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Coachella Favorite PinkPantheress Is Shaping a New British Wave

Coachella Favorite PinkPantheress Is Shaping a New British Wave

Published by Sam Flores

Alongside artists like RAYE, Olivia Dean, and Charli xcx, PinkPanthress is part of a new class of British musicians finding global traction by leaning further into their sound, instead of smoothing it out. “There’s definitely a raw spirit that the UK brings,” she says, calling ahead of a show in Vancouver. “I don’t really know how or why…but we tend to be more from the heart.” Vanity Fair: You’ve gone straight from a show in Mexico City into Weekend 1 of Coachella and back on tour. What’s that run been like so far? PinkPantheress: It’s been pretty hectic, but I’ve enjoyed every aspect of it. I really enjoy performing these days, so it’s been incredible being able to play like that. You’ve created a really immersive, almost cinematic show on tour, with characters like DJ Joe and backup dancers called Pinkettes. How do things change when you bring it to a festival like Coachella? When I got booked for Coachella, I realised there’d be fans there. But I’d guess maybe less than 50% of the …

Scale of Beirut destruction revealed after wave of Israeli strikes | US-Israel war on Iran

Scale of Beirut destruction revealed after wave of Israeli strikes | US-Israel war on Iran

Published by Sam Flores

NewsFeed The damage from Israel’s devastating strikes on Beirut on Tuesday is coming into focus now that the smoke has cleared, revealing mounds of rubble and burnt buildings. Al Jazeera’s Justin Salhani visited one neighborhood that was hit especially hard. Published On 9 Apr 20269 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Liverpool refuse to wave white flag against, but don’t bet on another famous comeback

Liverpool refuse to wave white flag against, but don’t bet on another famous comeback

Published by Sam Flores

Good evening and welcome to live coverage of the Champions League quarter-final, first leg match between the champions, Paris Saint-Germain, and Liverpool at Parc des Princes. Thirteen months ago this was the pick of the round of 16 ties and comprised two terrific games, Liverpool’s 1-0 victory in the Eternal City coming by virtue of Harvey Elliott’s late goal, a minute after coming on as a substitute, and a virtuoso act in goal by Alisson. A week later Ousmane Dembélé would level the tie at Anfield in one of the finest European matches this author has ever seen before PSG and Gigi Donnarumma saw off the hosts in the shoot-out, the giant octopus of a goalkeeper making magnificent saves from Darwin Núñez and Curtis Jones, both of which were respectable efforts. Liverpool would go on to win the Premier League, PSG their 13th Ligue 1 and maiden Champions League and although tonight’s home side decided to get rid of Donnarumma which has demonstrably weakened them, the visitors’s starting XI is in far worse shape a …

What Tuesday’s elections tell us about the ‘blue wave’ coming — and why Trump should be worried

What Tuesday’s elections tell us about the ‘blue wave’ coming — and why Trump should be worried

Published by Sam Flores

While much of the world, let alone Washington, waited to see whether Donald Trump would carry out his pledge to make Iran’s civilization “die” before the president ultimately backed down from his threat, political observers noticed a different but no less earth-shattering storm brewing closer to home this week — one that could impact the Republicans’ hold on both houses of Congress. Georgia and Wisconsin both held elections on Tuesday evening — while the world was digesting Trump’s latest threats to send Iran “back to the Stone Ages” — that showed that the swing states, both of which voted for him in 2016 and 2024, are trending leftward. Down south, Republican Clay Fuller won the runoff race to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s old seat in Georgia’s 14th congressional district. Trump endorsed Fuller and he inevitably will be much more of a loyalist than was Greene, who broke with the president over the Epstein files and other matters before her resignation. But that does not tell the full story. In 2024, Greene won the district by …

Used EVs just hit a sales record – a much bigger wave is coming

Used EVs just hit a sales record – a much bigger wave is coming

Published by skeptic

Photo: Tesla Used EV sales are picking up serious momentum in the US – and now there’s hard data to back it up. According to Cox Automotive, used EVs had a standout first quarter at Manheim, the US’s largest wholesale auto marketplace. Sales hit a record in Q1, with nearly 37,000 EVs sold through Manheim’s auction lanes. That surge lines up with broader demand. Cox Automotive estimates that more than 100,000 used EVs were sold at retail in Q1, making it the second-strongest quarter on record. The only higher mark came in Q3 2025, when buyers rushed to lock in government-backed incentives before they expired. On the wholesale side, used EV sales rose 12% year over year and jumped 17% compared to Q4 2025. Prices also held firm through March, rising along with the typical spring market bump. Advertisement – scroll for more content One likely factor: higher gas prices. As fuel costs ticked up, dealers appeared more willing to lean into used EV inventory, which is typically much cheaper than buying new. Supply is …

