Category: News
Liverpool ends 15-year curse with statement win over Real Madrid
When UEFA devised the Champions League’s updated format, it did so with the aim of adding more glamorous matches to the competition’s early stages. Games don’t come much more glamorous than Liverpool vs. Real Madrid, and Wednesday’s standout matchup did not disappoint. Elsewhere, there was a dramatic comeback inspired by an American duo and controversy involving one of the competition’s dark horses.…
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The TSA-approved hack that allows travelers to bring a bottle of water through airport security
As millions of Americans take to the skies over the Thanksgiving holiday this week, some will likely be searching for easy travel hacks to help make their journeys a little less painful. Among the many flying tips making the rounds in recent years on TikTok, this one continues to pop up: how to get a full bottle…
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Inside the wild world of Osaka’s dangerous, adrenaline-fueled float festivals
To a din of cheering crowds, rhythmic chanting and taiko drums, hundreds of people haul massive wooden floats through the streets of Osaka — while running as fast as they can. This chaotic spectacle is one of the Japanese prefecture’s “danjiri matsuri,” or float festivals. Held over a few weeks in October, they’re considered one…
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Traveling to Greenland is about to get easier as new international airport opens
When most people think of Greenland, they think of the cold, the snow and how remote it is. Two out of three of those things are unlikely to change any time soon, but as of November 28, it’s about to get a lot less remote. That’s thanks to a new international airport, equipped with a…
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Huawei’s new homegrown Chinese smartphone takes on Apple and Android
Huawei has unveiled a new flagship phone boasting entirely homegrown software that aims to give users an alternative to Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS, in another effort by the Chinese tech giant to defend against possible further sanctions by Washington. The new Mate 70 smartphone, which starts at 5,499 yuan ($760), features the HarmonyOS Next…
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Celebrity lookalike contests are taking over the internet. But they aren’t new
In German folklore, doppelgängers are considered to be a bad omen whose presence brings about misfortune. It feels all the more fitting then, that amid today’s geopolitical conflicts, increasing climate catastrophes and economic uncertainties, we’re seemingly hooked on celebrity lookalike contests. It began with actor Timothée Chalamet. In October, hundreds of onlookers turned up at…
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China’s hottest new tourist attraction is 5,000 feet in the air
China has 3.7 million square miles of land to explore. But more and more young Chinese travelers are opting to see their country from the sky. The newest of these not-for-the-faint-of-heart structures is called Tianti (“Sky Ladder” in Chinese). It clocks in at 551 feet long (168 meters) and stretches between two cliffs at a…
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Lunchables were a smashing success. Now they’re in crisis
Americans are losing their taste for Lunchables. Sales of the compartmentalized meat and cheese meal marketed to kids and their busy parents in colorful boxes slid 12% during the quarter ending on November 3, according to Circana data. Lunchables’ slide is hurting its parent company, Kraft Heinz. Kraft Heinz’s sales dropped 2.2% last quarter, nearly…
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The stars of ‘Wicked’ have been changed for good. Former Elphabas and Glindas remember the magic
With the premiere of “Wicked: Part One,” Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande join an exclusive club of women who have played two of the most challenging roles in musical theater. Elphaba and Glinda begin as enemies in the loose adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel, “Wicked,” which was itself based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz.”…
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Orlando Pride win first NWSL championship in club history
It was a storybook ending to a storybook year for the Orlando Pride. The Pride won the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) championship following a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit at a sold-out CPKC Stadium in Kansas City on Saturday. Pride striker Barbra Banda scored the lone goal of the match in the…
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