Kathy Bates’ weight loss is catching eyes on screen and on the red carpet. Starring on CBS’ critically acclaimed Matlock, her decades-spanning career remains unstoppable. At Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, she opened up about shedding 100 pounds — and how she managed it. And no, it probably isn’t what you think. Kathy Bates attends the…
Materials like car tires, human tissues, and spider webs are diverse in composition, but all contain networks of interconnected strands. A long-standing question about the durability of these materials asks: What is the energy required to fracture these diverse networks? A recently published paper by MIT researchers offers new insights. “Our findings reveal a simple,…
It takes seven or eight years for an espadín agave plant to mature to the point at which Rogelio Juan Hernández, maestro mezcalero and co-founder of Agua Mágica, can use it to make mezcal. For four generations, his family has made mezcal in the region of San Juan del Río in Oaxaca, Mexico. “It’s an…
Nadhmi al-Nasr, the longtime chief executive of the $500bn Saudi development project Neom launched by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has departed, according to a Neom statement issued on Tuesday that did not give a reason for the departure. Prince Mohammed has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into development projects through the kingdom’s PIF…
The monthly inflation rate rose to 2.3% in November, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The underlying inflation rate – the Reserve Bank’s preferred measure for prices – has declined but remains above the bank’s target band, casting doubt over the prospect of a February interest rate cut. The consumer…
Nov 01, 2024 09:04 PM IST Fans are questioning Priyanka Chopra’s decision to hide her daughter Malti’s face in recent Diwali photos, despite having previously shown it. Actor Priyanka Chopra and singer Nick Jonas had a lovely Diwali x Halloween on Thursday with daughter Malti Marie. The family, who are in London these days, celebrated…
CC Sabathia was recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot, and now the left-hander feels that his former New York Yankees teammate and fellow southpaw, Andy Pettitte, should follow him in. “For me, Andy is a Hall of Famer,” Sabathia said in an interview with MLB.com. “Getting a chance to…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump again called on fellow Republicans to select Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday, as…
The former Brexit negotiator Oliver Robbins has been appointed as the UK Foreign Office’s most senior civil servant, taking over from Sir Philip Barton. Robbins, who was on the shortlist last year but failed to get the civil service’s top job, was believed to be David Lammy’s favoured candidate for the role of permanent undersecretary….
The Trump administration has announced the reinstatement of the “remain in Mexico” program, resuming an initiative that forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait south of the border while their cases were processed. The US Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Tuesday that it would restart the program immediately, years after it was…
