Baseball Stadiums Have Lax Outside Food Policies. Fans Love It.
Whether it’s a spaghetti dinner or $100 worth of hamburgers, baseball fans have been bringing their own concessions for decades.
Month: May 2026
‘Melodi’ duo steal spotlight at Italy-India talks
Modi gifting Italian PM Meloni a pack of Melody toffees sparks viral memes, brand frenzy, and political debate Photo: Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive to plant a mulberry tree /Reuters A Colosseum selfie and a pack of toffees triggered a series of memes that lit up the internet … Read more
Japan dismisses claims by Russia, China over its ‘remilitarization’
Caught between a wavering US and an anxious neighbourhood, Japan is done apologising for building its military back up Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: REUTERS Japan on Thursday dismissed criticism from China and Russia over … Read more
Samsung Averts a Walkout With Big Bonuses, but Discord Over A.I. Profits Brews
[Samsung Electronics, a global memory chip supplier, has been a major beneficiary of the A.I boom. It has also become the center of a debate over how to divide its spoils.
In Berlin, Cars Are a Culture War Flashpoint
With municipal elections approaching, conservatives and progressives are sparring over congestion in the city center and how to fix it.
A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.
[The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.
The Brothers Who Made Virginia Woolf the Talk of Cannes
Arie and Chuko Esiri take a team approach to their filmmaking, and the results with their Nigerian-set adaptation “Clarissa” have wowed the festival.
Israeli MPs vote on parliament dissolution
. JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers voted on Wednesday to advance a bill submitted by the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu which would dissolve parliament and pave the way for early elections. In a preliminary reading, 110 out of 120 lawmakers voted in favour and none against, while the rest did not cast their vote. … Read more
PSX surges over 3,000 points in early trading
[ KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed strong bullish activity on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index climbing over 3,000 points in mid-day trading. As of the latest update, the KSE-100 Index stood at 168,082.21, reflecting a robust gain of 3,250.79 points or 1.97% from Wednesday’s closing of 164,831.42. The index touched an intraday … Read more
DR Congo Ebola risk high regionally, low worldwide: WHO
. The deadly Ebola outbreak raging in central Africa probably began several months ago, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, deeming the risk high in the region but low worldwide. WHO experts said that investigations were under way into the origins of the outbreak, which was declared in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last Friday, … Read more