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Watch Haaland pick up ref’s spray then rejoin Man City attack vs FC Copenhagen
ERLING HAALAND can’t stop scoring at the moment, and it seems he’s started to do extra things to spice up the monotony of it The Manchester City striker was spotted picking up the referee’s spray canister, giving it back to him, and then charging into the penalty area in searchContinue Reading
The Hottest Startups in Berlin
Look out, London—Berlin is fast catching up in all areas, from sheer volume of funding by startups to its rapid transition into a center for deeptech.Continue Reading
Karl, Karel or Karol? The translation confusion over King Charles III’s name, explained
Prince Charles is no more. In the English-speaking world, we’re now getting used to calling the former Prince of Wales “King Charles III”. As the King has chosen to keep his birth name as his regnal title, the change isn’t too difficult. But in other languages, things are more complicated.Continue Reading
Dame Emma Thompson: When Alan Rickman was funny he was hilarious
The Oscar-winning actress, 63, worked alongside Rickman throughout his career, including playing his wife in the romantic comedy Love Actually. A collection of the Harry Potter star’s diaries have been published following his death in 2016 aged 69, giving readers an intimate look at his life and career. In anContinue Reading
Nord Stream pipeline sabotage: how an attack could have been carried out and why Europe was defenceless
Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea” (underwater) infrastructure in Europe. It’s now widely thought – not least by Nato – that the explosions that led to major leaks in the twoContinue Reading
Liz Truss: what her Conservative party conference speech revealed
The stakes could not have been higher as Liz Truss delivered her first party conference speech as prime minister. Against a backdrop of economic chaos, open party warfare and polling that shows she’s on course for a spectacular election loss, Truss insisted she was “determined to get us through theContinue Reading
Bolsonaro’s first-round election bounce back reminds us why populist leaders are so popular
Many populist politicians do better in elections than polling suggests they will. Antonio Scorza/Shutterstock The sitting Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro secured an unexpected 43% vote in the recent first round of the presidential election, close behind his opponent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (48%). Many polling companies had predicted BolsonaroContinue Reading
Iranian women burning their hijabs are striking at the Islamic Republic’s brand
“Women, life, liberty.” These words are ringing out on the the streets of every city in Iran, as women come out to tell the repressive enforcers of the Islamic Republic that they have had enough. The death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, Mahsa Zhina Amini, on September 16 at theContinue Reading
New Alzheimer’s drug slows cognitive decline – and may be available as early as next year
Lecanemab is the first drug to help improve the symptoms of Alzheimer’s by slowing the disease. These are very promising results, although the only data we have at the moment is from the drugmaker’s press release. Lecanemab is an antibody that finds and removes a protein called amyloid that buildsContinue Reading
Nobel prize: physicists share prize for insights into the spooky world of quantum mechanics
Members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics (L-R on the screen) Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger TT News Agency / Alamy Stock Photo The 2022 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to a trio of scientistsContinue Reading