The Hammer Museum raised $230,000 in support of its free Hammer Kids programs through the 15th Kids Art Museum Project (K.A.M.P. Henry Winkler read from his books “Detective Duck” and “Hank Zipzer” while the kids sat on black beanbags fidgeting, laughing and clapping. It would be tempting to call this the cutest art event ever, except that would trivialize the immensity of the participating children’s creativity, excitement and drive. Enter email address Sign Me Up You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Consider subscribing to the Los Angeles Times Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most.

From Rachel Thomas at the Post:A $529 million pay equity sum for health workers that never arrived contributed to the deficit at Health NZ – Te Whatu Ora, the agency says. “In 2023/24, we expected to receive $529 million of funding to fully offset pay equity payments to allied health, midwifery and nursing staff. This would have contributed to Health NZ achieving a surplus of $583 million. “Pay equity funding was not received during the year, resulting in the target surplus expectation reducing to $54 million. Health NZ did not achieve this revised target surplus.”The payment for pay equity was delayed until September for some reason.

In 2021, the Candy.com domain name was sold for an undisclosed sum in a deal brokered by Andrew Miller of Hilco Digital and Amanda Waltz, then of Saw.com. At that time, the domain name was acquired by a company that specializes in the sale of digital collectibles. If you visit Candy.com now, you can see a Hilco Digital landing page announcing the domain name is now for sale. Andrew Miller, Managing Director of Hilco Digital, told me his company and some strategic partners acquired Candy.com for an undisclosed price. I can confirm that Hilco Digital and some key partners have acquired the Candy.com asset and are working together with Amanda to finding it a new chapter and its next permanent home.

High valuations could impact near-term market performance. Thorough research is crucial to uncover investment opportunities in the growth space.Many mid- and small-cap growth stocks are becoming expensive. It has to be accompanied by the ability to deploy higher sums of capital at these higher rates to generate higher growth,” says Paharia. Rather than worrying about a potential 25-30% correction, it’s wiser to remain invested in companies with strong growth drivers. This is aided by government support, Internet and smartphone penetration, availability of affordable data plans, rising mobile advertising and strong growth prospects of digital commerce.

Soon after being sworn in as President, Dissanayake appointed an interim cabinet of three ministers. So how will Dissanayake revive Sri Lanka’s struggling economy and, perhaps more importantly, will he be able to? In March, for example, thousands of workers at hospitals, schools and railways across Sri Lanka went on strike to protest against the Government’s austerity drive.14What next? During the Presidential campaign, the NPP acknowledged the crucial role the IMF would play in restructuring Sri Lanka’s external debt. Kanchana N. Ruwanpura is a Professor of Development Geography, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Fellow Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland and co-founder of the Institute of Political Economy, Sri Lanka.)

People around the world marked the anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks, which left 1,200 people dead and sparked the war between Israel and Gaza. Vigils paid tribute to the victims of the Hamas attacks, and the hostages in Gaza, and protests called for an end to the Israeli offensive in the enclave, which has left nearly 42,000 people dead and tens of thousands injured. US President Joe Biden participated in a Jewish ceremony to remember the victims of the attack, and UK prime minister Keir Starmer called for an end to the escalating regional violence. The events came as Israel launched a wave of strikes on southern Lebanon, where it claims it has been targeting Hezbollah in recent weeks, leading to fears of a broader war.

There is no precedent for a British prime minister having been found to have deliberately misled the House of Commons. Robert EvansMember, Surrey county councilSir, Boris Johnson, incredibly, tries to trivialise his mistakes in the Downing Street parties and Chris Pincher scandals. Jim StatherFarnham, SurreyAdvertisementSir, Jenni Russell is clearly not a fan of Boris Johnson (“New Tory leader must finally bury Boris”, Oct 7) but he is arguably the most popular politician in the country. Second, be realistic about spending priorities, which determine how much of the national bill the tax system can meet. He used to say “the world is complex and that’s why the tax system is complex”.

