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MADRID: Athletic Bilbao defender Yeray Alvarez has been hit with a 10-month ban after testing positive for a prohibited substance following a Europa League clash against Manchester United last season, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Monday. Analysis of a sample provided by the player after the game in May “revealed the presence of … Read more
Known for his long tenure at the podium of the acclaimed Cleveland Orchestra, he was sought after as a guest with major symphonies and opera companies.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX said Monday it will buy wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for its Starlink satellite network for about $17 billion, a major deal crucial to expanding Starlink’s nascent 5G connectivity business. The companies also agreed to a deal that will enable EchoStar’s Boost Mobile subscribers to access Starlink direct-to-cell service to extend satellite … Read more
As restaurants change to reflect new tastes, local reactions have ranged from fascination to fury.
Due to a lack of interest of the Sindh government, the most important water project for Karachi, the 65 million gallons per day (MGD) has been closed for over six years, with little signs of progress in the near future. Karachi has been facing a severe water crisis for over two decades. The city’s population … Read more
Unrest killed at least 19 people in Nepal on Monday, authorities said, as police in the capital fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corruption. Some of the mainly youth protesters forced their way into the parliament complex in Kathmandu by breaking … Read more
In an open letter, Javier Bardem, Olivia Colman and other stars pledged not to work with Israeli film companies that, in their view, “are implicated in genocide.”
France’s parliament on Monday ousted the government of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou after just nine months in office, leaving President Emmanuel Macron scrambling to find a successor and plunging the country into a new political crisis. Bayrou, who has been in the job for just nine months, had blindsided even his allies by calling a … Read more
Underground stations were closed and buses were crammed with commuters grappling with a walkout by transit workers that is expected to continue until Friday.
Scientists cannot say for certain, but new research suggests that different people’s brains respond similarly when looking at a particular hue.
