September 25, 2023
Lithuanian teenager Dominika Banevič and American Victor Montalvo both qualified for next year’s Paris Olympics after winning the World Breaking Championship on Sunday. The 16-year-old Banevič, known as B-Girl Nicka, was the youngest in the women’s category at the event in Leuven, Belgium. She concluded her battle by lifting herself up on her right arm
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French “afro-trap” rapper MHD has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for the murder of a young man at the hands of a violent mob. On Saturday, MHD and five other defendants were sentenced for the death of 23-year-old Loic K., who was killed on July 5, 2018, after being rammed by a black
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the halftime festivities from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11. The music megastar, who has won eight Grammys, said
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For the second time in less than a decade, Urawa Reds have been handed a historic punishment by Japanese soccer authorities. And once again, the club has no one but itself to blame. Six weeks after a pitch invasion involving over 100 Reds fans at an Emperor’s Cup match in Nagoya, the Japan Football Association
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Kashmir’s chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is also a top separatist leader and vocal critic of the Indian government, was released from house arrest after four years and allowed to lead prayers on Friday, a move that may signal New Delhi’s efforts to bring some normalcy to the region. In 2019, India revoked Kashmir’s
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Commonwealth has “substantial” responsibility for decisions made in the COVID-19 years. His comments come as the Labor government launches an inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic years. “We take responsibility as a Commonwealth for the big, impactful decisions that our predecessors had to take and often with our
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The executive director of Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIET), was arrested on September 15, making her the sixth environmental and climate expert detained by Vietnamese authorities in the past two years. Authorities not only arrested Nhien but also conducted a raid on the think tank’s offices, interrogating its staff. The German government had previously
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Researchers found two interlocking logs joined using an intentionally cut notch They were discovered alongside ancient wooden tools at Zambia’s Kalambo Falls By Victoria Allen, Science Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 16:00 BST, 20 September 2023 | Updated: 17:01 BST, 20 September 2023 Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest example of carpentry,
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Bitcoin has witnessed an extraordinary surge in transaction volume in the past week, logging over 700,000 transactions in a single day, a new data has shown. According to the data presented by the analytics firm IntoTheBlock, the number of reported Bitcoin transactions increased to nearly 703,000, representing not only the highest number recorded in 2023,
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The Bureau of Meteorology has officially declared an El Nino event. It has been seven years since the last weather phenomenon took place. The declaration holds a warning of hot and dry summer-like conditions this spring and summer. The event brings increased fire danger and will provide challenges for farmers. El Nino has been forecasted
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