Archive du mois : décembre 2017

Mark Milligan kept his cool to dispatch a penalty deep into stoppage time and give Melbourne Victory a 1-0 derby win over Melbourne City at AAMI Park. The match appeared to be heading towards a dour stalemate, with Victory winger Leroy George’s shot against the underside of the bar on 28 minutes by far the…

4:01 Trent Boult’s record breaking 7 for 34 against West Indies help New Zealand secure a 204-run victory and seal the series in Christchurch New Zealand 325 for 6 (Nicholls 83*, Worker 58, Taylor 57, Cottrell 3-62) beat West Indies 121 (Shai Hope 23, Boult 7-34) by 204 runs nScorecard and ball-by-ball details Trent Boult…

British passports will return to their traditional blue after Brexit The return of the traditional blue British passport divided opinion today, with Brexiteers celebrating but Remainers expressing anger online.   The dark blue document will make a return from 2019 in a move the government hope will symbolise the reclaiming the UK’s national identity. The plans…

An animal is missing after a fire broke out at the London Zoo this morning.  (Picture: PA)An animal is missing after a fire broke out at the London Zoo this morning.  Driver who ‘mowed down crowds’ in Melbourne charged with 18 counts of attempted murder The Zoo confirmed an aardvark is unaccounted for following the blaze…

It seems like everyone in southern California is looking up and asking « what is that? » this evening, and after revelations earlier this week about government investigations into unidentified flying objects, UFO is a popular answer. In truth, the trails were left by a SpaceX launch in the last hour from Vandenberg Air Force Base in…

Jessica Bruder’s Nomadland tells the stories of « workampers » — a growing, albeit still largely invisible, population of American senior citizens who have rid themselves of mortgages and rent, and taken to life on the road. Reading about Bruder’s central character, Linda May, as she is pushed out of job after job, moves into an RV,…

Whether you’re a type-A neat freak or a straight-up hoarder, chances are there’s some area of your life where you need to get organized and boost productivity. Maybe you’re trying to kick a bad habit or stop losing your keys or maybe you’re finally ready to sort out that junk drawer.  Whatever your organizational needs,…

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The young man ended up on the morgue’s examining table in two parts. He had been seized for selling cigarettes, a crime usually punished by flogging by the Islamic State group extremists who had occupied Mosul. But while he was being whipped, he shouted a curse insulting religion. On the spot,…