Draymond shades Gobert for not guarding Jokic in playoffs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green never shies away from an opportunity to throw shade at Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert. On the most recent episode of the Warriors star’s podcast “The Draymond Green Show,” Green seemingly took shots at Gobert for not […]
Read MoreEye-tattooing: experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgery
From butter boards to viral dances, social media has spawned a host of fads, but experts have warned against the latest trend: eye-tattooing. The procedure, known as keratopigmentation, is a recent development and can be used for therapeutic purposes to improve the appearance of eyes. This can include for people who have been left with […]
Read More‘It really was magical’: infected blood scandal victims join forces to share stories
Victims of the infected blood inquiry are joining forces to share stories and support. Sue Wathen, Joan Edgington and Nicola Leahey were diagnosed with hepatitis C after struggling through years of unexplained symptoms that were dismissed by doctors. Learning that they had been infected with a disease known as the “silent killer” by receiving contaminated […]
Read MorePolitical violence could benefit far right parties in the EU elections – if we let it
The shooting of the Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, has dramatised the increasingly angry and polarised landscape of European politics. With just weeks to go before the European parliament elections, it is time to step back from the brink. This eruption of violence in the midst of the campaign is so shocking that it may, […]
Read More‘Why the hell didn’t you leave earlier?’: the battle to evacuate residents as Russia advances in Kharkiv
Evacuating the last remaining residents of Vovchansk, the town at the centre of Russia’s recent offensive in Kharkiv region, becomes more dangerous with every passing day. As fierce street battles between Russian and Ukrainian forces continue in the northern part of the town, a band of local police and volunteers have been journeying in daily […]
Read MoreCaitlin Moran described which PM as a ‘C-3PO made of ham’? The Saturday quiz
The questions 1 The OED’s first citation for “video game” mentions which Atari product?2 Which river has Damietta and Rosetta branches?3 Who were bribed in the 1950s payola scandal?4 Which poet was nicknamed the White Myth of Amherst?5 What athletics world record has stood at 7291 since 1988?6 Which PM was described by Caitlin Moran […]
Read MoreProtesters, pop stars and pioneers: 38 images that changed the way we see women (for better and for worse)
Vauxhall Bridge, from the Pissing Women series, 1995 By Sophy Rickett Photograph: Courtesy: Sophy Rickett The idea for the Pissing Women series came to artist Sophy Rickett at Glastonbury festival in 1994. “For some reason, I was struck by the disparity in how men and women piss,” she later recalled. “Men seem so carefree; they […]
Read More‘Bloody £9 for two’: TikTok twins rage at ice-cream van prices
Like the totemic £8 pint or £5 coffee, the cost of a Mr Whippy ice-cream has become a barometer of a world gone mad. But really, nine quid for two ice-creams? Bloody hell. That was the damning verdict of an eight-year-old whose TikTok rant over the cost of two screwballs from an ice cream van […]
Read MoreThe Nevermets: love is weird in this evil version of First Dates
When the internet was invented nobody used their real names on it, and I am starting to wonder if breaking that covenant was a mistake. “Starting to wonder” – correction, I am fully sure that was an error. We need to go back to usernames – xX_tha_0rin0c0_Xx, that sort of thing – and anonymity and […]
Read MoreBanged-up Knicks hope Madison Square Garden is magic in Game 7
INDIANAPOLIS — Josh Hart does almost everything on the basketball court, except for asking to be taken off the basketball court. He has logged four complete games through the Knicks’ first 11 postseason matchups, and yet, with New York perhaps on the brink of its first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 2000, the alarming sight […]
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Read MoreTV tonight: Outlander’s Richard Rankin is the new Rebus
Rebus 9.25pm, BBC One Richard Rankin – whom you might recognise from period romp Outlander – is a younger but equally gruff DS John Rebus, in this new imagining of the Ian Rankin novels (who also executive produces). Rebus is drawn into a violent criminal gang conflict when his brother, who served in the army, […]
Read MoreHow to turn cooked bacon fat into a delicious sweet treat – recipe | Waste not
Bacon fat has a unique, rounded, umami-rich flavour that works well in both sweet and savoury dishes, so always be sure to save any left over after cooking, and make sure you scrape the bottom of the pan to get all those flavourful, caramelised bacony bits. Bacon fat makes just about any dish more mouthwatering, […]
Read MoreSticky trick: new glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals
Tiny sticky droplets sprayed on crops to trap pests could be a green alternative to chemical pesticides, research has shown. The insect glue, produced from edible oils, was inspired by plants such as sundews that use the strategy to capture their prey. A key advantage of physical pesticides over toxic pesticides is that pests are […]
Read MoreScénarios review – Jean-Luc Godard collage is his final love letter to cinema
