Rugby seasons just keep going, but to what end?

Rugby seasons just keep going, but to what end?

During a chance meeting recently with a former international rugby referee, one of his first comments about the game he officiated for many years was: “I’m all rugby’d out.” Whether that was from the emotional toll of watching Leinster badly fall away from the Champions Cup or the fact that by late May two competitions […]

Man Utd boss says players ‘cannot hide’ from failures as star flips fans the bird during Asian tour

Man Utd boss says players ‘cannot hide’ from failures as star flips fans the bird during Asian tour

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said Thursday that his players cannot “hide” after a dismal season hit a fresh low when they were booed off following a friendly defeat in Malaysia. United finished 15th in the Premier League and failed to win a trophy, then immediately jetted out Sunday for lucrative friendlies in Kuala Lumpur […]

‘Start exercising!’: secrets of Thailand’s 105-year-old athletics champion

‘Start exercising!’: secrets of Thailand’s 105-year-old athletics champion

For the 105-year-old Thai athlete Sawang Janpram, the day normally starts at 5.30am. He has a breakfast of two boiled eggs, some protein, vegetables and fruit, and by 6am or 7am he’s out at the beach or local stadium near his home in Rayong province, training with his 73-year-old daughter Siripan. He will walk between […]

Toyota Confirms GR Corolla Production In the UK

Toyota Confirms GR Corolla Production In the UK

The rumors were true: Toyota will begin producing the GR Corolla in the United Kingdom starting in 2026. Preparations at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK (TMUK) plant actually began last year and will culminate with the start of production sometime next year. The Burnaston factory in Derbyshire will become the company’s first plant outside Japan […]

Japan introduces new rules banning ‘sparkly’ names for babies like Pikachu or Nike

Japan introduces new rules banning ‘sparkly’ names for babies like Pikachu or Nike

If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name — such as Nike, Pikachu or Pudding. While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over recent decades as parents reject traditional Japanese names for something more unique. But the practice has also drawn criticism — mainly […]

Fewer Japanese people traveling domestically, government blames birth rate, others blame foreign crowds, costs

Fewer Japanese people traveling domestically, government blames birth rate, others blame foreign crowds, costs

Japanese domestic travel numbers have shrunk by more than the population has. On Tuesday, the Cabinet of Japan released its annual tourism white paper, based on data for the 2024 administrative year. The report found that roughly 36.87 million foreign tourists visited Japan last year, a record-setting number. But while Japan’s travel destinations are proving […]

Friday’s briefing: Man City want to be more ‘aggressive’ in market

Friday’s briefing: Man City want to be more ‘aggressive’ in market

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak admitted the club “probably should have been more aggressive” on the transfer front last summer as he looked back on their 2024-25 season. Manchester United’s Amad Diallo said he did not regret his actions, alleging he had been reacting to insults about his mother, after the winger appeared to […]

Elon Musk sure does want everyone to think he’s leaving politics

Elon Musk sure does want everyone to think he’s leaving politics

Musk is doing a flurry of interviews re-associating himself with Tesla, X, and Mars. Musk is doing a flurry of interviews re-associating himself with Tesla, X, and Mars. Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at […]

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lower court’s decision Wednesday found Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs exceeded his authority. That lower court ruling […]

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lower court’s decision Wednesday found Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs exceeded his authority. That lower court ruling […]

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lower court’s decision Wednesday found Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs exceeded his authority. That lower court ruling […]

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lower court’s decision Wednesday found Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs exceeded his authority. That lower court ruling […]

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lower court’s decision Wednesday found Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs exceeded his authority. That lower court ruling […]

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

Carney ‘welcomes’ U.S. court ruling striking down some U.S. tariffs

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are still hitting most countries around the world after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lower court’s decision Wednesday found Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs exceeded his authority. That lower court ruling […]

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it’s been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of […]

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it’s been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of […]

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it’s been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of […]

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it’s been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of […]

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it’s been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of […]

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it’s been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of […]

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it’s been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of […]

Powell meets Trump, defends Fed independence

Powell meets Trump, defends Fed independence

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told President Donald Trump on Thursday that monetary policy decisions would be “based solely on careful, objective, and non-political analysis,” according to a brief statement by the central bank. Powell’s comments came in a meeting at the White House on Thursday “at the President’s invitation,” the Fed said in its […]

Jon Jones undecided on future in UFC: ‘I don’t know what life holds as far as fighting and competing’

Jon Jones undecided on future in UFC: ‘I don’t know what life holds as far as fighting and competing’

Jon Jones still isn’t ready to declare if he’s going to fight again or hang up his gloves for good. The reigning UFC heavyweight champion, who last fought this past November when he finished Stipe Miocic in dominant fashion for his first defense of that title, has been attached to a potential showdown against Tom […]

What is kirakira? Japan cracks down on sparkly names

What is kirakira? Japan cracks down on sparkly names

TOKYO — If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over recent decades as parents reject traditional Japanese names for something more unique. But the practice has also drawn criticism […]

Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8,000-metre-high flight above the clouds

Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8,000-metre-high flight above the clouds

A Chinese paraglider who was accidentally propelled more than 8,000 metres high by an updraft has been banned from the activity for six months after a video of his ordeal went viral. Peng Yujiang began from an elevation of about 3,000m in the Qilian mountain range in northern China, where he intended to test a […]

How bringing OCI players back in the game could help Indian football find the net

How bringing OCI players back in the game could help Indian football find the net

This came to an end in 2008, when the then sports minister, M.S. Gill, introduced a rule mandating that only Indian citizens could represent the country in international competitions. The ministry’s 2008 circular clarified that only holders of valid Indian passports were eligible to represent the country, effectively ending the practice of OCIs playing for […]

Thai and Cambodian soldiers clash briefly in a disputed border area, killing 1

Thai and Cambodian soldiers clash briefly in a disputed border area, killing 1

BANGKOK (AP) — A Cambodian soldier was killed when Thai and Cambodian troops briefly fired at each other in their disputed border area Wednesday, officials said. Cambodian army spokesperson Mao Phalla said the Cambodian troops were conducting a routine patrol along the border when the Thai side opened fire. The Thai army’s statement said the […]

Thai and Cambodian soldiers clash briefly in a disputed border area, killing 1

Thai and Cambodian soldiers clash briefly in a disputed border area, killing 1

BANGKOK (AP) — A Cambodian soldier was killed when Thai and Cambodian troops briefly fired at each other in their disputed border area Wednesday, officials said. Cambodian army spokesperson Mao Phalla said the Cambodian troops were conducting a routine patrol along the border when the Thai side opened fire. The Thai army’s statement said the […]