The international indoor sports competition Hyrox apologized after an incident in Beijing where a runner was allowed to continue a race after soiling herself during the event. Professional athlete Joanna Wietrzyk finished and won the competition on Saturday, which consists of running and high-intensity exercises. The athlete was seen on video and in photographs racing…
The US defence department’s inspector general says the war with Iran has led to “shortfalls” in munitions and a bottleneck in resupply, contradicting President Donald Trump who has repeatly denied the US is facing shortages. Trump has claimed US munitions supplies are “virtually unlimited” and said reporting otherwise is “fake news”. But the independent watchdog…
A metal detector enthusiast has uncovered Finland’s largest known Viking-era silver hoard in Sysmä, with thousands of coins and other silver objects found buried at the site. Kalle Lappinen discovered on 3 September after his detector picked up an unusually large number of signals. The hoard contains around 4.5 kilograms of silver and was buried…
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Trump Accounts Launch Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images As year-end approaches, millions of families have a new deadline: Dec. 31 is the last chance to make Trump Account contributions for 2026. The due date also applies…
The Senate on Tuesday voted to block the Clarity Act from advancing, dealing a major blow to the crypto industry’s push for a comprehensive market structure framework. The long-awaited procedural vote leaves the bill stalled on Capitol Hill after months of negotiations aimed at building bipartisan support. Republican leaders had released a revised version of…
Man gives away new Adidas shoes to delivery partner, video goes viral A brief interaction during a delivery has caught attention on Instagram, but not everyone watching the clip has taken away the same message. While some viewers praised the act shown in the video, others questioned the decision to record the exchange and share…
A fourth death has been linked to measles in Pennsylvania, the state health department said Tuesday. All four deaths have been reported in the last month, as Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak continues to grow. They are the first deaths associated with measles in the state in 35 years. In all of last year, the U.S. recorded…
Growing up in the shadow of the piano giant Oscar Peterson, he became a jazz institution in his own right and collected an array of honors. Source link
Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a “safe harbour” for some of the world’s largest investors in an era of geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Canada is “perfectly situated to build in the new global economic order”, he told more than 100 major investors being courted by Ottawa on Tuesday. Carney has pledged to…
Udaipur is mourning the loss of Rajmata Vijayraj Kumari Mewar, who died late on Monday, September 14, at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness.For many, she was known first as a member of the former Mewar royal family. But her life in Udaipur was about more than a royal title. Education, philanthropy, spirituality…
