1. 1. Edward Norton (British Mount Everest Expedition) 2. Giacomo Matteotti’s (assassinated) 3. A Passage to India (E M Forster) 4. Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell’s (Olympic Games. Chariots of Fire) 5. Leningrad (Petrograd prior to death of Lenin). 6. The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera by Janacek, premièred in Brno) 7. The Zinoviev letter (UK…
At a time when kids are reading at some of the lowest levels ever, Eagles’ A.J. Brown making reading all the rage could be a game-changer. Ravens, Bills put on A+ performance, Commanders stun Bucs USA TODAY Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon breaks down all the games from Wild Card Weekend. Sports Seriously A.J. Brown might have…
Bangladeshi police killed or injured at least 20 unarmed protesters in two previously undocumented incidents during the demonstrations that engulfed the country last year, according to newly examined video footage. The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP), a rights group that documents alleged abuses, has analysed video footage of two incidents in Dhaka on 5…
I love Lime bikes because I live next to a secondary school, and I see those tearaways in every mood. Coming in, grumpy; going home, cranky; yelling at each other, kicking bins for no reason. Ah, the sweet hell of teenagehood. But when they get on the Limes, you can see in them both the…
European anxiety about Donald Trump’s return to the White House is not shared in much of the world, a poll has shown, with more people in non-western powers such as China, Russia, India and Brazil welcoming his second term than not. The 24-country poll, which also included Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Indonesia and Turkey, found…
U.S. securities regulators sued Elon Musk in federal court in Washington on Tuesday in an enforcement action arising from his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X. The lawsuit against Mr. Musk, who has become a close adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, is likely to be one of the more contentious final acts…