Opinion | The Arab Israeli Feels the Pain Twice
As a Bedouin, Ziadna had intimate knowledge of the terrain that proved lifesaving. He was able to cut a route through fields and avoid the main thoroughfare near where Hamas terrorists were ambushing escapees from the music festival. Many other escaping cars then also jumped off the road and followed Ziadna’s minibus through the fields, […]
Thursday’s gossip column: Calvert-Lewin, Andre, Haaland, Jorginho, Caceres
Newcastle United are monitoring Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s situation at Everton as the England striker, 26, is on their list of potential targets for next summer. (TeamTalk)external-link Fulham have moved ahead of Liverpool and Manchester United in the race to sign Fluminense’s 22-year-old Brazil midfielder Andre, while Wolfsburg’s Denmark striker Jonas Wind, 24, is also among the […]
Dollarization Is About Who Pays to Clean Up Argentina’s Mess
Javier Milei knows how to create a stir. Not only has Argentina’s president-elect shaken up his own country’s politics. He also has sparked a global debate about inflation, economic reform and dollarization—and, even more unusual, an interesting debate about these things. It’s a Thanksgiving-week miracle. Critics of Mr. Milei’s pledge to ditch the dysfunctional peso […]
The Hostage Deal Means Israel Is Fighting the Clock
With a four-day cease-fire reportedly going into effect Friday, time isn’t on Israel’s side in its war with Hamas in Gaza. Israel already faces challenges unprecedented in the history of war. A terrorist enemy dedicated to its destruction holds hundreds of hostages in a complex tunnel network and uses civilians as human shields. Israeli society, […]
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-3 Barcelona: Defending champions come from behind to win in Germany
Barcelona are unbeaten in nine games in the Champions League Barcelona came from behind to beat Eintracht Frankfurt and extend their perfect start in the Champions League. The defending champions dominated possession in the first half but struggled to create clear-cut chances against a well-organised Frankfurt. Somewhat against the run of play, hosts Frankfurt broke […]
Falling Yields Give Stocks a Boost
Stocks rose Wednesday, keeping the S&P 500 on pace for its best month in more than a year. The broad U.S. stock index has climbed 8.7% in November so far, on track for its strongest monthly showing since July 2022. It is up 19% in 2023. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights […]
European Curling Championships: Holders Scotland win twice to close on semi-finals
Venue: Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Dates: 18-25 November Coverage: Watch selected Scotland matches each day live on the BBC Sport website, app & iPlayer Holders Scotland moved closer to qualification for the men’s European Curling Championship semi-finals with wins over Netherlands and Turkey. Bruce Mouat’s rink sit second in the round-robin table with six wins after […]
Sam Altman’s Second Coming Sparks New Fears of the AI Apocalypse
Open AI’s new boss is the same as the old boss. But the company—and the artificial intelligence industry—may have been profoundly changed by the past five days of high-stakes soap opera. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, cofounder and figurehead, was removed by the board of directors on Friday. By Tuesday night, after a mass protest by […]
The Strange $55 Million Saga of a Netflix Series You’ll Never See
Near the height of the streaming boom in the fall of 2018, a half-dozen studios and video platforms lined up to woo a little-known filmmaker named Carl Erik Rinsch. He had directed only one movie, “47 Ronin.” It was a commercial and critical dud, and Mr. Rinsch’s tussles with its producers had raised eyebrows, even […]
Lyon 2-0 St Polten: French champions cruise to victory
Danielle van de Donk has scored in both of Lyon’s Champions League fixtures this season Lyon made it back-to-back victories in the 2023-24 Champions League with a routine win against St Polten. It took just four minutes for Danielle van de Donk to get the hosts on their way when she headed in unchallenged from […]