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Labour would improve paternity leave rights amid ‘cultural shift’ – Rayner
Angela Rayner joked that Sir Ed Davey seemed to be on his own ‘dad month’.
- BBC
Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims
The economic crisis means millions of Nigerian Muslims will not be celebrating Eid al-Adha as normal.
- RFI
The sound of struggle: South Africa's lasting legacy of cultural resistance
Thirty years after the end of apartheid in South Africa, the cultural resistance artists waged against white minority rule continues to inspire new generations of creators. "Nelson Mandela himself always said that the struggle against apartheid was a collective effort," Tshepo Moloi, history lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, told RFI. "People who were not in leadership had a great role too: the labourers, the workers and the cultural activists – people who sang, poets, painters, sculpt
- The Canadian Press
Inmates take staff hostage at a detention center in southern Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Inmates at a pre-trial detention center in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don have taken two employees hostage, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said Sunday.
- Deadline
Taylor Swift Chokes Up On Stage During Final Liverpool Concert In Eras Tour
It’s taken the UK’s great musical city of Liverpool to do it, but Taylor Swift was finally brought to tears by her fans on Saturday evening, as she performed her final concert there in front of a crowd of 60,000. The singer had staged three shows at the Anfield stadium – more famous for its …
- The Independent
‘Wear a helmet’: Gordon Ramsay shows off full torso bruise after bike accident
Gordon Ramsay has warned fans to “wear a helmet” after he was involved in a bike accident, leaving him with a bruise down the whole left-hand side of his torso. In a Father’s Day message, the chef explained how he was riding his bike in Connecticut when the incident happened, and was “saved” by his helmet and medical staff at a local hospital.
- The Canadian Press
Wildfire north of Los Angeles spreads as authorities evacuate 1,200 people
GORMAN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities evacuated at least 1,200 people Saturday as a wildfire in Los Angeles County spread over thousands of acres near a major highway and threatened nearby structures, officials said.