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'The Little Mermaid' star Halle Bailey says she 'sobbed uncontrollably' as Black children embrace her Ariel
'The fact that these babies are looking at me and feeling the emotions that they’re feeling is really humbling and beautiful thing,' said Halle Bailey
2023-05-24 10:17
Workers at Mexico's federal courts launch a 4-day strike over president's planned budget cuts
Hundreds of judicial employees, from administrative staff to judges, took to the steps of Mexico City’s largest federal court to launch a national, four-day strike against proposed budget cuts
2023-10-20 06:16
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Move over Dodgers and Padres, it's time for the Arizona Diamondbacks to take the reins of the NL West.Yes, I’m not kidding, those same Diamondbacks who haven't won the division since 2011.Those same Diamondbacks who on opening day had among some of the worst odds to win ...
2023-06-15 01:27
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Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel is casting a pall over the outlook of companies that get a part
2023-10-09 13:23
Houston's Stroud looks to continue strong start against tough New Orleans secondary
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2023-10-13 02:24
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The Guardians have hung around in the American League Central race, and now bolster its rotation with the return of one of the team's best pitcher with Triston McKenzie set to make his season debut.After being shut down just before the season due to a strain in his right teres muscle, McKen...
2023-06-04 22:24
Elon Musk thwarted Ukrainian drone attack on Russian ships, book claims
Elon Musk ordered SpaceX engineers to cut off Ukrainian access to Starlink satellites near the Crimean coast to prevent a surprise drone attack on Russian warships, a new biography claims. The drones packed with explosives “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly” during the thwarted attack some time last year, Walter Isaacson writes in his upcoming book Elon Musk, according to an excerpt obtained by CNN. Mr Musk told the author that he feared a strike on occupied Crimea would amount to a “mini-Pearl Harbour” and lead to a Russian nuclear retaliation, Mr Isaacson writes. The decision led Ukrainian officials to beg the world’s richest person to reinstate the satellites. The account highlights how Mr Musk unwittingly found himself thrust into the frontlines of the the 18-month-old conflict. “How am I in this war?” Mr Musk reportedly asked the writer, who has previously published biographies of Steve Jobs and Henry Kissinger. “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.” The world’s richest man found himself thrust into the world of high-stakes diplomacy, and reportedly spoke to US national security adviser Jake Sullivan, joint chiefs chairman Mark Milley and the Russian ambassador to the US. Ukraine’s former deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov also contacted Mr Musk to beg him to switch the satellites back on, according to the book. The SpaceX CEO replied that the drone attack was “going too far and inviting strategic defeat,” and declined to restore access. SpaceX has donated more than 20,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine after Russia destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure in the beginning of the war in February 2022. Last October, Mr Musk wrote to the Pentagon to say that it could no longer afford to continue funding the service, which he estimated had cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars, CNN revealed at the time. After the story broke, Mr Musk wrote on Twitter, now known as X: “The hell with it … we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.” According to Mr Isaacson, US Defense officials had been about to hand over a $145m check before his reversal. “Elon succumbed to the bulls*** on Twitter and to the haters at the Pentagon who leaked the story,” SpaceX’s president Gwynne Shotwell reportedly told Mr Isaacson. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment by The Independent. In a promotional blurb, publishers Simon & Schuster say that Mr Isaacson shadowed Mr Musk for two years to gain an insight into every aspect of the billionaire’s world. The author “attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries”. “The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?” * Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson is set to be realeased by Simon & Schuster on 12 September Read More First photo emerges of Elon Musk and his baby twins with Neuralink director How Ukraine’s month-long drone assault has brought the war home for Russians Elon Musk vows to sue ADL for calling him antisemitic after he promoted antisemitic campaign on X The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary
2023-09-08 02:18
‘The Little Mermaid’ star Halle Bailey calls romance with Rapper DDG a 'transformative experience'
'I feel like things change when love gets more involved in your life. I have definitely discovered more within myself as a woman,' said Halle Bailey
2023-05-26 19:54
Improving Jannik Sinner has his sights set on serving up more success next season
Jannik Sinner will be looking to serve up the perfect dish next season
2023-11-20 21:56
Dominant throughout October, Diamondbacks bullpen falters in World Series Game 1 defeat
Paul Sewald gave up a tying, two-run homer to Corey Seager with one out in the ninth inning and Miguel Castro allowed Adolis García's game-ending home run in the 11th as Arizona opening the World Series with a 6-5 loss at Texas
2023-10-28 14:17
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