Новости за 11.08.2024

It was a bad gaffe by White Sox shortstop Brooks Baldwin.

After Cubs third baseman Isaac Paredes hit a two-out double in the fifth inning Saturday, Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi fielded the ball after it hit the wall and threw it to Baldwin, the cutoff man.

Rather than immediately firing the ball to the plate — where he potentially could have thrown out Cubs baserunner Cody Bellinger — Baldwin looked toward second base. Instead of possibly ending the inning with an out at home, Baldwin just held the ball. Читать дальше...

By selecting the hard-left Walz, Harris reminds the nation who runs the Democratic Party.

The Paris Olympics comes to its conclusion.

One reason Nevada’s Public Employees’ Retirement System has a massive unfunded liability is the exorbitant pensions thousands of retirees rake in.

An absorbing read and reminder of the young people who don’t make the grade

Some say Beijing groups are needed to hit emissions targets while others accuse them of benefiting from unfair subsidies

Ticketing company’s push for Los Angeles Games comes after initial fears of empty seats in Paris

Falling costs help global motorbike brands push into two-wheel EV market

Well-known ‘commercial’ labels sold off as industry endures what some winemakers call its worst-ever crisis

Country’s powerful armed forces support Islamabad’s painful restructuring under $7bn bailout

Secretary-general of International Chamber of Shipping says threat is now at its highest level since second world war

Elon Musk’s antics are turning off the most obvious customers for his cars

World’s second-biggest economy is slowing, appetite for foreign brands has weakened and local competition is intense

Fear and dismay are widely shared but new research reveals more profound, and differing, sources of unease

Bulking up should allow funds to invest in a wider range of UK assets, but progress towards consolidation has been slow

Taylor Swift performing at Wembley Stadium earlier this year

The biggest music event of 2024 is heading back to the UK later this month.

After impressing fans with her first run of UK shows earlier in the summer, Taylor Swift is bringing her mammoth Eras Tour to London’s iconic Wembley Stadium next week, with a string of performances that will round off the jaunt’s European leg.

After scouring TikTok for clips and devotedly streaming her Disney+ special, plenty of Swifties will... Читать дальше...

The chief of markets regulator SEBI has strongly denied the latest Hindenburg Research report as "baseless allegations and insinuations".

Lin Yu-Ting, a target of a huge Olympic boxing gender issue alongside fellow gold medalist Imane Khelif, blacks herself out of social media amid worldwide discussions, instead deferring to her coach on all issues outside the ring

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Teenage sweethearts who met volunteering at an animal sanctuary now have five rescue horses of their own, and tied the knot this summer.

What was once a regular garden consisting of no more than a patch of grass and dated patio has been transformed into a mini-rainforest.

A 79-year-old fundraiser is at her wits’ end with thieves repeatedly stealing from her garden sales – despite signs explaining they’re for charity.

A family visiting a popular beach say their trip to the coast was ruined after having to “wade through a waterfall of effluent” pouring down steps.

A heartless carer who teamed up with a colleague to steal more than £12,000 from an elderly couple with dementia has been spared jail.