Some of music’s biggest stars, including Los Angeles native Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas, will headline the FireAid charity concert to help Southern California recover from devastating wildfires. The Intuit Dome and Kia Forum will host the one-night-only concert at 6pm on Thursday, January 30. Along with Billie Eilish and Finneas, 18 other artists … Read more
It takes a while on “a beautiful evening, a beautiful day” to reach Baren Island, a notorious penal colony in the former Yugoslavia, where no cells were needed and armed guards counted on the sea to keep the prisoners in line. However, a prison without bars reveals itself early in writer-director Ivona Jukka’s stark and … Read more
Williams’ hundred and fifth wicket stand of 163 runs is with the captain Craig Ervine propelled Zimbabwe to its highest test score in 30 years, and he hopes it will instill a sense of confidence in a team that has not won a Test since March 2021. “If I can lead by action, and not … Read more
LeBron James will have to make way for the NFL. Doubleheader on Wednesday on Netflix set records as the most-streamed NFL games in US history, with numbers nearly five times those of the NBA. The Baltimore Ravens’ 31-2 win over the Houston Texans averaged 24.3 million while Kansas City’s 29-10 win over Pittsburgh averaged 24.1 … Read more
South Africa 82 for 3 (Markram 47*, Shahzad 2-28) trail Pakistan 211 (Gulam 54, Paterson 5-61, Bosch 4-63) by 129 runs South Africa did to Pakistan what they always do to Pakistan at Centurion, hitting them with the ball in the second hour of the first session before bowling them out for 209. Corbin Bosch … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia launched a massive barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, hitting a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning, Ukrainian officials said. People take shelter at a metro station during an air raid alert, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, … Read more
England 280 (Brook 123, Pope 66, Smith 4-86) and 427 for December 6 (Root 106, Bethell 96, Duckett 92, Brook 55) beat New Zealand 125 (Atkinson 4-31, Carse 4-46) and 259 (Blundell 115, Stokes 3-5) by 323 points The winds howled over Wellington, off Cook Strait, but they only blew one way. England cruised through … Read more
Australia 86 for 1 (McSweeney 38*, Labuschagne 20*, Bumrah1-13) trail India 180 (Reddy 42, Rahul 37 Starc 6-48, Cummins 2-41) by 94 runs Mitchell Starc‘s sizzling spell with the pink ball grabbed the headlines on the opening day of the day-night Test in Adelaide as Australia responded to their 295 points beaten in Perth dismissing … Read more
Beirut — Israel carried out its first airstrike on Lebanon on Thursday since a truce with Hezbollah announced this week, claiming to have targeted the militant group’s activity at a rocket storage facility in southern Lebanon that violated the ceasefire. Lebanese authorities reported scattered incidents of Israeli mortar attacks, strikes and gunfire that injured two … Read more
It’s been 1,000 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. A day after the United States approved Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles against Russia, a Russian strike killed seven people in the Sumy region. The United States has authorized the use of missiles on targets deep inside Russia, some with a range of nearly 200 miles.