Scripps National Spelling Bee tweaks its rules to make ‘spell-off’ tiebreaker less likely (Photo: AP) The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year, a shift that follows criticism of the abrupt ending to last year’s competition. Scripps has eliminated its requirement […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) LONDON: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood on Tuesday said two of his forthcoming shows with Israeli-born rock musician Dudu Tassa had been cancelled due to “credible threats“.The guitarist and keyboardist had been due to perform two dates with Tassa in the western English city of Bristol and in London in June.A pro-Palestinian activist movement […]
As legal challenges mount against the US agencies for termination of the SEVIS records of hundreds of international students and district courts are increasingly granting temporary restraining orders (TROs) against such termination, the stand adopted by the US agencies to downplay the irreparable harm caused to students is being widely discussed by immigration attorneys.An affidavit […]
France names first Concorde jet a historical monument (Photo: AP) The first Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft has been named as a historical monument, France’s culture minister said Monday.Concorde 001, which was the first of the 20 aircraft built and the first to take to the skies in a test flight in 1969, is now housed […]
UN chief Antonio Guterres is “concerned” by reports that Sudanese paramilitaries for the first time struck Port Sudan, the seat of the army-aligned government during the country’s two-year war, a spokesman said Monday.“The attack on port Sudan is a worrying development threatening the protection of civilians and humanitarian operations in an area so far spared […]
International tourists killed in vehicle crash were among millions drawn to the Yellowstone area (Photo: AP) The deaths of at least six foreign nationals in a fiery van crash in eastern Idaho are a reminder that the visitors who throng to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks from around the world travel on scenic byways […]
Picture source: Go Fund Me Northumbria police on Sunday released 14 children—11 boys and 3 girls—on bail after being arrested on suspicion of manslaughter of a teenager in a fire at a disused industrial building in Gateshead, a town near Newcastle in north-east England. The body found inside the building is believed to be that […]
AI-generated image (Credit: Bing image creator) The US department of state, consular affairs, is cracking down on ‘birth tourism’. According to an update on social media, US consular officers are stopping foreign visitors from abusing the US immigration system through ‘birth tourism’. “If a visa applicant is trying to use a tourist visa for the […]
Grievances and forgiveness were both on display in Prince Harry’s raw TV interview (Photo: AP) The rift between Prince Harry and his family has burst into the open again with the prince’s raw television interview after losing a court case over his security. In a long and at times emotional conversation, the 40-year-old prince said […]
Gabon swears in former military chief as president, signalling return to constitutional order (Photo: AP) Gen Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as the fourth president of the Republic of Gabon on Saturday, signalling a return to constitutional order in the country after nearly two years of political transition following the 2023 military coup in […]
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