The NBA’s most surprising teams so far Which team has shocked the league so far? The For The Hoops crew make their picks for most surprising team here! It’s one thing to be named an NBA All-Star. It’s quite another to be appointed one of the 10 starters. The players who will be on the…
A lot of people feel bad. One in five American adults experienced symptoms of anxiety and depression in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the UK, 40.5% of people with anxiety experienced “medium” or “high” levels in 2022 and 16% of adults experienced moderate to severe depressive symptoms. For…
Senate votes to advance Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary The Senate has voted 51 to 49 to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination to become secretary of defense, despite grave objections from Democrats over his behavior and qualifications to lead the US military. All but two Republicans, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, voted to advance his nomination,…
It’s January, and the cliches are in full swing: it’s cold, dark, dry, you’re waiting for that next payslip … It doesn’t help that this month collides with the latest menswear fashion season. There’s nothing like scrolling Instagram with last night’s leftovers, watching a flurry of glamorous shows, parties and way out of budget trends…
The international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has requested arrest warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader and Afghanistan’s chief justice on the grounds that their persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity. It marks the first time the prosecutor has built a case around systemic crimes against women and girls, legal…
Nothing exorcises the miserable spirit of January – dry or otherwise – like a Burns Night celebration. A whisky-fuelled supper to mark Robert Burns’s birthday is the perfect remedy to dreich midwinter days. It’s a bandwagon on to which I gladly jump each year, despite having no connection to Scotland whatsoever. And so should you….