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Bragg pushes for a drastically lower top tax bracketAndrew Bragg’s really going out on a limb here, spruiking ideas that go way further than his party’s policy platform.He says the top tax bracket – which currently sits at 47% – should be reduced to have a three in front of it. double quotation markTop tax brackets are too high and should have a three in front of them, just as they are for small businesses. We need to get to a flatter tax system for all people and all businesses, otherwise we can forget about getting the next Afterpay or…
House Of The Dragon season three has officially come to an end, but the HBO fantasy show is set to return. Based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood, the series is set nearly 200 years before Game Of Thrones. It depicts the downfall of House Targaryen amid a war of succession, better known as the Dance Of The Dragons. Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith lead the show’s cast, alongside Olivia Cooke, Paddy Considine, Steve Toussaint, Sonoya Mizuno, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell and Tom Glynn-Carney. In season three, James Norton and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth were among the newcomers. All…
For the first seven innings, it certainly seemed like the White Sox (61-57) channeled the Pope in the series opener, mashing three solo home runs for three of their four runs in front of a 40,000-person crowd, all wearing Pope hats.From first pitch, the Pope vibes were completely out of hand. | Chicago White SoxUnfortunately, the Chicago bullpen wasn’t as blessed, and wound up blowing the save in the top of the eighth, allowing the Reds (57-61) to come all the way back and steal the game in the top of the 10th, 5-4.AdvertisementRighthander Sean Burke looked as good as…
This week’s powerful earthquake in Colombia has revived fear in Mexico: Is the Pacific Ring of Fire about to send another major tremor north? The answer is no. Although Mexico faces real seismic risk, Monday’s 7.4-magnitude quake in western Colombia is not a scientific warning that Mexico is next. Colombia’s Geological Service said the quake was the country’s strongest of the 21st century. The death toll had risen above 200 by Tuesday as rescue operations continued, Reuters reported. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged “all the support” Colombia needs, depending on a formal request from Colombian authorities. The Venezuelan state…
For over 75 years, Mel Brooks has been making people laugh. Hard. He’s brought to the screen Mongo, Lili Von Shtüpp, the grandson of a certain mad scientist (aka Young Frankenstein), Frau Blücher (“A little Ovaltine, perhaps?), Louis XVI (“It’s good to be the king”), Max Bialystock, Leo Bloom, Barf, Dark Helmet, President Skroob, Yogurt, and so many others. The comedy icon, who turned 100 years old on June 28, is the focus of the two-part HBO documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (released as he approached the century mark), directed by Emmy winners Judd Apatow and Michael…
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President Donald Trump said a former US Marine held in a Russian prison, whose health was reportedly in extremely poor condition, has been released.”After my discussions with President Vladimir Putin, Russia has agreed to release him, very much on a Humanitarian Basis,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that no prisoner swap took place.Robert Gilman, who is from Massachusetts, was arrested in 2022 for allegedly kicking a police officer while aboard a train. He had recently been moved from prison to a civilian hospital in Russia after going into a catatonic-like state.Gilman was on a flight back to the US…
Amy Helm, singer-songwriter and daughter of late Band member Levon Helm, has been accused of self-dealing, trademark infringement, and causing $2 million in damages to Levon Helm Studios (LHS), among other charges, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court on Monday, August 10.In a 61-page complaint obtained by Pitchfork, LHS claims Amy Helm charged $400,000 to the studio to cover personal expenses and took an additional $200,000 from the Levon Helm Estate, including from an LLC used to distribute royalties from Levon’s final albums, thereby preventing the Estate from sending money to those who worked on the projects.…
Jeremy Doku says he is “not against” the journalist who criticised his plan to leave the Belgium camp during the World Cup to attend the birth of his first child.Doku’s wife Shireen was due to give birth during the second week of July and he told Reuters, external before the start of the tournament he intended to leave the camp to be at the birth even if his side were still in contention. But it brought fierce criticism from L’Equipe channel presenter France Pierron, who labelled a father “completely useless” at the time of their child’s birth.L’Equipe later apologised and…
The federal Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) last week launched an international tender to select a company to design, install and maintain a 5G telecommunications network for two passenger rail corridors that are currently under construction. In an Aug. 6 statement, SICT said that via the Integrated Trains and Public Transport Agency (Attrapi), it issued an “international public call for bids for the design, supply, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of the telecommunications network on the Mexico City–Querétaro–Irapuato and Saltillo–Nuevo Laredo rail sections.” “… The telecommunications network that is the subject of the tender includes 5G Standalone Railroad Radio…