago. Irina McCarthy, 35, and Kevin McCarthy, 37, were among at least seven killed in the attack on Monday, in which around 50 people also suffered gunshot wounds
Boris Johnson has pledged to “keep going” as prime minister despite 18 MPs resigning from his government. Asked at Prime Minister’s Questions by fellow Conservative Tim Loughton if there were “any circumstances in which he should resign”, Mr Johnson said he would if he “felt it was impossible.. to go on” as a government. But
EXCLUSIVE: UK production and distribution firm 108 Media has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based animation studio Robot Playground Media (RPM). Co-founded and run by Ervin Han and Bernard Toh, RPM specializes in developing and producing animation IP for clients including Warner Bros., Disney Southeast Asia, Discovery, MediaCorp, StarHub and Viacom. In 2019, Toh directed
Malicious actors have been observed abusing legitimate adversary simulation software in their attacks in an attempt to stay under the radar and evade detection. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said a malware sample uploaded to the VirusTotal database on May 19, 2022, contained a payload associated with Brute Ratel C4, a relatively new sophisticated toolkit
If you like guitar licks, country-rock jams like Marcus King, and rustic vocals like Paul Cauthen, I’ve got an artist for you. Meet Early James. I stumbled upon Early James in 2020. His song “Blue Pill Blues” was featured on the Spotify playlist, I was hooked. Since discovering this song, it has remained heavily in my
Until now, the songs Eric Church has chosen to release as singles off his Heart & Soul triple album have leaned heavily toward the “rock” half of his signature country-rock sound. But in his newest single, “Doing Life With Me,” Church both slows down the tempo and brings acoustic country instrumentation to the forefront of
Scoring anything Janis Joplin owned would be cool, but an instrument that belonged to Janis AND Jimi Hendrix is a whole new level of rock memorabilia. We’re talking about a hand-painted mandolin that fetched a whopping $281,250 after 29 bidders battled it out. The history on this item is pretty cool, so that price could
Vivo is reportedly going to launch the Vivo Y30 5G as the smartphone has been approved by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in Thailand. The smartphone has been spotted on the certification website with the model number V2160. Although, the listing confirms the Vivo Y30 5G moniker, it doesn’t reveal any other details
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said there is “nothing off the table” on tax cuts as he called for caution on public sector pay rises. Speaking to Sky News on his first full day in the role, he said he would “look at everything” when pressed about his tax plans. “The most important thing is to