Child reporter who scored exclusive interview with then-President Barack Obama aged just 11 dies of natural causes aged 23 Damon Weaver who interviewed former President Barack Obama has died at 23 Weaver was just 11-years-old when he interviewed the president in August 2009 He was the youngest person to have interviewed a sitting president The 10-minute … Read more
Despite its proud Spanish roots, Iberian car giant SEAT now has a true-blue Briton driving it on. The firm’s new multi-lingual president Wayne Griffiths, 55, is charged with electrifying and expanding the SEAT and sporty Cupra brands. Significantly, the UK is SEAT’s third largest market after Germany and its home-market Spain. Taking charge: SEAT’s new … Read more
Olympic Games organisers are left embarrassed again as IOC president Thomas Bach’s visit to Japan next week is postponed amid rising Covid cases and an extended state of emergency in the host city of Tokyo Thomas Bach was set to attend a torch relay event and meet the prime minister IOC president is now unlikely to … Read more
MCC members have accused the club’s first ever female president of ‘gesture politics’ for her plans to create a memorial to Rachael Heyhoe Flint. Heyhoe Flint captained England and was one of the first women to become a member of the Lord’s club after campaigning for years to change its men-only policy. Clare Connor, who … Read more
MCC members have accused the club’s first ever female president of ‘gesture politics’ for her plans to create a memorial to Rachael Heyhoe Flint. Heyhoe Flint captained England and was one of the first women to become a member of the Lord’s club after campaigning for years to change its men-only policy. Clare Connor, who … Read more
This summer’s virus-postponed Olympics could be held behind closed doors, Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto admitted on Friday. Former Olympian Hashimoto said the Games could only be a success if organisers ‘completely protect’ athletes and people in Japan, and that she is hopeful people will ‘be glad’ the event went ahead. Overseas spectators have already … Read more
This summer’s virus-postponed Olympics could be held behind closed doors, Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto admitted on Friday. Former Olympian Hashimoto said the Games could only be a success if organisers ‘completely protect’ athletes and people in Japan, and that she is hopeful people will ‘be glad’ the event went ahead. Overseas spectators have already … Read more
Khloe Kardashian took to her Instagram Story on Saturday to commend President Joe Biden for recognizing the 1915 Armenian Genocide. The 36-year-old reality television personality thanked the nation’s leader for his bold move in formally referring to the mass killing as a genocide. Biden is the first U.S. leader to use the term to describe … Read more
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro says military would ‘follow his orders’ and take to streets raising fears over his politicisation of country’s armed forces Bolsonaro said: ‘If we were to have problems, we have plan of how to enter field’ Brazilian President added: ‘Our armed forces could one day go into the streets’ Comments will do … Read more
Ukraine’s president has warned Vladimir Putin ‘millions of lives are at stake’ if conflict erupts between the countries. Volodymyr Zelensky told the Russian leader he wanted to meet in the centre of the warzone in the Ukrainian Donbass. It comes after Russia insisted it has the right to restrict foreign naval ships’ movement off Crimea, … Read more