Author: Justin M. Larson

The complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025

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BBCHe sang wistfully of the English town that shaped his life. “Found my heart and broke it here. Made friends and lost them through the years. And I’ve not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I’ve grown. But I can’t wait to go home.”Ed Sheeran grew up in Framlingham in Suffolk and its rolling hills and magnificent castle inspired his hit single, Castle on the Hill. It was the homeplace he pined for.So when he recently described himself as “culturally Irish,” the singer faced social media criticism on both sides of the Irish Sea.Sheeran replied that he…

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The village in Peru that lives in the dark next to a massive solar plant

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Alejandro Millán ValenciaBBC News MundoBBCResidents of Pampa Clemesí, in southern Peru, rely on flashlights to make their way through the darknessEach morning, Rosa Chamami wakes to flames licking at cardboard scraps in a makeshift stove in her yard.The boxes she brought home once held 800,000 high-tech solar panels. Now, they fuel her fire.Between 2018 and 2024, those panels were installed at Rubí and Clemesí, two massive solar plants in Peru’s Moquegua region, about 1,000 kilometres south of the capital, Lima. Together, they form the country’s largest solar complex – and one of the biggest in Latin America.From her home in…

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France’s last newspaper hawker gets Order of Merit after 50 years

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Hugh SchofieldParis correspondentBBCAli Akbar, now 72, has spent 50 years selling newspapers on the Left BankHe is France’s last newspaper hawker; maybe the last in Europe.Ali Akbar has been pounding the pavement of Paris’s Left Bank for more than 50 years, papers under the arm and on his lips the latest headline.And now he is to be officially recognised for his contribution to French culture. President Emmanuel Macron – who once as a student himself bought newspapers from Mr Akbar – is to decorate him next month with the Order of Merit, one of France’s highest honours.”When I began here…

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$7K worth of Labubu dolls stolen from Los Angeles store, authorities say

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LOS ANGELES — A group of masked thieves stole about $7,000 worth of Labubu dolls from a Los Angeles-area store this week, authorities said.The incident took place early Wednesday morning at a store in La Puente, a city about 18 miles (29 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, the LA County Sheriff’s Department said. The department said the suspects used a stolen Toyota Tacoma in the incident, which was recovered shortly afterward. The agency said it was investigating the case and did not have additional information.Labubu dolls, created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung, have become a popular collectible item a…

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Vance in UK for high-stakes diplomacy day after Trump announces Putin meeting

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Vice President JD Vance met with European allies and Ukrainian officials in a day of high-stakes diplomatic talks on Saturday — less than a week before a historic meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.The talks in the UK came just a day after Trump announced the face-to-face meeting with Putin set for Aug. 15 in Alaska to continue negotiations to end the war that has dragged on for more than three years.A U.S. official told ABC News the Saturday talks Vance took part in “produced significant progress toward President Trump’s goal of bringing an end to…

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Secretary Sean Duffy touts air traffic control upgrade at Minnesota airport

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy toured a Minnesota air traffic control tower Saturday at Duluth International Airport, pledging upgrades funded by the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.’ (Credit: WCCO) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Saturday shared photos of antiquated equipment inside a Minnesota air traffic control tower at Duluth International Airport, pledging upgrades funded by the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” “These are a few pictures of the outdated equipment I saw during my tour of an air traffic control tower,” Duffy posted to X Saturday afternoon with multiple photos from the site. “I’m getting rid of this and building…

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Canada shed 40,000 jobs in July after Trump’s tariffs hammered key sectors

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The ‘Big Money Show’ panel discusses Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick predicting President Donald Trump will secure a trade deal with the EU by Aug. 1 and calling on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to open markets to the U.S. Canada shed tens of thousands of jobs in July, dragging the country’s employment rate to its lowest point in eight months as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs rippled through key industries. The labor market’s reversal came just weeks after a surge in hiring. Statistics Canada data, cited by Reuters, showed the economy created 83,000 jobs in June but lost 40,800 in…

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Caitlin Clark deserves her own sneaker, WNBA great Diana Taurasi says

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Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. WNBA great Diana Taurasi shared her thoughts on which basketball star should join the exclusive list of female basketball players to release a signature shoe. Taurasi believes Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is the best choice for the next signature sneaker. “Caitlin, of course,” Taurasi told Front Office Sports.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXBUSINESS.COM Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (3) catches a pass during warm-ups on Sept. 19, 2024, at Footprint Center in Phoenix. (Owen Ziliak/The Republic / USA Today Network via Imagn Images / IMAGN)Last year, Clark agreed to an eight-year…

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