Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the amount of light and dark that they get.On Sunday, we enter our second and final equinox of 2024. If you reside in the Northern Hemisphe... More »
BathNo one can question the quality of the rebuild carried out by Johann van Graan since his arrival in 2022. The South African has taken Bath from the bottom to agonisingly close to the top, almost achieving a sensational Twickenham victory against Northampto... More »
India are fast becoming the clear No 1 nation of world chess, with a dominance reminiscent of the legendary USSR teams of the 1950s and 1960s. After Thursday’s eighth round (of 11) at the 188-team Olympiad in Budapest, and a 3.5‑0.5 victory over second plac... More »
With every difficult day Keir Starmer’s government has to navigate, the ease of its election victory only two months ago feels more and more extraordinary. Despite winning only a mediocre 33.7% of the vote, Labour gained 211 seats, the most by any party since ... More »
The firefighters were ending a 12-hour shift battling the Airport fire, one of the biggest blazes in California this year.Eight firefighters were injured when their truck rolled over on a highway near Irvine, Calif., on Thursday, as they were ending a 12-hour ... More »
After the German police managed to unmask a Tor user and convict them (for certain criminal activities), loyal Tor users have raised questions about the platform’s safety and anonymity. Tor responded to this unrest by saying that its network is still safe to ... More »
PlayStationWe took some photos to give you a better look.By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.We’ve now gotten our own brief ... More »
A previous Titan submersible dive to the Titanic was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure, one of the mission's passengers has said.Fred Hagen had paid a fee to go on a dive in the Titan in 2021, two years before it imploded and killed all five passen... More »
Madrileña Red de Gas, a regulated natural gas distributor operating in Madrid, was formed in 2010, after being sold off by gas distribution company Nedgia.While it had an existing network and customers, the company had no existing IT systems. It needed a tem... More »
A police officer in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge, following an argument inside a courthouse. Judge Kevin Mullins was in his district office when he was shot shortly before 3pm on Thursday, allegedly during an argument with Letcher C... More »
After living in big cities like San Francisco and New York, when I returned to the Midwest and set foot in Wally World, I heard angels sing. Rows and rows of fluorescent lights highlighted any and every product you'd ever need want, from hearing aids to video ... More »
I have been in Marseille for three weeks, working undocumented in the social care sector. There’s a heatwave and it is hard to breathe. I chose caring for older people because it is badly paid across the EU. Nevertheless, women from poorer eastern European cou... More »