Congolese club claimed glory in Africa’s premier women’s club competition but tournament struggled for crowds This certainly wasn’t on my bingo card. Coming into the fourth edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League, expectations were that the continental title would be retained by Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa or regained...
Gukesh Dommaraju levels World Chess Championship as Ding Liren loses on time in Game 3
Champion Ding loses Game 3 on time after 3hr 49min Gukesh levels best-of-14-games match at 1½-1½ India’s Gukesh Dommaraju has scored his first win of the world chess championship over China’s Ding Liren after the 32-year-old reigning champion shockingly lost on time in the third game of their $2.5m showdown...
Manchester United raise member ticket prices to £66 and remove concessions
Seats had started at £40 for adults and £25 for children Supporters’ trust fears big price rise next season Manchester United have raised the cost of tickets for members to £66 and removed concession prices. The decision has been greeted with dismay by the supporters’ trust, which fears this is...
Trump proposes 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports, 10% on Chinese goods
President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China once he returns to the White House. The controversial declaration has already triggered significant currency fluctuations and raised alarm bells about potential economic disruptions worldwide. Read Entire Article
CEO fires 90% of his company for missing a meeting, many were unpaid workers
Baldvin Oddsson, CEO of Wyoming-based musical-instrument online storefront the Musicians Club, was far from happy when just 11 of the company's 110 employees and contracted freelancers turned up to a meeting at 8:30 am on Friday, November 15. His response was to fire the offending 90% of staff via Slack....
Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says
Researchers identify collision hotspots around world but reveal almost all these lack preventive measures Collisions between whales and ships can prove fatal for the marine mammals, but researchers say expanding mitigation measures to just 2.6% of the ocean’s surface would reduce the chance of such strikes in all risk hotspots....
Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship
Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences A leading scientist at the University of Oxford has resigned from the UK’s national academy of sciences over concerns about Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship. Prof Dorothy Bishop, emeritus professor of developmental neuropsychology...
Irregular sleep pattern raises risk of stroke and heart attack, study finds
Variations in time a person goes to sleep and wakes up ‘strongly associated’ with higher risk of negative impacts Failing to stick to a regular time for going to bed and waking up increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart failure by 26%, even for those who get...
Trump pick for US health agency proposed ‘herd immunity’ during Covid
Choosing Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH signals return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies Jay Bhattacharya, an unofficial Covid adviser in Trump’s first administration, has been selected as the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the leading biomedical research institutions in the world. The choice...
4,000-year-old canals used for fishing by Maya predecessors discovered in Belize
New research revealed canals used for about 1,000 years to channel and catch freshwater fish on the Yucatán peninsula Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatán peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network...