More than 2,200 people either died or went missing in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe in search of refuge in 2024. The figure, cited in a statement from Regina De Dominicis, the regional director for Europe and central Asia for the UN’s children’s agency, Unicef, was eclipsed on New Year’s Eve when 20…
Oct 30, 2024 11:31 AM IST Rublev, struggling with frustration, banged his racket against his left knee multiple times, resulting in visible injuries. In an agonising meltdown that was hard to see for those watching, Andrey Rublev busted open his knee by smashing the racket multiple times during his second-round match in the Paris Masters….
Formula One has always tried to be more than just a good sport. When Britain’s National Health Service needed accurate ways to monitor children’s vitals signs in the early 2010s, F1 team McLaren re-engineered the telemetric system it used to measure track performance for use on the ward. Now the sport is turning its expertise…
BBC Zinedane Mohamed’s family “lost everything” during in Cyclone Chido On the night Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, Zinedine was in his home, a small house made of corrugated iron and wood where he lives with eight of his relatives. Zinedine had received a warning from the authorities about the…
Starbucks Workers United members picket outside a Starbucks store in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. Vincent Alban | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starbucks baristas in some locations are planning to strike through Christmas Eve, starting with cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle on Friday. The strikes will escalate each day, covering…
Kelly Clarkson seemed a bit breathless during a recent episode of her Emmy-winning talk show, ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show.’ On the Wednesday, Oct. 30 episode, the multi-talented host shared she is “deeply in love” with actor and filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg. Kelly Clarkson appears at the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, June 7, 2024, at…
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 16 points in overtime and No. 20 St. John’s erased a 16-point deficit in the second half to rally past Xavier 79-71 on Wednesday night. Kadary Richmond had a season-high 19 points for the Red Storm (17-3, 8-1 Big East). They have won six straight and 12 of 13…
Wild boar can stay with owner after campaign, French court rules Animal rights campaigners in France are celebrating after a tamed wild boar facing the threat of death was allowed to stay with its owner. The boar, named Rillette, was found in 2023 as a piglet by Elodie Cappé on her horse-breeding smallholding in Chaource,…
Just hours before the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, Jack Bech got on a phone call with his older brother Martin – an avid outdoorsman and former football star mostly known to friends and teammates as “Tiger”. Jack, 22, was in Dallas visiting family members, while Tiger, a 28-year-old former Princeton alumnus who…
Play video content BACKGRID Oprah Winfrey is shutting down claims she was paid $1 million to host a town hall on behalf of Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign … with the talk show legend declaring it’s all BS. While Oprah wasn’t too keen to talk about the election results, which saw Donald Trump emerge as the…
