Chelsea are close to completing a deal for defender Nathalie Bjorn from Women’s Super League rivals Everton. Chelsea met the release clause for the 26-year-old Sweden international earlier this week. The WSL champions have fought off long-standing interest from Real Madrid for Bjorn, who joined Everton in the summer of 2021 from Rosengard in her … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities are closing schools and markets and deploying artificial rain amid growing alarm over worsening levels of air pollution. Environmental activists say pollution levels are approaching or may have exceeded levels in the most polluted parts of neighboring India, where smog has for … Read more
Dethan Punalur/Getty Images There is a scene in the Michael Winterbottom-directed film ’24 Hour Party People’ that charts the emergence of British New Wave music and also exemplifies our attitude toward pigeons. Two young men head to the rooftop of a building, where hundreds of pigeons come to roost, and they proceed to shower the … Read more
Celtic are no longer the runaway leaders in the Scottish Premiership after their unbeaten run came to an end, while Rangers continue to impress under Philippe Clement. Brendan Rodgers’ side lost 2-1 at Kilmarnock on Sunday while Rangers beat Dundee 3-1 extending their unbeaten run under the Belgian to 12 games across all competitions, picking … Read more
Varjo When Apple launched its Vision Pro earlier this year, it joined a crowded virtual reality headset market that includes entries from Meta, Playstation, HTC, and more. That market got a little more crowded this week as Varjo, a Finnish company, launched its XR-4 headset. And while it may be similar to the other headsets on … Read more
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have asked Microsoft’s rivals whether the U.S. software giant’s proposal to unbundle its chat and video app Teams from its Office product is sufficient to address their concerns, according to a questionnaire seen by Reuters. Microsoft announced its offer in August, a month after the … Read more
DaRon Bland made it five interceptions returned for a touchdown in a single season, breaking the record he had equalled in Week 11; Dak Prescott passed for 331 yards and four touchdowns in a big win for the Dallas Cowboys; Washington Commanders QB Sam Howell was sacked four times Last Updated: 24/11/23 1:21am Please use … Read more
James Austin Johnson returned as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, this time with the former president offering a critique of each of his rivals as they participated in the most recent Republican debate. Tonight’s cold-open sketch — which had the five rivals freezing in place as Trump walked on stage — was a bit … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi capped two days in Washington on Friday with an hour-long visit with President Biden at the White House, part of an ongoing effort to thaw relations between the two superpowers after a year of anger and distrust from both sides. In meetings, … Read more
TOKYO — TOKYO (AP) — “We love battery EVs.” Takero Kato, the executive in charge of electric vehicles at Toyota, said that not once, but twice, to emphasize what he considers the message at this year’s Tokyo auto show. It’s a message ringing clear at the Tokyo Mobility Show, which will run through Nov. 5 … Read more