Professor Stephen Hawking , the celebrated theoretical physicist regarded as one of the most intelligent people the world has ever known, has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday morning, his family has confirmed. His children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in…

Toronto edged past Tigres UANL to reach the CONCACAF Champions League semi-finals, while the New York Red Bulls also advanced on Tuesday. MLS Cup champions Toronto suffered a 3-2 loss in the second leg in Mexico, but it was enough to get through on away goals after a 4-4 draw on aggregate. Holding a 2-1…

Oh, and it’s slim, too. At 11.2mm thick, the Versa is the thinnest smartwatch Fitbit has ever managed to make, and the company claims it’s the lightest all-metal smartwatch you’ll find in the US. It didn’t feel dramatically lighter than the Series 3 Apple Watch I brought along for comparison, but we’ll sort that out…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNick Higham looks back at Professor Stephen Hawking’s lifeStephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, his family has said. The British physicist was known for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time. « We…

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for the first day of the G20 economic summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images The deadline set by the UK for Russia to explain itself over the Sergei Skripal poisoning has now passed. Russia is refusing to respond to Britain’s accusation unless it is provided…

Democrat Conor Lamb takes on Republican Rick Saccone tonight in the last significant special election before the midterms in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. President Donald Trump, who campaigned for Saccone on Saturday, won the district, which will not exist after this election, by nearly 20 points. But the race is a tossup, with Lamb actually…

Islamabad United 185 for 4 (Ronchi 58, Hales 46, Gul 2-26) beat Multan Sultans 152 (Pollard 73, S Patel 2-11, Butt 2-30) by 33 runsnScorecard and ball-by-ball details In a nutshell Recent trends continued to prevail in the PSL, with the resurgent Islamabad United turning in their best performance to flatten Multan by 33 runs.…

FiveThirtyEight’s men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament forecasting models calculate the chance of each team reaching each round.

Kimchi, comme ça (7)Küchenphilosophien von und mit Birgitt ClausMandarinen und christliche Fußmassage Auf der Insel JeJu wachsen Mandarinen und Hallabong. Hallabong ist das erst koreanische Wort, was mir leicht über die Lippen geht. Es ist lautmalerisch zutreffend. Die Frucht sieht aus wie ein Ding zwischen Christbaumkugel und Glocke. Da passt der Name Hallabong irgendwie. Sie…