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Новости за 17.07.2024

The Herald 

Death toll nears 39 000 as Israel kills 81 Palestinians

The Israeli army killed 81 more Palestinians in attacks in the Gaza Strip yesterday, taking the overall death toll to 38 794 since last October, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday. A ministry statement added that some 89 166 other people have been injured in the assault. “Israeli forces killed 81 […]

Vox 

Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the book that made J.D. Vance

I’m no fan of Hillbilly Elegy, the 2020 movie starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close, but when I picked up the book it’s based on recently, in light of rumors that its author, J.D. Vance, would be Donald Trump’s pick for vice president, I expected it to feel more substantive than its screen adaptation.  At […]

Asian Boxing 

Fighters make weight for Lightweight tournament final, and Bantamweight title fights

Tomorrow at Korakuen Hall we get a mouth watering card thanks to Ohashi Gym, who put on the semi-final bouts of their Lightweight tournament, along with a Japanese youth title fight and a much anticipated rematch for the Japanese Bantamweight title.Today, ahead of that show, the men involved took part in their weigh in.Two of the main bouts on the card are the semi-finals of the “Asia’s Strongest Lightweight tournament”. One of those will see Yoji Saito (7-3-2, 7) [齊" [...]

Evening Standard 

OPINION - Will Starmer's interventionist King's Speech actually boost economic growth?

As President of the Board of Trade in the 1990s, Michael Heseltine famously declared his intention to intervene "before breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner" to support British business. And this is not a bad description of today's King's Speech, the first under a Labour government for 14 years (technically, the first since 1950).