Concertgoers celebrate with ‘O Canada’ post 4 Nations win against USA After Canada beat the USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, concertgoers celebrated with the Canadian national anthem. Thursday night’s USA-Canada championship game at the 4 Nations Face-Off showed viewers’ appetite for best-on-best international hockey. ESPN said the game, which Canada won 3-2 in…
Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has confronted her Chinese counterpart after Chinese warships conducted apparent live-fire exercises at short notice on Friday, forcing commercial aircraft to change course. In a post on X late on Friday night Australian eastern time, Wong said she met with China’s foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, on the sidelines…
Authorities in a city in the Brazilian Amazon have declared a state of emergency after huge sinkholes opened up, threatening hundreds of homes. Several buildings in Buriticupu, in Maranhão state, have already been destroyed, and about 1,200 people of a population of 55,000 risk losing their homes into a widening abyss. “In the space of…
Gay bars have traditionally been the most visible queer-inclusive spaces in Australia for LGBTQ+ people to gather. But with dim lighting, loud music and a focus on alcohol, they aren’t always conducive to genuine connection – or welcoming to all. And with dating apps blamed for the closure of gay bars and a trend towards…
Former NFL player Chris Kluwe calls MAGA a ‘Nazi movement’ Chris Kluwe was arrested after protesting the city’s approval of a public library plaque that uses the word “MAGA” as an acrostic. The NFL has started its investigation into Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker following accusations of sexual misconduct from more than a dozen massage…
The Pixel 9 Pro is the top Android pick in our guide to the best smartphones, and we gave it a score of 94 in our review last year. It has just about all the key features we’ve come to enjoy from the Pixel series: top-notch cameras, a handsome design and a (relatively) clean version…