In the high-stakes mating dance of political fundraising, Andy Spahn is Hollywood’s matchmaker extraordinaire. See the whole list Spahn, the founder of the Gonring Lin Spahn strategic consulting firm, sits squarely at the crossroads where political aspirations meet the deep Hollywood pockets needed to turn those ambitions into votes. On the donor side, the roster of people he’s advised reads …
Feeling buoyant from his Oxnard High graduation ceremony and dinner with his mom and girlfriend, Denver Clayton Lemaster — everyone called him Denny — turned onto his narrow street and let out a nervous chuckle. “What’s all this?” The men were major league baseball scouts jockeying to shovel more money to Denny than he’d ever imagined. “You’ve got a country …
BERLIN — Germany’s health minister says he is “anything but happy” that Syria’s government — which has waged a devastating, deadly decade-long war against dissenters — has been selected for a seat on the World Health Organization’s executive board. Health Minister Jens Spahn said Tuesday that the choice of Syria, which was confirmed with no debate or dissent at a …
Germany today opened up AstraZeneca vaccines to over-65s in a major U-turn to revive its faltering vaccine programme - as the EU looked for another lifeline by beginning the approval process for Russia's Sputnik V jab. Two months after starting their vaccine roll-out, EU countries are still nowhere near Britain - leading some politicians to look to Vladimir Putin's Sputnik …
Germany is extending its Covid lockdown by three weeks until March 28 but easing some restrictions to allow non-essential shops and businesses to reopen in areas with low infection rates. Separate research published today by researchers at the University of Bristol showed one shot of AstraZeneca reducing severe cases by 80.4 per cent, adding to the weight of scientific evidence …