Black and heartbroken: When Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis’ first rock’n’roll hit, he’d actually invented a new genre but he died poor
When Crudup and four of his children arrived in New York, they learned the deal was off, according to the book Between Midnight and Day written by Crudup’s final manager, Dick Waterman. They were told a settlement would cost the company more money than a potential lawsuit would yield. And suing meant “going after an old white widow who lives in Florida,” Waterman wrote. “We wouldn’t have a chance.” “It just ain’t meant to be,” Crudup told Waterman. “Naked I come into this world and naked I shall leave it.”
How a poor father wowed by $40,000 payout worked out a plan that propelled daughters Venus and Serena world’s greatest tennis players
On one occasion when he refused to leave the practice court with his daughters, they broke his nose, jaw and fingers, and knocked out several of his teeth. Richard got home with his daughters, opened his diary, and wrote: “After today, history will remember the ‘toothless’ man as a monument of courage.”
Trump says he can end Russia-Ukraine war in a day if elected US president but Russia’s UN envoy doubts it
During last week’s debate with President Joe Biden, Trump claimed, “If we had a real president, a president that knew – that was respected by Putin … he would have never invaded Ukraine.”
Sodom and Gomorrah relaunch: How after slandering African spirituality, the West is plotting to kill their God and Christianity
The 37 countries in which same sex or gay marriages are recognised are: Andorra, Argentina, Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay.
Media fact-check of claims linking Covid vaccines to cancer deaths results in retraction of peer-reviewed study
The researchers found a 2.1 per cent mortality increase in 2021 and a 9.6 per cent increase In 2022. They determined that age-adjusted death rates for leukemia, breast, pancreatic and lip/oral/pharyngeal cancers increased significantly in 2022 after a large portion of the Japanese population had received the third dose of an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine.
Wealthy nations say debt crisis risk that overshadowed global economy for four years is receding
The Paris Club, made of 22 official creditor nations, said the return of Sub-Saharan African countries to Eurobond markets this year, a stabilisation in low-income country debt levels and a potential peak in global interest rates gave cause of optimism.
WikiLeaks founder, press freedom campaigner Julian Assange freed after pleading guilty to US espionage charge
Julian Assange left Belmarsh prison in the UK on Monday before being bailed by the UK High Court and boarding a flight that afternoon, Wikileaks said in a statement posted on social media platform X.
UN trade agency report shows global FDI to developing countries has dropped again
According to UNCTAD, the decrease was primarily due to rising geopolitical tensions and concerns over “greenwashing”, a marketing practice to make things seem more environmentally friendly than they actually are.
How rigid asylum rules and inhuman handling of migrants are pushing people north to UK
Europe’s increasingly strict asylum rules, growing xenophobia and hostile treatment of migrants were pushing them north. While the UK government has been hostile, too, many migrants have family or friends in the UK and a perception they will have more opportunities there.
Kenyan, Somali presidents present as Western leaders refocus on Ukraine-vs-Russia war
Experts say they’ll be looking at the wording of any outcome document and plans for the way forward. Swiss officials, aware of Russia’s reticence about the conference, have repeatedly said they hope Russia can join the process one day, as do Ukrainian officials.
