AS GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO grappled with his Milwaukee Bucks future this offseason, general manager Jon Horst made the 6,000-mile trek to Athens, Greece, in late July for a face-to-face meeting with his franchise’s cornerstone star — the 2021 NBA champion and Finals MVP. Horst was coming off a transformative summer for the Bucks, having made the...
October is here! The decorative gourds are out; the jack-o-lanterns are carved, much to the delight of the neighborhood squirrels; and your homemade Halloween costumes are… a work in progress. (The hot glue guns are out, as are those damn squirrels that have chomped all the pumpkins on my porch to bits.) Another thing that...
A newly-elected mayor in western Germany has been stabbed and left critically injured near her home, police say. Iris Stalzer, 57, is a member of the centre-left Social Democratic party (SPD) and became the mayor of Herdecke in the North-Rhine Westphalia state in September. Local police say a major operation is under way in the...
Apple was the first to truly popularize the touchpad (or trackpad, as Apple calls it), and most importantly, make it good. Over the years, the company enhanced the experience with a handful of features, such as multi-finger gestures or haptic feedback. Windows alternatives have struggled to keep up. While touchpads in laptops have improved in...
Photograph: Kat Merck Shark FlexBreeze HydroGo Portable Misting Fan Prime Day is always a great time to stock up on summer gear for next year that gave you FOMO this year. Perhaps things like this portable, rechargeable misting fan with a refillable tank, for which ads have been all over my social media for the...
Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has denied low attendance at some events is a problem at this year’s conference. BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent pressed Ms Badenoch on whether she was concerned by “halls that seemed empty” and seats that were not filled like in previous years. Ms Badenoch replied that it was “simply not...
It’s Tuesday, and another round of NWSL action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings. Who’s climbing the table? Who’s in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 23 to come up with this week’s order of all 14 teams in the league. Let’s dive in. Previous...
A global truce for the duration of February’s 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina will be sought by hosts Italy. Published On 7 Oct 20257 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Italy will submit a proposal for a worldwide ceasefire to the United Nations before next year’s Milano Cortina Winter...
Spare a thought for the Conservative party. It’s hard believing in meritocracy, yet finding yourself polling at 15%. It’s even harder having wanged on mercilessly for decades about natural selection, yet now constantly finding yourself appearing in the same sentence as the phrase “facing extinction”. And it’s harder still to find polling guru John Curtice...
More than 350 people, including mainland Chinese tourists, headed to Hong Kong’s Tung Ping Chau for Tuesday’s public holiday to enjoy its blue waters, but were shocked to find debris left over from Super Typhoon Ragasa’s passage last month. While visitors said the eastern island’s clear waters were mesmerising, others spoke about waiting hours for...