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Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as Germany’s 10th chancellor on Tuesday morning, but he failed to win enough votes in parliament, which is usually merely a symbolic step. In a secret ballot, he was just six votes short of a 316-vote majority.Parliament now has two weeks to try to rally support to make Mr. Merz or another candidate chancellor in a second vote. There is no limit on the number of votes that can take place. It was not immediately clear whether lawmakers would attempt another vote on Tuesday or wait.If Mr. Merz fails to secure a…
Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons to “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” — the notorious penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay that last held inmates more than 60 years ago. Even as the Bureau of Prisons struggles with short staffing, chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure at its current facilities, Trump is counting on the agency to fulfill his vision of rebooting the infamously inescapable prison known in movies and pop culture as “The…
Princess Kate and Princess Charlotte Chris Jackson/Getty Images Prince William, Princess Kate Middleton and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, arrived at VE Day anniversary events in London on Monday, May 5, just days after Prince Harry said he was open to “reconciliation” with his estranged family. Kate’s chic purple, vintage-inspired suit and hat were a symbolic nod to the occasion: the 80th anniversary of VE — Victory in Europe — Day, which is celebrated in May every year in the U.K., marking the end of World War II in 1945. Kate, 43, stood out against…
John Tortorella is not expected to join the New York Rangers Mollie Walker of the NY Post: ESPN had reported that there was a “strong possibility” the John Tortorella could return to the New York Rangers. But it was later reported by ESPN that he’s not expected to become an assistant to Mike Sullivan. Back when Tortorella was the Rangers’ head coach, Sullivan was his associate coach. NHL Rumors: Pittsburgh Penguins – Offer Sheets, Getting Bigger, Goaltending, Karlsson and Graves Noah Strang: Vancouver Canucks president Jim Rutherford on Quinn Hughes on the 100% Hockey show with John Shannon: “We control…
Hugh SchofieldParis correspondentReutersFrance’s former interior minister has apologised for the first time for the 2022 fiasco at the Stade de France which saw Liverpool football supporters wrongly blamed for a riot.Gérald Darmanin admitted that security arrangements for the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid were wrong, and that his first public remarks – blaming English fans – were a mistake.”It was a failure because I had not foreseen. That was a mistake on my part. I was led astray by my preconceptions,” said Darmanin, now France’s justice minister.”The scapegoat was easy to find, and I apologise now to…
Sony Music Publishing and its songwriters were recognized for their achievements in pop music at ASCAP’s 2025 Pop Music Awards ceremony.Sony Music Publishing was named ASCAP’s Pop Publisher of the Year for a ninth time at the event, which took place on Thursday (May 1) in Los Angeles.At the event, SMP songwriters took home awards for their work across 28 of the past year’s top-performing songs.This year’s winning pop songs include Stargazing (Myles Smith), Good Luck, Babe! (Chappell Roan, Dan Nigro), and Not Like Us, by Mustard.The list of winning songs also includes I Am Not Okay (Ashley Gorley), Texas…
Katherine Heigl is embracing her life as a perimenopausal woman who’s already experienced the height of her career — and she’s not afraid to show it. “I wasn’t thinking about [aging] in my 20s, right? In my 20s, I was sort of at the height of my career, and I was getting to do all the roles I had always wanted to be able to do,” Heigl, 46, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, May 1, about her success following her breakout role as Izzie Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy. “I started as a child actor but by the time I…
Arne Slot insisted Liverpool showed why they are champions this afternoon despite a below-par performance in losing 3-1 at Chelsea.Reds boss Slot made six changes to his side for the trip to Stamford Bridge, giving several fringe players the chance to impress with Liverpool having wrapped up the title following their 5-1 thrashing of Tottenham last weekend.But they failed to gel and a Cole Palmer-inspired Chelsea cruised to a throughly deserved three points.Slot reasonably satisfied despite setbackDespite suffering just their third league defeat of the season, Slot felt there were moments of promise from his side.He told BBC’s Match of…
Police believe attackers targeted LGBTQ fans attending American star’s free concert on Rio’s Copacabana Beach.Brazilian police have arrested two people in connection with an alleged plot to detonate explosives at a Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro that drew more than two million people. The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro said on social media on Sunday that it had thwarted a bomb attack that had been planned by the suspects for the free concert, held on the famous Copacabana Beach on Saturday. The police added that an adult “responsible for the plan” had been arrested along with a…