"I walked away from the biggest pay cheque of my life, but that's fine. Toksvig continued: "I didn't enjoy the process. Back in January, Toksvig admitted to Radio Times magazine that she had become bored during her time on Bake Off. AdvertisementCheck out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

For most people on this planet, climate change threatens to become existential - and retreating into depression and apathy is not an option. This includes the question of what motivates people to take action on climate change (or not) or to worry about it (or not). It's really difficult and depressing to keep reading and researching about how people and ecosystems are suffering from climate change. However, in my opinion, deep concern can provide the necessary energy to investigate all possible causes and solutions to a problem. Since climate change is a “wicked problem” for which there is no clear solution, we really need this engagement.

The mother of Emily Damari, the only British hostage held by Hamas, has described how she escaped terrorists at the kibbutz where her daughter was kidnapped only because they could not break down her door. Mandy Damari, 63, who spoke at an event in Hyde Park, central London, on Sunday to mark a year since the October 7 attacks, told a close family friend how she had talked to her daughter Emily on the phone and ­exchanged texts as Hamas fighters broke through the community’s fence. “Emily lived in a young adult neighbourhood — that was the area that was by far the worst, where there were the most killings and kidnappings,” the family friend said. “The fence, which was just a glorified netball court

Keir Starmer called for an end to fighting in the Middle East in a statement on the anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel. The UK prime minister called for a return of the remaining hostages in Gaza, speaking of the 'agony' the families have endured. He also urged regional actors to 'step back from the brink', a week on from Iran's missile attack on Israel after the assassination of Hezbollah's leader. The attack by Hamas one year ago killed nearly 1,200 people, according to Israeli government figures, including hundreds at a music festival near the Israel-Gaza border. The subsequent Israeli offensive into Gaza has killed nearly 42,000 people, most of them civilians, and injured almost 97,000, according to health authorities in the territory

Dehradun: A day after she was rescued from the Garhwal Himalayas along with fellow climber Michelle Theresa Dvorak, British alpinist Fay Jane Manners recounted the harrowing experience that left them stranded for four nights at 20,997 feet. The loss of gear forced them to abandon their summit attempt and battle the extreme conditions for survival. That night, they found a small ledge to shelter on and crawled into a double sleeping bag they luckily still had. "As we were abseiling down on Saturday, we could see a team of climbers coming up the mountain towards us. "The French climbers provided the much-needed support, helping Fay and Michelle cross the steep glacier and giving them food and water.

Annual house price inflation is running at 4.7%, the highest level seen since November 2022. Northern Ireland continues to have the strongest annual house price growth in the UK at 9.7% in the year to September. In London, the average house price stands at £539,238, after annual price inflation was recorded at 2.6% in the year to September. Wales saw more modest annual price growth at 1.8% The average property price in the country now stands at £216,000. In Wales average prices are up by 0.4% in the year to April (average house price £208,184).

Manchester City today won a landmark legal victory against the Premier League after judges ruled that some of the competition's sponsorship rules are unlawful. City, which is owned by a firm linked to Abu Dhabi's ruling family, are currently facing 115 charges of breaking Premier League financial rules in a separate legal case. City are expected to seek costs and damages while the Premier League are expected to have to amend or dump the system entirely. The panel ruled the league was wrong to reject, under APT rules, a wide-ranging new sponsorship deal City had lined up with Etihad late last year. Within the ruling it also emerged that Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, and West Ham gave evidence in favour of the Premier League, along with Brentford, Bournemouth, Fulham, and Wolves.

Manchester City and the Premier League are both claiming victory – of course – after the champions challenged its rules on commercial deals. “We lost the coin-toss,” deadpanned Frank upon being asked what took his team so long to trouble the scoreboard operator. Never one to swing gleefully from the chandeliers even at the best of times, O’Neil was particularly morose following his side’s latest defeat. FOOTBALL DAILY LETTERSThe endless letters about letters (Football Daily letters passim) are getting out of hand. Instead, I’ll thank you for reminding me about A Certain Trigger and the great penultimate song (Friday’s last line, full email edition), and for the hilarious image of Football Daily attempting to be an acrobat” – Alec Johns.