Robert Shwartzman made headlines this past Sunday after becoming the first rookie to win the pole for the Indianapolis 500 since Teo Fabi did so in 1983. The 25-year-old Russian-Israeli driver had never competed in an oval race, outran and then outlasted a host of INDYCAR veterans en route to achieving the feat. But Schwartzman…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for Syria’s transitional authorities to be supported, warning that the country could be only weeks away from “potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions”. At a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he defended President Donald Trump’s decision last week to lift sanctions…
The weather bureau has warned of “lots of flooding to come” on the New South Wales mid-north coast after intense rain has caused a major river to rise to its highest level in almost 100 years. A Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist, Dean Narramore, forecast 50mm to 150mm rainfall in parts of the state north of…
Red Sox pitcher Walker Buehler was ejected in the third inning against the New York Mets on Tuesday night and manager Alex Cora followed him to the clubhouse after heated arguments with umpire Mike Estabrook. Buehler and Estabrook exchanged words after Francisco Lindor, who was hit by a hit, stole second on a pitch Estabrook…
US President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally deported two Asian men to South Sudan, immigration lawyers have told a court. In a submission to a federal judge in Boston, the attorneys said a flight carrying a dozen people, including citizens of Myanmar and Vietnam, landed in South Sudan on Tuesday. A previous court order bars…
Vehicles awaiting shipment are parked at a port on March 27, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan. U.S. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Japan exports slowed for a second straight month, government data showed Wednesday, as the country reels under U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Exports growth of 2% was in line with Reuters-polled analysts’ estimates,…
I never have buttermilk on hand unless I know I’ll be making buttermilk pie, which, to be honest, is a once-a-year event. I don’t miss it except on the occasional weekend when I make pancakes and mourn the fact that my stacks never taste like those of an old-school diner: fluffy, subtly sweet, with the…
A review of student suicides in England dodged “the real issues” with universities, the parents of a student who killed herself before a class presentation have said. The national review of higher education student suicide deaths, commissioned by the Department for Education, heard that families suffered “distressing experiences” at the hands of university administrators, and…
It’s the week of the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500, which will get underway on Sunday from Indianapolis Motor Speedway (12:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app). The field is set, as are their starting positions. What’s more, it has also been settled which drivers will be drinking whole milk and…
Indian writer-lawyer-activist Banu Mushtaq has scripted history by winning the International Booker prize for the short story anthology, Heart Lamp. It is the first book written in the Kannada language, which is spoken in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, to win the prestigious prize. The stories in Heart Lamp were translated into English by…
