Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon finished second in the women’s Olympic 5,000 meters on Monday, but was later disqualified—a decision that her home country plans to…
Day: August 5, 2024
The Brilliant Genre Stew of K-Drama Miss Night and Day
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the finale of Miss Night and Day. How do you make serial murder charming? Netflix’s Miss Night and Day,…
US base Ain-al-Asad in Iraq is hit by missiles as Middle East tinderbox threatens to explode into war
TWO missiles have hit an Iraqi air base that houses US forces in an attack which threatens to ramp up already red-hot tensions in the…
Here’s What to Expect from the 2024 Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony
The Paris Summer Olympic Games are coming to an end this weekend, a moment to be marked with the closing ceremony. This year’s Games kicked…
‘Today Has Been Absolutely Wild.’ Inside the Final Day of Gymnastics at the Paris Olympics
The last day of gymnastics competition didn’t go quite the way Team USA gymnasts were hoping. With two U.S. women competing in the balance beam…
‘Lotus for Potus:’ How South Asian Women Have Mobilized for Kamala Harris
On July 23, nearly 9,000 women joined a Zoom call organized by a grassroots effort called South Asian Women for Harris to rally behind presidential…
Jay Slater’s funeral is targeted by scammers as warning is issued over ‘heartless and deeply disrespectful’ trolls
JAY Slater’s funeral is being targeted by “vile trolls” and scammers looking to profit off the teen’s death, a charity working with the family say.…
The IBA Held a Press Conference About Boxing’s Gender Controversy. It Was a Chaotic Mess
The International Boxing Association (IBA), which has spent these Olympics ripping the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its president, Thomas Bach, and calling into question…
Bloomberg Apologizes for Premature Story on Prisoner Swap and Disciplines the Journalists Involved
Bloomberg News apologized Monday for prematurely publishing a story last week that revealed a prisoner exchange involving the United States and Russia and said it…
Inside radioactive paradise island with mutant sharks & giant eerie dome dubbed ‘The Tomb’ that was blasted by 23 nukes
AN IDYLLIC island paradise with crystal blue waters and white beaches hides a radioactive secret. Off limits to the rest of the world, Bikini and…