BBC As a Ryanair flight from London approached Vilnius, Lithuania, on 17 January, its descent was suddenly aborted. Just minutes from touching down, the aircraft’s essential Global Positioning System (GPS) suffered an unexplained interference, triggering an emergency diversion. The Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 had already descended to around 850ft (259m) when the disruption occurred. Instead […]
Luis Suárez scored a goal and assisted on three others to lead Inter Miami to a dominant 4-1 victory over the host Houston Dynamo on Sunday night. Inter Miami (1-0-1, 4 points) picked up its first victory of the MLS season despite the absence of superstar Lionel Messi, who remained in South Florida as the […]
Kelly Ng & Juna Moon Reporting fromSingapore and Seoul NEWS1 Park Han-shin, who lost his brother in the Jeju Air crash, has been accused of being a “fake bereaved family member” A plane crash in South Korea last December left Park Geun-woo an orphan. The 22-year-old had barely found space to mourn his parents when […]
Jim Marquardt was 16 and seeking some privacy. He had an important letter to write and his short attention span couldn’t compete with the TV in the living room, so he retreated upstairs to his sister’s bedroom. He shut the door and started scribbling. It was a Saturday night, and while his brain was telling […]
A former boss of Barclays, who was ousted from the bank over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will seek to clear his name in court this week. Jes Staley was forced out in November 2021 after UK regulators ruled he had failed to accurately disclose the nature and length of his relationship […]
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Every once in a while, Derek Bender will send a text to one of his former teammates. Or he’ll call, and leave a voicemail. But, after what happened on Sept. 6, he has not received one text back. Not one call. He’s been left on read, a ghosted pariah to a team […]
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has told his players to expect a number of departures at the end of the season as part of an overhaul of the squad. United’s financial position means any new signings in the summer will have to be funded by outgoings. And Amorim says he’s ready to be “honest” with […]
Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. Mystyslav Chernov/AP hide caption toggle caption Mystyslav Chernov/AP Republican congressman Mike Lawler has called the tense Oval Office meeting between President Trump, Ukrainian leader […]
It’s entirely possible that four or five summers from now, Connor Bedard’s name will be etched on the Stanley Cup. He’ll have won the Conn Smythe Trophy that spring, of course, after a truly absurd playoff run flanked by Michael Misa and Frank Nazar, with Artyom Levshunov logging a heroic 30 minutes a night on […]
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, fiery avalanches of ash and pumice assaulted Pompeii, displacing some 15,000 inhabitants and killing at least 1,500 more. Volcanic debris “poured across the land,” wrote the Roman lawyer Pliny the Younger, and blanketed the town in a darkness “like the black of closed and unlighted rooms.” Within two […]