Here is an intriguing footnote to Jean-Luc Godard’s extraordinary career – a docu-textual movie collage lasting just under an hour in two parts, or maybe two layers, completed just before his assisted death two years ago in Switzerland at the age of 91. His collaborator and cinematographer Fabrice Aragno calls it not the “last Godard” […]
Read MoreBlind date: ‘My shirt went straight in the wash when I got home’
Anona on Nadeem What were you hoping for?That he could make me laugh, had hair and wouldn’t bore the pants off me. First impressions?He got up excitedly and gave me a warm embrace the moment I walked through the door … I could have been meeting someone else! Confident, chatty, jokey. What did you talk […]
Read MoreJames Paxton delivers strong six innings, helps Dodgers beat visiting Reds
James Paxton, control freak? That moniker would not have fit the veteran left-hander in his first month with the Dodgers, when Paxton had more walks (22) than strikeouts (15) in 25 ⅔ innings over his first five starts. But Paxton found some rhythm in his delivery and the strike zone in the process, delivering his […]
Read MoreLas Vegas tourism arm announces $100,000 sponsorship for every Aces player
Las Vegas is putting its money on the Aces. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) The players on the Las Vegas Aces just got one of the best deals the WNBA has ever seen. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the city’s tourism arm, revealed Friday that it will sponsor each of the 12 players […]
Read MoreCountry diary: The air is rich with post-dawn birdsong | Jennifer Jones
Early on a calm May morning I am in a triangle: an isosceles triangle to be precise, with two equal sides and a shorter base. This is Halewood Park Triangle, south Merseyside: a wedgeland. The Triangle was forged by 19th-century developments in the railways, its base marking the main Liverpool-Manchester line, while the east and […]
Read MoreBeing Muslim in Modi’s India
It is a lonely feeling to know that your country’s leaders do not want you. To be vilified because you are a Muslim in what is now a largely Hindu-first India. It colors everything. Friends, dear for decades, change. Neighbors hold back from neighborly gestures — no longer joining in celebrations, or knocking to inquire […]
Read MoreFury vs. Usyk Results: Live updates of the undercard and main event
MMA Fighting has Fury vs. Uysk results live for the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk fight card at the Freedom Arena on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When the main event begins around 5 p.m. ET, check out our Fury vs. Uysk live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. Tyson […]
Read MoreTyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk: Live round-by-round updates
MMA Fighting has Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk live round-by-round updates for one of the most anticipated boxing fights of the year on Saturday night at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main event is expected to begin around 5 p.m. ET on DAZN and PPV.com pay-per-view. Check out our Fury vs. Usyk results […]
Read MoreSlovakian Charged in Shooting ‘Was Against Everything’
He wrote dark, erotic verse and poems featuring torture and pain. He also self-published a book that railed against Roma people and asked why Slovakia had not produced a homegrown version of Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian terrorist. “Where is the Slovak Breivik? Has he not been born yet? And what if he has been?” […]
Read MoreA Would-be Assassin Stirs Europe’s Violent Ghosts
Dmitri A. Medvedev, the former Russian president and regular forecaster of a third World War, had no hesitation in comparing the would-be assassin of Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia to the young man who ignited World War I. Europe, he suggested, was once more on the brink. The individual who shot Mr. Fico, a […]
Read MoreBiden’s China Tariffs Are the End of an Era for Cheap Chinese Goods
For the first two decades of the 21st century, many consumer products on America’s store shelves got less expensive. A wave of imports from China and other emerging economies helped push down the cost of video games, T-shirts, dining tables, home appliances and more. Those imports drove some American factories out of business, and they […]
Read MoreUkrainians divided over Usyk, the world boxing champion facing Tyson Fury
On the streets of Kyiv this week, the name of the Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk prompted a few eye-rolls, alongside expressions of admiration for his sporting prowess. The former cruiserweight, who fights the Briton Tyson Fury for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night, has been an active fundraiser for the […]
Read MoreMarina Hyde on Russell Brand’s baptism; plus ‘deepfake’ cheerleaders: the woman wrongly accused over a viral video – podcast
Marina Hyde: ‘So Russell Brand was baptised in the Thames, and all his sins were washed away. Cheaper than a lawyer, I suppose’; plus Jenny Kleeman meets Raffaella Spone, the woman accused of creating and circulating a damaging ‘deepfake’ video of teenage cheerleaders. The problem? Nothing was fake after all. How to listen to podcasts: […]
Read MoreSaturday F1 storylines: Game on in Imola
If Friday’s pair of practice sessions at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix are any indication, then Saturday’s qualifying session can be previewed with a simple two-word phrase. Game on. With a number of teams bringing upgrades to Imola including Red Bull — more on them in a second — Friday offered a glimpse at what […]
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