In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a ceremony meeting a group of officials, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader hide caption toggle caption […]
Art Schallock, a little-known New York Yankees left-hander who treasured his late-in-life fame as the oldest living former major-league ballplayer, died Wednesday at age 100. Schallock pitched a few dozen games for the Yankees from 1951-54, long enough to leave him with charming and oft-told tales of friends like Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle. Schallock […]
For the past two days, under the soft lights of chandeliers in a Marriott basement a block from the White House, energy ministers and tech founders from across Africa gathered to discuss how best to bring electricity to more than 600 million people on the continent who have none. Much of their hope, and fear, […]
Gaza City – Amani Dweima has come to the salon with her 16-year-old daughter, Aya. The 39-year-old wants her eyebrows shaped, and Aya wants a full face of makeup; there’s a wedding planned for that evening after iftar. “My niece’s wedding,” Amani says. “We’re celebrating the bride with a small family gathering before the groom […]
Manchester United playing Arsenal on Sunday should be the biggest match of the English football weekend. But it isn’t. Even though more than 75,000 supporters will head to Old Trafford to watch that Premier League fixture, the game with the highest attendance anywhere in Europe on Saturday or Sunday took place at Wembley Stadium in […]
Find out who is missing through injury, who’s in a race against time to prove their fitness and who has been ruled out through suspension for the next round of LaLiga fixtures. And as you plan your fantasy team for the next gameweek, check out the predicted XIs for all 20 clubs. Positions: Goalkeeper (GK), […]
Police Scotland Amen’s friends and family say he was a “kind and “bright” boy A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the death of Glasgow teenager Amen Teklay. The 15-year-old died in the street last Wednesday after being found injured following a violent incident in the city’s St George’s Cross area. Amen’s friends […]
LIVERPOOL, England — As Darwin Núñez walked toward the Anfield touchline on Saturday afternoon, he was serenaded by the sound of nearly 60,000 jubilant fans singing his name. The Uruguay international forward had played 68 minutes of Liverpool’s 3-1 comeback win over Southampton, scoring the equaliser and winning a penalty that was coolly converted by […]
After a few years of writing what she called a “niche newsletter for Washington insiders,” the political journalist Tara Palmeri decided she wanted to reach a wider audience. A much wider audience. She’s taking her reporting to YouTube. Ms. Palmeri said she is leaving the start-up Puck to strike out on her own, focusing much […]
The railroad tracks that slice through downtown Freehold, N.J., used to be lined by dozens of men, waiting for work. Each morning, the men — day laborers, almost all from Latin America and undocumented — would be scooped up by local contractors in pickup trucks for jobs painting, landscaping, removing debris. In recent weeks, the […]