A Day Of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury £18.99, 880pp)A Day Of Fallen Nightby (Bloomsbury £18.99, 880pp)Like all the greats, Samantha Shannon has built a world with geography, rules that govern its characters' lives and, above all, a history.In this prequel to The Priory Of The Orange Tree, earth- shattering events have been rendered into myth, dimly perceived through the past's dark lens. Back then, a great destructive force arose and was defeated; now that same force is th...

The New York  have failed to explain why they did not honor their promise of wearing LGBTQ-themed jerseys before taking the ice in 'Pride Night Friday' at Madison Square Garden.After donning rainbow-themed warmup jerseys for the past few years, the Rangers chose not to skate out in similar attire this year - nor did they use rainbow colored tape as in previous years.This is in spite of advertising that the team would do so, and comes in the aftermath of the Philadelphia Flyers choosing to ice a ...

A Day Of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury £18.99, 880pp)A Day Of Fallen Nightby (Bloomsbury £18.99, 880pp)Like all the greats, Samantha Shannon has built a world with geography, rules that govern its characters' lives and, above all, a history.In this prequel to The Priory Of The Orange Tree, earth- shattering events have been rendered into myth, dimly perceived through the past's dark lens. Back then, a great destructive force arose and was defeated; now that same force is th...

BERLIN, Jan 19 (Reuters) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier promised further military support to Ukraine on Thursday and warned the incoming defence minister that Germany's armed forces must once again become capable of protecting the nation. Social Democrat Boris Pistorius was officially made minister on Thursday, at a time when Germany is under growing pressure from Western allies to allow German-made battle tanks to be used in Ukraine to strengthen its defence against Russia's invasio...

A Day Of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury £18.99, 880pp)A Day Of Fallen Nightby (Bloomsbury £18.99, 880pp)Like all the greats, Samantha Shannon has built a world with geography, rules that govern its characters' lives and, above all, a history.In this prequel to The Priory Of The Orange Tree, earth- shattering events have been rendered into myth, dimly perceived through the past's dark lens. Back then, a great destructive force arose and was defeated; now that same force is th...

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and her daughter Princess Catharina-Amalia looked glamorous as they attended a welcome ceremony on their first day in Aruba.The Princess of Orange, 19, accompanied her mother, 51, to a welcome ceremony in Wilhelmina Square in Oranjestad.It is part of the royals' tour of the Caribbean, which they began on Friday in Bonaire.The visit is intended to introduce the Princess of Orange to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Queen Máxima of the Ne...