The Earth will position itself between the Moon and Sun in the early hours of the morning, blocking all direct sunlight from illuminating the Moon’s surface. We’ll see a Blood Moon because the marginal sunlight bouncing through the Earth’s atmosphere will immerse the Moon in a reddish-orange glow. Terrestrial observers […]
Daily Archives: May 15, 2022
NEW DELHI — A retired Indian couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law, demanding that they produce a grandchild within a year or pay them 50 million rupees ($675,000). Sanjeev Ranjan Prasad, a 61-year-old retired government officer, said it was an emotional and sensitive issue for him and his wife, […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese headed to polling stations early Sunday to elect a new parliament against the backdrop of an economic meltdown that is transforming the country and low expectations that the voting could bring meaningful change. A new crop of candidates from the 2019 protest movement are running against […]
“The person in this position, when things don’t go well, always gets blamed,” says the Leeds manager, Jesse Marsch. The club have two games to save their Premier League status, not because Marsch has failed since taking over in February but because of a collection of errors that has left […]
Television often portrays researchers as lab coat-wearing weirdos who hate social interactions, but the name of the game is collaboration plus hoodies. We need to get better at showing the public what we do, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Humans | Columnist 11 May 2022 By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images I […]
Express.co.uk recently spoke to Caitlin Shorey, who plays a younger version of Rose’s character Clare Abshire, who confirmed Theo’s dedication to the series. “They were wonderful,” she recalled. “Theo, he would always come to set and he would always have the American accent. He would talk in an American accent.” […]
Screenshot: Heritage Auctions / Kotaku The market frenzy leading to record-breaking prices for retro games appears to have slowed since last year, but frustration over the collectible grading firm at the center of the spike hasn’t. Earlier this week a number of Wata Games customers filed a class action lawsuit […]
Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine poses after winning the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy, on May 15. (Yara Nardi/Reuters) In a symbolic victory more than three months after the Russian invasion, Ukraine took top honors in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The annual songwriting and performance competition is often […]
Today’s Love Letter is written by Anna Martin, the host and a producer of the Modern Love podcast. I spent most of middle school listening to Usher’s “U Got It Bad.” It was almost uncanny; the ballad seemed to have been written expressly for me and my debilitating obsession with […]
Former Test captain Michael Clarke has paid a one-word tribute to Andrew Symonds after the former teammates and friends had a famous falling out. Clarke, who was very close to Symonds when he came into the Australian team before their relationship broke down, posted on Instagram to say he was […]
A major rift has emerged in the flu vaccination strategy being adopted by England and other Home Nations. While the Government has said England will ditch the Covid measures which saw the annual flu vaccine given free to adults aged 50-64 and secondary school children aged 11 to 15, Scotland […]
A heavily pregnant lady and her fiancé were fatally shot in East Baltimore, with the 38-year-old woman’s baby delivered in the moments before she died. That baby is now in critical condition according to the police, due to the emergency delivery rather than any shooting injury. Both victims were rushed to […]
The treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has defended the lack of public hearings in the government’s proposed federal integrity commission, saying he opposes a model that would see politicians “guilty until proved innocent”. Frydenberg, who is under pressure in his Melbourne seat of Kooyong on the issue of integrity and climate change, […]
On the cover of his new album, “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” — which dropped from the hip-hop heavens on Friday — Kendrick Lamar wears a crown of thorns while holding his daughter. And no doubt, in the 10 years since his insta-classic breakthrough, 2012’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City,” […]
What Blas owesCouncil Members Joann Ariola and Robert Holden are 100% correct (“DeBt collection plan,” May 8).Former Mayor Bill de Blasio should have his pension docked until all the money is paid back for his misuse of city services.If he needed that security while running for president and for his […]