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When the witty and wry English fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett interviewed Bill Gates for GQ in 1995, only 39% of Americans had access to a home computer. According to the Pew Research Center, the number who were connected to the internet was a paltry 14%. At the dawn of the internet age, when optimistic bromides […]
Some events unify a city, enabling even strangers to cut across lines of difference and unfamiliarity. The Key Bridge collapse did that for Baltimore. That solidarity was palpable at the start of a recent convening, held in late October by the civic impact development program The Leadership, for participants to “Reconnect” and explore leadership during […]
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has admitted his team are currently “fragile” following their 3-3 draw with Feyenoord in the Champions League, while the Spaniard appeared to be covered in cuts during his post-match interviews. The Premier League champions were cruising to a comfortable success when they went 3-0 up against the Dutch side, and […]
More than any pitch in the world, people talk about Perth. In our collective memory, it was always the Waca, fast and furious enough for decades of sequels. These days the city’s cricket venue has hopped from the western bank of the Swan to the east at Perth Stadium, but in our collective contemporary consciousness […]
Eleven people have been arrested in Serbia in connection with a roof collapse at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad that killed 15 people and severely injured two others. The suspects, who have not been identified, face charges of committing criminal acts against public security, causing public danger and irregular construction […]
A Romanian court ruled on Tuesday for the removal of some evidence collected against internet personality Andrew Tate in a human trafficking case, and gave prosecutors five days to decide if they will pursue the trial or withdraw the case. Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects were officially indicted in June 2023 […]
Nov 17, 2024, 06:21 AM ET Hungary assistant coach Adam Szalai said he was fine after collapsing and being rushed to hospital minutes after the start of his country’s Nations League tie against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Saturday. Posting on social media, the former Bundesliga striker thanked supporters for their messages of support and […]
Tanzanian rescue workers dug through the ruins of a collapsed building for a second day on Sunday, hoping to pull survivors from beneath the rubble in a disaster that has claimed 13 lives. The four-storey block came down at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) on Saturday in the east African country’s busy Kariakoo market, in […]
ST. LOUIS — For 40 minutes, the Blues seemed on the verge with the proper response to an embarrassing result on home ice Saturday night. Shedding the stink of an 8-1 loss — particularly the third period — against the Washington Capitals was going to take some work, but a power play that had been […]
Khusela Diko. Image: GCIS Khusela Diko, the ANC MP who chairs parliament’s portfolio committee on communications & digital technologies, has slammed communications minister Solly Malatsi’s decision to withdraw the contentious SABC Bill. Diko said on Sunday in response to the news of the minister’s decision that the move will “sound the death knell” for the […]