September 21, 2023
Since sumo moved to its current 15-bout tournament schedule in 1939, the lowest score that has ever been good enough to lift the Emperor’s Cup is 11 wins and four losses. Incredibly, over the 84 years since that expansion, there has only been a single tournament in which the makuuchi division champion has failed to
READ MORE
It has been two months since Mark Zuckerberg launched his so-called ‘Twitter-killer’ app Threads — which saw more than 100million users join in less than five days before plummeting in popularity. But it now appears another rival app, Bluesky, could be the one to watch for X owner Elon Musk, after the platform amassed a record-breaking
READ MORE
SHANGHAI: US firms in China are reporting “record-low” optimism and increasingly looking to move investment away from the country, a business group said on Tuesday, as slowing growth and geopolitical tensions hurt investor confidence. The findings by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Shanghai come as the government enacts a series of measures to prop
READ MORE
Receive free Global Economy updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Global Economy news every morning. The world economy’s debt pile hit a fresh high in the first half of this year, while borrowing as a share of gross domestic product is rising again after nearly two years of
READ MORE
by Calculated Risk on 9/19/2023 09:23:00 AM Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: August Housing Starts: Near Record Number of Multi-Family Housing Units Under Construction Excerpt: The third graph shows the month-to-month comparison for total starts between 2022 (blue) and 2023 (red). Total starts were down 14.8% in August compared to August 2022. And
READ MORE
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a new all-time sacks leader, as T.J. Watt’s sack on Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson rewrote the record books on Monday night. The veteran outside linebacker used sheer strength and speed, his two calling cards to being such a feared edge rusher, to get past right tackle Dawand Jones and take
READ MORE
Singapore – Max Verstappen’s record run of 10 straight wins ended in Singapore on Sunday, but the Formula One leader had no doubt his Red Bull would be back up to speed in Japan next weekend — and his rivals agreed. The Dutch 25-year-old finished fifth in a race won by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. While
READ MORE
No. 7 maegashira Takayasu and No. 15 Atamifuji won to secure winning records after nine days of action at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, with No. 16 Tsurugisho in pursuit with two defeats as they seek their maiden Emperor’s Cup. Takayasu (8-1) had little trouble in forcing out Kotoeko (2-7) after the former
READ MORE
The News China sent a record number of military aircraft toward the self-governed island democracy of Taiwan, prompting the island’s defense ministry on Monday to warn against what it called “destructive” harassment. The previous daily record of Chinese military flights near Taiwan was 91 planes, on April 10. Taiwan said it tracked 103 People’s Liberation
READ MORE
It looks like Puka Nacua, the Los Angeles Rams budding star rookie, didn’t get lucky in Week 1 after all. Nacua, a fifth-round pick out of BYU by the Rams this past April, shocked the NFL world last week when he had 10 catches for 119 yards in Los Angeles’ win over the Seattle Seahawks.
READ MORE