WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Standing alongside President Trump at his Palm Beach estate, Volodymyr Zelensky could only smirk and grimace without overtly offending his host. βRussia wants to see Ukraine succeed,β Trump told reporters, shocking the Ukrainian president before claiming that Vladimir Putin is genuine in his desire for peace. It was just the latest example of the American…
TORONTOΒ βΒ The smile is beatific, blissed out, even at an ungodly hour on our Zoom call from France. A week later, when I finally meet 43-year old filmmaker Oliver Laxe in person at a private Toronto celebration for his new movie βSirΓ’t,β he radiates serenity. Heβs the happiest (and maybe the tallest) person in the room….
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, ItalyΒ βΒ World-class athletes, thrilling events, stirring medal ceremonies, I will remember all of those from the Winter Olympics. But what I experienced Sunday on my 45-minute bus ride from my hotel to Cortina will stay with me longer. There was a young woman sitting across the aisle. She looked to be in her mid-20s,…
Cattle are herded in a stable on June 5, 2026 in Dublin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a second case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, in Texas. The latest detection was found in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, roughly 5.6 miles from the first…
Val Kilmer was originally set to star in “As Deep as the Grave” before he died last year, never shooting a scene of the movie. But Kilmer will still star in the film thanks to generative AI, which is artificial intelligence that can generate new content by analyzing existing content. Jo Ling Kent has more.
Lakers guard Austin Reaves will miss at least a month with a grade 2 strain in his left calf, the team announced Friday, one day after he left the game against the Houston Rockets at halftime. Reaves, averaging career highs in points (26.6), assists (6.3) and rebounds (5.2), had already missed three games with what…
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The Conservatives will abolish stamp duty if they win the next election, Kemi Badenoch has announced. Speaking to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the Tory leader described stamp duty – the tax paid when a new home is purchased – as a “bad tax” and an “unconservative tax”. She said she had looked at…
It was a game eight years in the making. The first World Cup match on American soil in more than a generation and the start of a tournament that has the potential to alter the direction of soccer in this country for the next generation. And the U.S. seized on every bit of that opportunity…
It was a familiar sight: Caitlin Clark stepped to her left, paused and lofted a right-handed layup. But looming tall, Cameron Brink smacked it out of bounds, caught on camera yelling a couple of curse words before chest-bumping Erica Wheeler so hard she tumbled backward. Thatβs the Brink that the Sparks were hoping for this…