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Toru Utsumi, 60, works as a management consultant, but on his days off, he has become a global internet star — despite some local disapproval.
Javier C. Hernández and Hisako UenoDancingPop and Rock Music
Modern politicians play on tales of empire to exaggerate what Britain left behind, but the monarch should consider a historical speech on the vast wealth taken awayFor us in the Caribbean, there is something surreal about Britain’s renewed nostalgia over empire. As Britain’s monarch prepares to visit the Caribbean, and at a time when we in the former colonies are demanding to have a serious reckoning with slavery and reparations, UK politicians are invoking a dumbed-down distortion of history.Rewriting the facts: the Reform MP Robert Jenrick has argued that colonies owed Britain a “debt of gratitude” for the institutions empire bequeathed them. Jacob Rees-Mogg, a former minister in a Conservative government, has described British colonialism as “one of the greatest civilising, prosperity-creating forces the world has ever seen”. The opposition leader, Kemi Badenoch, has disputed colonial
Kenneth MohammedGlobal developmentColonialism
So far this autumn wet and windy weather patterns have been steered away from the UK. When could we see that change?
Thousands pack Wentworth Park for the final time before the stadium is demolished and returned to parklandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe end of an era has fallen upon an Australian sporting landmark as the greyhound races at an inner-city track kicked off for the very last time.Thousands packed into Wentworth Park in central Sydney on Friday night, where greyhound races have been held since 1932, for the last race meeting before the track’s planned demolition. Continue reading...
Australian Associated PressSydneyAustralia sport
Manchester United head coach produced a masterclass in dialling down emotion before a tricky trip to LeedsMichael Carrick returned his most impressive performance precisely when required as he took questions in the midst of the first crisis engulfing him as Manchester United’s manager.His team are bombing in the league after the club’s poorest start since 1986 and out of the Carabao Cup, and after Tuesday’s Champions League defeat at Atlético Madrid Lisandro Martínez showed up ruptures at United by calling out the director of football, Jason Wilcox. Continue reading...
Jamie JacksonMichael CarrickManchester United
The unnamed individual asks London's High Court to prevent the publication of "serious allegations".
Ukrainian president says US limiting access was a ‘dangerous and unpleasant surprise’, amid reports the order came from inside White HouseVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Ukrainian military’s access to the Starlink satellite internet service has not yet been fully restored, as media reports suggested the order to throttle the service had come from within the White House.Zelenskyy met European leaders on Friday in Brussels, where he asked the EU for another €70bn (£60bn) next year to fund Ukraine’s defence against Russia. Continue reading...
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Andrew Roth in KyivUkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Rebecca Louise Burwood saw the vulnerable victim "as her nanna" but stole to fund her lifestyle.
Images from New Zealand aerial survey of Nikumaroro in 1938 offer new clues over aviator’s disappearanceA New Zealand museum has released nearly 50 photos from a 1938 aerial survey of the island where Amelia Earhart is believed to have crash-landed, offering amateur sleuths new evidence to scour for traces of the pioneering aviator and her plane.The black-and-white images were published by the Air Force Museum of New Zealand after renewed interest in one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century, spurred by a US expedition to the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro in search of new clues. Continue reading...
Oliver HolmesAmelia EarhartNew Zealand
As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’ A woman opens a 300‑year‑old box, unleashing a violent spirit – it is the spirit of colonialism and oppression roaring back to life. It is a pivotal scene in Sky’s supernatural series Possession and symbolises a wider shift in Jamaica’s film industry, where directors are increasingly using the landscape to tell Jamaican stories – including those that confront enslavement, trauma and historical memory.The series is about a biracial British lawyer who travels to Jamaica to investigate a multimillion-pound inheritance dispute, only to uncover a dark, vengeful spirit tied to the plantation’s brutal colonial past. Continue reading...
Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondentJamaicaWorld cinema
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of a conference.
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