International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach accidentally called Japanese people ‘Chinese’ while attempting to win over the reluctant hosts of the Tokyo 2020 Games in the latest blow for the sporting event. In his first public appearance on Tuesday since arriving in Tokyo last week, Bach tried to reassure the organising […]
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England stars Raheem Sterling, Harry Maguire and Kyle Walker all make UEFA’s Euro 2020 team of the tournament (with David Moyes on the selection panel), but Italy dominate with FIVE players in the XI UEFA revealed their official Euro 2020 team of the tournament on Tuesday Raheem Sterling, Harry Maguire […]
The gold standard for testing a drug is to trial it on hundreds or thousands of people — then compare the results to an equal number given a placebo. Such randomised controlled trials find out how a drug works overall, but there will be some people for whom the drug […]
Elon Musk insisted in court on Monday that Tesla’s board controls the company but said the electric vehicle maker would ‘die’ if he wasn’t the chief executive, as he testified in defense of Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity. Kicking off a two-week trial in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday, Musk, wearing […]
The England footballer Tyrone Mings has criticised the home secretary, Priti Patel, in her condemnation of the racist abuse faced by his teammates, after she called players taking the knee “gesture politics”. A number of politicians have tweeted support for England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who […]
This Brooklyn deli was mobbed on Monday afternoon. Federico Castelluccio, 57, who played DiMeo crew member Furio Giunta on Seasons 2 to 4 of “The Sopranos,” dropped by Anthony & Son Panini Shoppe in Williamsburg to celebrate a new hero named after his character. (Next week, the shop will unveil […]
Getting the COVID-19 shot is not a big deal for most, but for Heather Brooke Simpson the experience exorcised the demons of her anti-vaccine past. “It was liberating to know I was doing my part to end the pandemic for good,” Simpson exclusively told The Post. The 30-year-old’s enthusiasm for […]
An unopened copy of Nintendo’s “Super Mario 64” sold at auction Sunday for a whopping $1.56 million, shattering the previous record amount paid for a single video game which was set just two days earlier. Dallas, TX-based Heritage Auctions noted that it’s the first time a single video game has […]