As the Harris-Walz team soars (polls are already showing Kamala Harris taking the lead) Trump is cracking up. His ego can’t take it. He is incapable of running against a Black woman who’s trouncing him. Last Thursday, after 10 days of nonstop Harris news grabbed the limelight, Trump was desperate for attention. He held a … Read more
The adage ‘Cricket is not simply a sport but a religion in India’ is one that is familiar to every Indian. However, this recognition is almost invisible when it comes to other sports. Cricket often gets the spotlight and overshadows the commendable contributions made by other sports and athletes. From Neeraj Chopra winning a Gold … Read more
Behold the giant feast. Courses upon courses. Over the past 17 days this has been a city engorged, its every nook and crevice stuffed with sport, to the point where they had to parcel some of it off to the outskirts and even wrap some of it up in a doggy bag and send it … Read more
The science of climate change has taught us that human activity is responsible for adverse meteorological phenomena like unfavourable weather patterns and the degradation of geophysical assets like land or underground water aquifers. This erodes the neat distinction, drawn earlier, between natural disasters — earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, subsidence, floods, epidemics — which could only be … Read more
Labour MPs have begun quitting X in alarm over the platform, with one saying Elon Musk had turned it into “a megaphone for foreign adversaries and far-right fringe groups”. Over the weekend, newly elected MPs took to WhatsApp groups to raise growing concerns about the role X played in the spread of misinformation amid the … Read more
The move bolsters Israeli defenses and may deter Iran. | Source: Bloomberg 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 12 2024 | 11:20 PM IST By Dan Williams The US shored up naval and air forces in the Middle East to help Israel fend off any major attack from Iran or Lebanon’s Hezbollah, ahead … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 14 mins: Doughty pings a free-kick from the right out to Morris, he controls it well but his pull-back is blocked without fuss and the move breaks down. Share 12 mins: Doughty swings in a corner which is head back across … Read more
The events in Bangladesh and the Sheikh Hasina government’s overthrow have come with predictable violence especially against the minorities, particularly Hindus. Attacking the minorities is for some reason a pillar of nationalism in South Asia’s post-Independence states. All nations here also contend with an unresolved identity crisis. Bangladesh’s Constitution opens with the phrase “Bismillah ir … Read more
Bangladesh descended into chaos last week after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India. | Photo: PTI Bangladesh’s Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said on Monday that soldiers will return to barracks once the police resume normal operations, as he met and reviewed the security situation with the interim government head Muhammad Yunus … Read more
BBC Sam Quek served as a team captain on the revamped Question of Sport Sam Quek, Nick Knowles and Paul Merson have joined Strictly Come Dancing, completing the 2024 line-up. The trio join previously announced celebrities including singer Toyah Willcox, comedian Chris McCausland and actor and singer Shayne Ward. Merson, Quek and Knowles were revealed … Read more