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Oct. 24

Oldest first-time champion in almost 50 years is professional’s professional

Minister Seán Canney was right to stand down an RSA plan to install breathalysers

What led to LeBron James being labelled a disgrace by US President Donald Trump, who says NBA star disgraced anthem?

Two boys bonded over football at a bus stop in Bluewater Bay in the 1990s, building a friendship across apartheid’s racial divide. Three decades later, their friendship has inspired APART, an animated short film attracting international acclaim, with legendary filmmaker Spike Lee helping bring the story to life.

<p>AI&rsquo;s solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, and the details of how it happened, preview a chaotic future for math&mdash;and the world</p>

Chris Pappas, the Democratic nominee in New Hampshire, would make history if he won. On the campaign trail, he doesn’t dwell on it.

This private supper club serves a singular, wood-fired take on Australian-Italian cooking. The only challenge? Scoring a booking.

Politico corrected a report from last week on the role that Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles played preceding the exit of Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary. But the media outlet’s attorney is warning the Trump administration not to seize on the correction for “unconstitutional retaliation,” following a threat from a top […]

When Justin Lothrop first came across Ursula Wills’ short story “The Wicker Husband” online in 2021, the Votiv Films producer immediately knew that it was material worth championing. The offbeat fantasy fable, which at its core explores themes of jealousy and the transformative power of love, was just the kind of unique IP that the […]

A teacher who was injured in the school shooting in Bend, Oregon, is speaking out about the ordeal. Kelly O'Grady reports.

The award will be presented on Friday during the 40th National Conference of the Karnataka Itihasa Academy in Bidar

<p>An inspired Harry Brook scored the fastest double hundred in ODI history as England piled up 429-4 against Sri Lanka in the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2038950">tri-series</a> in Rawalpindi on Thursday.</p> <p>The batsman’s 116-ball 202 also made him the first Englishman to hit a double century in a one-day international.</p> <p>The captain clobber

<p>An inspired Harry Brook scored the fastest double hundred in ODI history as England piled up 429-4 against Sri Lanka in the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2038950">tri-series</a> in Rawalpindi on Thursday.</p> <p>The batsman’s 116-ball 202 also made him the first Englishman to hit a double century in a one-day international.</p> <p>The captain clobber

Before the WNBA's 30th season wraps up, ESPN voted on the league's all-time greatest players. There's a new No. 1.

EXCLUSIVE: Space 11 Corp. and SK Films are behind Return to the Moon: The Story of Artemis II, a new space film with Duncan Copp and Christopher Riley directing. The producers are targeting a PLF rollout for the film, which they say will combine NASA’s real Artemis II mission imagery with the voices of the […]

A judge and his fraternity brothers wondered if they had fallen for a prank. Instead, they'd seen into the future.

It's time for a history lesson, gang! Personal finance has changed a lot over 300 years of American history, but some beliefs about money and markets may be timeless. On this episode, Jill and Mark break format for a special interview with historian and author, Joseph Moore. You won't want to miss Joseph's unexpected insights!

There is an extensive track record of men and women somehow cheating their way to the finish line

Trigger warning: don’t read this piece if you want to cling to your romantic idea of France as the country of love and lavender, art and elegance, croissants and camembert. This piece is republished from Marita Van der Vyver’s Substack.

From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a century of evidence that shows how they did it.

Alan Bennett’s “The History Boys” is going back to London’s West End after a 20-year absence. Nicholas Hytner returns to the National Theatre production he first staged in 2004, which later went to Broadway and won six Tony Awards there. Set in 1980s Britain, the comedy follows eight pupils at a Sheffield boys’ grammar school. […]

The novel ‘was always a form that not only thrived on inequalities but required them’, Philip Hensher says

Our critics take a look at what’s new in cinemas this week.

Researchers at OpenAI have found a bug that puts up to 70% of the world's websites at risk. Robert McMillan, the reporter who broke the story for the Wall Street Journal, joins CBS News with the details.

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Behind his cheerful delivery and presentation, it turns out that Max Miller, known for turning historical recipes into entertaining yet educational YouTube lessons with his show Tasting History, is also quite serious about board games. Now, game designer Michael Shinall (Marvel Zombies, DCeased, and others) and publisher Salt Games are working with Max to br

The streaming company has controlled its message for years, now it is hunting for what will pique Wall Street's interest.

Directed by James Watkins and co-written by Mike Flanagan, the standalone film stars Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie and Max Minghella.

If James Gunn’s Superman was for the classic superhero fans, James Watkins’ Clayface is for the horror junkies. Fittingly penned by Exorcist: Martyrs horror maestro Mike Flanagan and Drive scribe Hossein Amini, Clayface stars Tom Rhys Harries as the titular Batman villain, who starts off as rising actor Matt Hagen from humble Gotham City roots […]

Even after writing off €50m, Iarnród Éireann still finds itself embroiled in a battle over a failed signalling project that could end up costing even more, despite never having been operational.

New York Comic Con can be a strange place sometimes, but this year, Sega gave select media the opportunity to make it stranger (than heaven). We went hands-on with developer Ryu ga Gotoku's next major project, and while our extended look offered glimpses into the decades-spanning adventure, there's clearly still a lot more to see.&nbsp; The three-hour demo w

Ryu Ga Gotoku's next major game hopes to live up to Like A Dragon's legacy.

Alexander Volkanovski has promised the best version of himself for Saturday's headline bout at UFC 333 – and to deliver a belated wedding-anniversary present to his wife. The Australian puts his UFC featherweight title on the line against top-ranked Russian challenger Movsar Evloev in Abu Dhabi. Plenty wondered if Volkanovski, who many believe is the greates

Begone the days of 30-year-olds playing high schoolers! Gen Z and Gen Alpha want to see themselves depicted accurately on screen. A study from the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA found that young viewers are often not consulted about what they want to see on screen — even in projects about and for […]

Experts say that an oft-circulated anecdote about two royal astronomers drunkenly failing to foresee an eclipse thousands of years ago contains hints of truth

India is plunged into political crisis after 130 million names were struck off voter rolls during a massive revision.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Disney, NBCUniversal and Bloomberg TV execs have formed part of a new advisory board at storyboarding and previsualisation platform Pzaz. Paul Robinson, Rose Stacey, Lindsey Oliver, Jonathan Levi and Weerada Sucharitkul have been named to board, as part of a plan to expand Pzaz internationally across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Pz

The story of Avadi’s transformation from a pastoral retreat to a major defence hub, and the myth surrounding its name

When Viking FK ended a 34-year Norwegian title drought last year, it was days like these they were dreaming of - preparing to visit Aston Villa in the Champions League.

Andrew Coles denies claims he deceived a young woman into sex while infiltrating an activist group.

Many of the Gulf countries’ greatest achievements have been built on ambition and an ability to look beyond the limits of geography. During the past half-century, the region and its people have undergone a profound transformation. Small trading ports and pearl-diving communities have become cutting-edge, cosmopolitan cities that serve as global centres for c

The road to cancer treatment in South Africa often involves many encounters with healthcare workers and long journeys far from home. From pink iPhone covers to pink embroidery yarn, and cornstarch, Biénne Huisman hears the stories of people from vast corners of inland South Africa, and beyond, who travelled to Bloemfontein for specialist medical attention to

<p>In 1926 we wrote about how there was a good chance Mars had both plants and animals. And in 1876 we probed the duplicity of the artificial butter business</p>

John Wilson's movie reveals the poetry in one of the world's most common materials — and an environmental catastrophe hiding in plain sight.

After 165 years, the tourist ritual — which now costs $77.22 for the first 20 minutes — may be coming to an end. Here’s a tour through the archives.