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Japan’s Obon festival: how family commemoration and ancestral worship shapes daily life
Each year in Japan, people celebrate ohigan, a period of seven days around both the vernal and the autumnal equinoxes, and obon, which stretches over a few days on either side of August 15. Employers grant leave to staff. Trains fill with people returning from big cities like Tokyo andContinue Reading
Who is Tony Adams? Football legend joins cast of Strictly 2022
He joins a long list of celebs on the line-up, including Will Mellor, Kym Marsh, Richie Anderson, Kaye Adams, Jayde Adams, Ellie Simmonds, Tyler West, Matt Goss, Ellie Taylor and Molly Rainford. On the news, Tony Adams MBE said: “To say I’m excited is an understatement – the lure ofContinue Reading
For Women’s Euro 2022 to have a meaningful legacy, football must do more to tackle racism and sexism
Women have been playing football for a long time – and for a long time they have had to fight to be respected. In 1969, the Daily Mirror used a photograph of a female footballer’s shorts falling down while she jumped to head the ball. In the 1990s, players reportedContinue Reading
The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang
The State Department organization has called for people to share details about five key members of the hacking group.Continue Reading
Gabrielle Zevin Believes Games Show People Who They Really Are
In Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, the novelist explores the intimacy of gaming together.Continue Reading
Fury’s dad shares ‘sneaky’ prediction for Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Usyk
TYSON FURY’s dad has a sneaking suspicion Anthony Joshua will get the job done in his high-stakes rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. AJ will bid to reclaim the WBA, WBO IBF and IBO heavyweight titles from the slick southpaw in a potentially career-defining Saudi showdown on Saturday week. 3 Anthony JoshuaContinue Reading
Can the monkeypox virus spread via clothes or groceries?
WITH monkeypox cases continuing to spread, many are wondering if – like with other viruses – it’s possible to pick up the infection from touching contaminated objects or surfaces. The Center for Disease Control in the US, has said you can catch monkeypox by touching an object which has comeContinue Reading
London 2012: what the Olympic Games’ legacy of sustainability means for events today
shutterstock This summer has marked 10 years since the London 2012 Olympics, and a chance to reflect on the event’s legacy. From the outset, the aim was to make it a ground-breakingly sustainable event. According to the United Nations, sustainability is “development that meets the needs of the present withoutContinue Reading
Monkeypox can become endemic – here’s how it can be stopped in its tracks
The current outbreak in non-endemic countries is being spread entirely from human to human. Kateryna Kon/ Shutterstock Since May of this year, more than 26,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide – prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a public health emergency. What’s unusual about thisContinue Reading
Curious Kids: is it possible to see what is happening in distant solar systems now?
Tithi Luadthong/Shutterstock If a distant solar system is millions of light years away and so we see it as it was millions of years ago, how can we see what it looks like now? Parul, aged 13, Sri Ganganagar, India What is the meaning of “now” and how does ourContinue Reading