World of photos, November 25, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull, clinched his fourth consecutive Formula 1 championship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, finishing fifth. George Russell won the race, followed by Lewis Hamilton, marking the first 1-2 finish for Mercedes since 2022. The constructor championship remains a close battle between McLaren and Ferrari heading into the final races.
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Argentina produces some of the best football players on the planet and has three World Cup titles to prove it. Off the field, though, a major power struggle is transpiring between Argentina President Javier Milei and Argentine Football Association president Claudio Tapia. Tapia opposes Milei's effort to enable football clubs to become sports limited companies, inspired by the model of the English Premier League. He wants clubs to continue to belong to members — not to private shareholders. Читать дальше...
Famous rapper Ye, earlier known as Kanye West, has been accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit that alleges he strangled a model on the set of a music video. The lawsuit alleges that Kanye West assaulted the model in a manner similar to pornographic gagging/deep throat/BDSM fetishes. The rapper is yet to respond to the allegations.
Casey Galvanek is the 2024 Rowing News Coach of the Year. As the only coach to guide a U.S. crew—the men’s four—to Olympic gold, Galvanek is an easy choice.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and we’ve got gift ideas for him, for her and for the kids and foodies on your list.
AFP Sports looks at five races that made this year's battle for the crown an unpredictable rollercoaster. Spanish Grand Prix, June 23 -- When Verstappen won in Barcelona, it might have looked like Red Bull business as usual. His seventh win of the season took his tally to 42 wins in the last 55 races going back to the 2021 title-clinching triumph. He had also won the first two sprints of the season to amass 219 points out of a possible 288. He led Lando Norris by 69 points and Charles Leclerc by 71. Читать дальше...
El chico que desde niño había sido vigilado jugó su mejor partido en la NBA Leer
NIAMEY, Niger — Thousands from the junta-led countries in Africa's Sahel region gathered this week in the Nigerien capital of Niamey, with music and cultural displays, to condemn what they called the West's imperialist agenda and to drive support for their military regimes. Delegates from Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali took part in the three-day conference that ended on Thursday. The junta leaders of the three countries are seeking greater popular support after they deposed democratically elected... Читать дальше...
“MY baby’s head is covered in tumours,” is the harrowing admission Allanah Harris made to her 1.1 million TikTok followers that sparked an outpouring of support.
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Pep Guardiola is fearful that Manchester City could soon find themselves with too much ground to make up on Liverpool at the summit of the Premier League. The champions’ hopes of a fifth successive title have hit the skids over the past month, with a 0-4 hammering at home to Tottenham on Saturday marking a […]
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Probably moaning cause they’re not winning every game anymore. They should try supporting us for the last 15 years, they’d know what a problem is then.
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Hand over your old Fire TV Stick and you'll get a blockbuster update without having to pay full price.
Environmentalists say industrial-scale tea farming has destroyed the soil's nutrients, changed landscape
Her stories span from 1858 to present day, some told by well-known names, including Samuel Clemens, Robert List and Richard Bryan.
If you’ve been following Pforzheim, Germany-based Circula for any length of time, there’s a good chance you have a sense of what the brand’s about: robust, high-quality tool watches that offer impressive value. With surface-hardened field watches, deep-water titanium divers, and classic pilot’s watches, Circula follows in the proud tool watch-producing tradition of other German […]
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NEW YORK — Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That sold for $6.2 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled "Comedian," by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It first debuted in 2019 as an edition of three fruits at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair, where it became a much-discussed sensation. Was it a prank? A commentary on the state of the art world? Читать дальше...
Verstappen edges Norris in the race and becomes the sixth man to claim four world championship titles, all in a row.
Bill Bailey has claimed he was asked to handle dead bodies for a celebrity reality show.
Montell Douglas thinks Strictly Come Dancing has made her a better Gladiator.