Gulf Energy Shock Spreads To Global Plastics As War Sparks Force Majeure Wave

Gulf Energy Shock Spreads To Global Plastics As War Sparks Force Majeure Wave

Published by Jenni Sidey

Building on our earlier “Global Demand Destruction” note, which mapped how the Gulf energy shock is spreading globally and the immediate effects of rationing, price controls, and fuel shortages, another second-order disruption is quickly emerging: supply chain disruptions in critical plastic feedstocks. Plastics are core to the modern economy, and a troubling new Bloomberg report indicates that several producers of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) have declared force majeure, as tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain heavily disrupted. For context, MEG and PTA are the two primary feedstocks used to produce polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyester fibers. These petrochemicals are critical to the production of everyday consumer goods that make life in the developed world convenient, including plastic bottles, food packaging, clothing, home furnishings, and a wide range of consumer and industrial goods. More specifically, MEG is used in the production of polyester yarn, polyester staple fiber, PET resin, and PET film. It also plays a critical role in antifreeze, coolants, adhesives, coatings, and enamels. In other words, MEG and …

The West’s record-shattering heat wave isn’t over as heat dome shifts into the Plains

The West’s record-shattering heat wave isn’t over as heat dome shifts into the Plains

Published by Sam Flores

An oppressive heat wave across much of the western United States had cities and their residents sweltering through conditions this weekend that are normally more common at the height of summer. The blistering heat wave, which has persisted all week throughout California and the desert Southwest, will continue to build and spread east into the central U.S. in the coming days. More than 150 daily temperature records and around 50 monthly all-time records have been broken between Tuesday and Saturday, the National Weather Service said. March high-temperature records were set or matched from Palm Springs, California (108 degrees Fahrenheit), to Boise, Idaho (83), and from San Francisco (89) to Nashville, Tennessee (89), it said. On Sunday, Phoenix (102), Yuma, Arizona (99), and El Centro, California (100), set high-temperature records for the date, the weather service office in Tempe, Arizona, said. More records were expected to fall in the coming days. Temperatures that are 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit above average for this time of year will be common from the Southwest into the Great Plains, …

Politics Home Article | Is The Green Party Getting A Wave Of Councillor Defections?

Politics Home Article | Is The Green Party Getting A Wave Of Councillor Defections?

Published by Sam Flores

Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer pose in front of Parliament after Spencer’s by-election victory in Gorton and Denton (Alamy) 5 min read55 min The Green Party has said a growing number of Labour councillors are joining its ranks ahead of the local elections. What does the data say? Green sources told The Telegraph last week that around 50 Labour councillors had defected to their party in the past six months, claiming the pace had accelerated as Labour braces for what are expected to be a bruising set of local elections in May. The sources said the party had been receiving two or three inquiries a week from local Labour politicians considering defecting. “More and more councillors have been moving to the Greens in the past six months and, like our polling and membership surge, this momentum is increasing,” one source told the newspaper. The Greens’ victory at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election underlined the threat that Zack Polanski’s party poses to Labour. Candidate Hannah Spencer won 40 per cent of the vote in a constituency …

Yet another blow for Keir Starmer from Reform in latest turquoise tidal wave | Politics | News

Yet another blow for Keir Starmer from Reform in latest turquoise tidal wave | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

A stunning new poll has revealed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is the most popular party amongst gay and bisexual men. This is according to pollster More in Common, which found Reform is not only the most popular party among straight men (33%) but gay and bisexual men too (25%). The same poll also found 29% of straight women also support Reform, making it the most popular party among females. The polling may shock the Left, but reay why should it? After all, gay men and women generally are often impacted greatly by uncontrolled immigration given the attitudes of many coming into borderless Britain. Pollsters meanwhile are still showing Reform surging ahead. While the Greens have seen a post-Gorton by-election bounce, much like the Tory bounce seen after Kemi Badenoch’s response to Labour’s woeful budget, this rise in support for Zack Polanski’s seems to now be receding. Electoral Calculus still has a Reform minority government as the most likely outcome at the next election, and that is only due to anti-Reform tactical voting, a serious risk …