Edinburgh's Famous West

Statue plan for Edinburgh's famous west end cat

Locals say the memorial to Hugo The West End Cat would bring the community together and increase visitor numbers.

BBC News - 12h

Teenager plotted mass shooting at Edinburgh school

The boy, now 17, was obsessed with the Columbine High School massacre in the US, which saw 12 students and a teacher murdered.

BBC News - 6d

Kate Hudson on why she wrote a song about her famous mom

The singer and actor dabbled in music for years before finally making an album. 'Glorious' features a song inspired by her mother, Goldie Hawn.

Los Angeles Times - 6d

The US is now the enemy of the west

Washington has decided to abandon both Ukraine and its postwar role in the world

Financial Times - 2d

A team has proposed modifying rules on the Tush Push, made famous by champion Eagles

The debate over the Eagles' signature play isn't going away.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

‘It shatters my heart’: the slow death of India’s once-famous Urdu book bazaar

For over a century, poets, publishers and printers filled this Delhi district’s narrow lanes. But as profits plummet, bookshops are being replaced by kebab shops. Inside one of the oldest bookshops ...

The Guardian - 2d

Ludvig Aberg a famous winner and Brian Campbell an unknown. Both are important to the PGA Tour

Ludvig Aberg and Brian Campbell don't have much in common except winning on the PGA Tour

ABC News - 2d

San Vicente Bungalows Is Coming to NYC’s West Village

Who’s joining? What’s the scene like? Will you miss out if you aren’t part of the club?

The New York Times - 5d

Taxi driver injured in west Belfast shooting

Police said the man is in a "critical but stable" condition after being shot in the Bell Steel Manor area of Dunmurry on Sunday.

BBC News - 3d

A person dies of measles in West Texas outbreak

A person has died of measles in Texas, the first death from the disease in a decade in the United States.

NBC News - 1d

Israel's West Bank crackdown triggers a wave of displacement unseen in decades

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled home following recent Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank

ABC News - Feb. 19

The ‘west’ is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own | Alexander Hurst

Trump and JD Vance are clear: the US is no longer an ally, but an antagonist to democratic values. In 1966, after years of friction with the US over whether France should have its own independent ...

The Guardian - 6d

West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen delivers major blow to Arsenal’s title hopes

So it turns out Arsenal should have signed a striker. Fourteen months after they last put a major dent in Arsenal’s title aspirations, Jarrod Bowen secured West Ham’s second successive Premier ...

The Guardian - 5d

Israeli tanks are seen moving into Jenin in the occupied West Bank

ABC News - 4d

Israel says West Bank operation will last for a year as it sends tanks to Jenin

Continued operation in Palestinian territory will leave 40,000 displaced people unable to return home. Israel has sent tanks to the West Bank city of Jenin, in the first deployment of its kind in ...

The Guardian - 4d

Expanding West Bank Campaign, Israel Sends Tanks for First Time in Decades

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes.

The New York Times - 4d

Arsenal title hopes in tatters after West Ham loss

Arsenal's Premier League title hopes suffered a hammer blow as Jarrod Bowen's goal just before halftime gave London rivals West Ham United a surprise 1-0 away victory on Saturday.

ESPN - 3d

After losing to West Ham, is Arsenal's title race now over?

Instead of ratcheting up the pressure on Liverpool, the Gunners crumbled vs. West Ham.

ESPN - 3d

Why Tensions Are Rising Over Israel’s Operations in the West Bank

Amid the most intensive Israeli operations in the area in decades, Palestinians fear entrenched displacement and a return to military control in some towns.

The New York Times - 2d

Forgotten by the west, Syria’s IS prisons are under threat as militant group mobilises

Kurdish officials warn that Islamic State threat is greater than ever in the vacuum left from Syrian regime’s collapse. With each gust of wind came a wave of body odour, the stench of two-dozen men ...

The Guardian - 2d

Israeli assault forces 40,000 Palestinians to flee their West Bank homes

Israel says its military operation in occupied West Bank refugee camps is to "prevent the return of residents and the resurgence of terrorism."

CBS News - 2d

Unknown illness kills more than 50 in north-west DRC

The outbreak, first discovered in three children who ate a bat, has caused 431 cases and 53 deaths. An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has killed more than 50 ...

The Guardian - 1d

Family mourns grandfather’s death as Israel brings Gaza tactics to West Bank

Major military operation causes largest displacement of Palestinians in West Bank since Israel seized it in 1967. Waleed Lahlouh was 73, with a shock of white hair that marked his age, when Israeli ...

The Guardian - 1d

GOP chair demands staff call West Bank by biblical name

The Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee instructed GOP staff to refer to the West Bank by its biblical name, Judea and Samaria. The term is still used by Israel’s government to ...

The Hill - 23h

Emmy-winning producer Andy Cohen lowers the price of one-of-a-kind West Village condo to $12 million

Cohen’s beloved, unique and alluring home of over 20 years is struggling to attract a buyer.

MarketWatch - 6d

West-leading Thunder beat the Jazz 130-107 for 8th victory in 9 games

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 21 points and the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Utah Jazz 130-107 on Friday night for their eighth victory in nine games

ABC News - 5d

Arsenal vs. West Ham: Where to watch Premier League live stream, team news, odds, prediction, pick

The Gunners are bidding to apply pressure in the title race

CBS Sports - 5d

Arsenal 0-1 West Ham, Ipswich 1-4 Tottenham and more: clockwatch – live reaction

Arsenal suffered a shock home defeat to West Ham thanks to a Jarrod Bowen goal. Bournemouth (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; Hill, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams, Cook; Kluivert, Semenyo; ...

The Guardian - 5d

India bans two opioids behind crisis in West Africa after BBC investigation

The moves come after a BBC investigation found a firm had been illegally exporting the drugs.

BBC News - 4d

Israel's defense minister says troops to remain in some West Bank refugee camps for 'coming year'

Israel's defense minister says he has instructed the military to prepare to remain in some of the occupied West Bank’s urban refugee camps “for the coming year.”

ABC News - 4d

Israeli forces to remain in northern West Bank all year as military operation expands

IDF troops ordered not to allow residents to return to cleared camps as PM delays release of Palestinian prisoners

Financial Times - 4d

Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades, says Palestinians can't return

Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank on Sunday for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities called a “dangerous escalation,” after the defense minister said troops will ...

NBC News - 3d

Hamas says Netanyahu ‘sabotaging’ peace deal as Israel steps up West Bank operation – Middle East crisis live

Hamas official Basem Naim says Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘preparing atmosphere’ to return to war with Gaza. According to a report from Hebrew media outlet Ynet, Israel has told international ...

The Guardian - 3d

‘I’m sitting on the side that’s launching bombs’: author Omar El Akkad on the hypocrisy of the west

The award-winning writer’s new book contends with how the war on Gaza shattered his fragile faith in the so-called free world. The ugly truth of American violence has never been plainer | Omar El ...

The Guardian - 3d

Israeli tanks in the West Bank force around 40,000 Palestinians to flee, officials say

Israel is carrying out a military operation in the occupied West Bank and more than 40,000 Palestinians have been forced out of their homes, according to Israeli officials and the United Nations. ...

CBS News - 2d