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A review of Black British History: New Perspectives, Hakim Adi (ed) (Zed, 2020), £18.99 Black People in the British Empire, Peter Fryer (Pluto, 2021 [1988]), £14.99 Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain, Peter Fryer (Pluto, 2018 [1984]), £16.99 The emergence of “black studies” within the American academy in the 1970s was one […]
MEDITERRANEAN SEA – Naval Striking Forces NATO will execute a Transfer of Authority (TOA), assuming command of more than 5,000 U.S. Sailors and Marines assigned to USS Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG). The TOA – which takes place in parallel to NATO’s exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 – brings joint vigilance and Deterrence and Defense (DDA) […]
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a U.S. warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, and also struck a British vessel as their aggressive attacks on maritime traffic continue. The attack on the destroyer USS Carney marked a further escalation in the biggest confrontation at sea […]
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a U.S. warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, and also struck a British vessel as their aggressive attacks on maritime traffic continue. The attack on the destroyer USS Carney marked a further escalation in the biggest confrontation at sea […]
Tributes have been paid to a dancer from Lancashire who moved to the US and died after eating a biscuit that contained peanuts. Órla Baxendale, 25, had a peanut allergy. She died on 11 January after going into anaphylactic shock caused by the mislabelled vanilla florentine cookie she ate. Baxendale, originally from east Lancashire, had […]
Daz Black has shared his brand of comedy across two tours: One in his native U.K. and another in Australia. Now, the 38-year-old ex-construction worker is coming to America. During the summer of 2024, he will hit 23 U.S. cities on a cross-country comedy tour. These days, Black is best known as the host of Daz […]
The United States and its allies are weighing how to stop attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea after American and British officials said on Wednesday that their navies had intercepted one of the largest barrages yet of drones and missiles fired from an area controlled by the Houthis, an Iranian-backed group in Yemen. […]
LONDON — While protests erupt across the U.S., crowds have taken to the streets of Britain. Many carry banners bearing George Floyd’s name and face — but there have been British names on placards too. Speaking on Sky News, Marcia Rigg — whose brother Sean Rigg died after being arrested in 2008, said, “I welcome […]
British American Tobacco, the cigarette giant whose portfolio includes Camel and Lucky Strike, said Wednesday that it would write down the value of its brands by 25 billion pounds, or $31.5 billion, because of the slowing economy and a shift toward vaping among smokers. The company told investors that it had reassessed the “useful economic […]
About a decade ago, 125 amateur cyclists from all over the UK filed into the laboratories at King’s College London. Aged between 55 and 79, they were there to participate in a long-term study examining how regular physical activity affects the ageing process. Janet Lord, professor of immune cell biology at Birmingham University, who conducted […]