Timor-Leste has scrapped a plan to give its lawmakers free cars after thousands of people took to the streets to protest against it. On Tuesday, demonstrators burned tyres and set a government vehicle alight, while police responded with tear gas – hours later, the government bowed to public pressure and dropped the plan. Despite this,...
Jorge CastilloSep 19, 2025, 07:30 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. NEW YORK — When New York Mets...
The first-ever treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force early next year, after it was ratified by the 60th nation, Morocco. Morocco’s formal adoption of the Marine Biodiversity Treaty on Friday means the agreement will now enter into force on January 17, 2026, offering new protections to an area covering...
Greece has announced the recovery of artefacts from the wreck of HMHS Britannic, more than a century after the Titanic’s sister ship was sunk in wartime in the Aegean Sea by a German mine. The operation was carried out in May but only made public on Monday, when the culture ministry released details of the...
The Australian government said on Saturday that telecoms firm Optus “let Australians down” after three people died during a network outage that prevented calls to emergency services. The outage impacted 600 people across South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory on Thursday evening for at least 10 hours. Authorities said they were not informed...
The boss of Nvidia says he is “disappointed” that China has reportedly ordered its top technology companies to halt purchases of the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Jensen Huang told BBC News the US needs “to make sure that people can access this technology from all over the world, including China.” He added: “The advance...
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Sep 20, 2025, 02:16 AM ET The 2025 WNBA playoff semifinals are set. The Phoenix Mercury held off the defending champion New York Liberty at home Friday to secure the final spot in the next round, where they will face the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx on Sunday (5 p.m. ET, ESPN). The Indiana Fever are also...
I don’t mind committing to record that I am a fan of Coldplay. A Rush of Blood to the Head, Parachutes and Viva La Vida … are legitimately good albums. And Fix You remains a tearjerker despite decades of overuse in medical dramas. Yet, if your taste is better than mine, you may not know...
Romanian far-right former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has been charged with attempting to stage a coup after the first round of the presidential election was annulled last December. Horatiu Potra, a former French legionnaire and militia chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 20 other people were also charged. The case rests on a...