Laura Bicker China correspondent Xinhua/AP The landslide struck Jinping village in Sichuan province At least one person has died and 28 remain missing after a landslide in south-western China, according to Chinese state media. The landslide struck Jinping village in Sichuan province at 11:50 on Saturday (03:50 GMT) burying 10 houses and trapping several residents. […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 8, 2025, 06:16 PM ET Carlo Ancelotti said “football people don’t understand” penalties like the one awarded to Atlético Madrid in their 1-1 derby draw with Real Madrid on Saturday. Julián Álvarez converted the 35th minute spot kick — given by VAR after Aurélien Tchouaméni was adjudged to have fouled […]
The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country’s current leader has announced. Nujoma led the long fight for independence from South Africa in 1990 after helping found Namibia’s liberation movement known as the South West Peoples’ Organisation (Swapo) in the 1960s. After […]
Last month, Apple offered up more insight into its consumer robotics work via a research paper that argues that traits like expressive movements are key to optimizing human-robot interaction. “Like most animals,” starts the report, “humans are highly sensitive to motion and subtle changes in movement.” To illustrate its point, Apple pays homage to Pixar, […]
Reuters Reports suggest Gazans are finding scenes of total destruction as they head home Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Netzarim Corridor – a military zone cutting off the north of the Gaza Strip from the south. Hundreds of Palestinians in cars and on carts laden with mattresses and other goods began returning to northern […]
Pep Guardiola has joked that Manchester City‘s FA Cup fourth round win at Leyton Orient saved his job. City were facing one of the great shocks in the competition’s history as League One side Orient led at the break through a Stefan Ortega own goal as Jamie Donley’s stunning 45-yard strike hit the crossbar and […]
President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the company formerly known as Twitter appears to be over. Trump sued the social media platform for banning him in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, when Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. While a federal judge dismissed the suit in 2022, the then-former president’s lawyers continued to appeal. Soon […]
Super Bowl LIX kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, with the Philadelphia Eagles facing the two-time reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs. This is a rematch of Super Bowl LVII, after the 2022 season, in which the Chiefs beat the Eagles 38-35. Kansas City is looking to make history by becoming the first NFL […]
Three more Israeli hostages have returned to Israel after being released by Hamas. Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Or Levy, 34, were handed over to the Red-Cross in a highly-staged event in the Deir al-Balah area. In a statement, the Hostage Families Forum described the appearance of the men, who appeared thin […]
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim said his side’s last-gasp winner against Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth-round showed the team believed until the final whistle, but it had “nothing to do with Fergie time.” In one sense, Friday night’s result brought a familiar feeling from the days of Sir Alex Ferguson, when late winners […]