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Music and video streaming is this generation’s Californian Gold Rush and one man leading the charge is Merck Mercuriadis. The music mogul and founder of music rights firm Hipgnosis Songs Fund has had a barnstorming pandemic, spending nearly £1billion to acquire some of the world’s best-known artists, from the Kaiser Chiefs to megastars such as … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a knife-edge vote today as dozens of his MPs back action against Beijing over human rights abuses. The PM is braced for a major revolt as Tories join calls to let British courts decide if the communist state is committing genocide against its Uighur Muslim minority. Up to 50 MPs including former … Read more
Boris Johnson faces revolt from Tory MPs over alleged human rights abuses in China Dozens of Tory MPs demanding action against Beijing over human rights abuses PM under pressure to let British courts decide if China is committing genocide against its Uighar Muslim minority More than 30 MPs expected to back amendment to Trade Deal … Read more
Gay rights activists go on trial in Poland facing two years in jail for desecration and offending Catholics after replacing halos with rainbow flags on posters of iconic ‘Black Madonna and child’ Elzbieta Podlesna, Anna Prus and Joanna Gzyra-Iskandar are standing trial Altered images replaced the halos in the icon of Black Madonna and baby … Read more
Shakira has sold the rights to 145 of her songs, becoming the latest singer to make money by doing so. The Colombian singer, 43, has relinquished the rights to 100 per cent of her back catalogue to Hipgnosis Songs Fund it was revealed on Wednesday, the company recently announced the acquisition of Neil Young’s 1,180 … Read more
Tensions with China escalated again today as Tories warned the ‘Golden Age’ in relations is over – and Beijing accused the UK of ‘spreading lies’ about human rights abuses. A war of words is raging after Boris Johnson lashed out at ‘demented’ Chinese medicine for helping trigger the coronavirus pandemic, and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab … Read more
Welsh police kicked the head of Equality and Human Rights Commission out of holiday house on Christmas Day after locals reporter her breaking Covid rules Rebecca Hilsenrath broke Covid rules by driving from Hertfordshire to Llanegryn Police spoke to her twice after an outcry by locals who found out she was there After the second visit … Read more
A money-obsessed husband stabbed his estranged wife to death after she refused to sign up to his plans to divide their £1million fortune, a court heard today. Ray Hoadley, 62, is accused of murdering 58-year-old Jackie Hoadley at their family home in Eastbourne, East Sussex, last summer. Ms Hoadley was discovered with seven stab wounds … Read more
Neil Young sells half his music rights for ‘$150 million’ as he becomes latest star to strike gold after Stevie Nicks and Bob Dylan made similar deals By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 13:00 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 13:06 GMT, 6 January 2021 Neil Young has sold the rights to 50 per cent … Read more
Top Afghan women’s rights activist, 29, is shot dead by motorbike-riding gunmen days after she condemned wave of assassinations in the country Freshta Kohistani is the second activist to be killed in Kabul in two days Her brother was also killed in the drive-by attack which took place near her home Freshta was outspoken about women’s … Read more