As the taxi approached the remote Lake District house where I’d be spending a week doing a silent Buddhist retreat, a thought struck me with Zen-like clarity. You must be out of your tiny mind. The theme of the retreat was “appreciate your life” and it involved spending most of the day in silence: rising…
Hear from former Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark before jersey retirement Hear from former Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark before jersey retirement Caitlin Clark’s final game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena last March was a must-watch event that drew celebrities from all over. The same can be said for Clark’s jersey retirement on Sunday. Prior…
Greek authorities have dispatched special forces, rescue teams, tents and drones to the island of Santorini after hundreds of seismic tremors were recorded in the area. Amid fears of a bigger earthquake that could cause a tsunami, people were advised to avoid the shoreline and derelict buildings, to empty swimming pools and to refrain from…
How do some people manage to wear shorts all through the winter? Jane Shaw, France Send new questions to nq@theguardian.com. Readers reply I’m guessing it is just in us. Trousers, let alone ski pants, were not really a thing for so much of human existence that we have developed some sort of resistance. I’ve worked…
Former Major League Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent died Saturday, Feb. 1, at the age of 86, current commissioner Rob Manfred announced in a statement Sunday afternoon. Vincent presided over the game following the death of his predecessor, Bart Giamatti, in September of 1989. Vincent held the position for nearly three years before resigning in 1992….
On Saturday evening, Trump signed executive orders to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), with a White House claiming the move is meant to hold the US’ largest trading partners “accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from…