Die Sprachknobler unter den Deutschen feiern dieses Jahr einen runden Geburtstag. Vor 70 Jahren wurde Scrabble in den USA patentiert, und heute besitzen mehr als die Hälfte aller deutschen Haushalte eine Box voller Plastik-Buchstabensteine, sagt zumindest der Hersteller. Wer keinen Spielpartner findet, kann auf der Website von Scrabble Deutschland e. V. nachsehen, wo man sich in…

The MSNBC interview came after The Washington Post published a story that cited Nunberg as saying he would refuse to comply with the subpoena. « Let him arrest me, » Nunberg told the newspaper. « Mr. Mueller should understand I am not going in on Friday. » Nunberg said that he was refusing the special counsel « because what they…

OpenTable, the market leader in the online restaurant-booking world, is embroiled in a scheme that affected 45 Chicago restaurants that use Reserve, an OpenTable rival. Last week, OpenTable confirmed they fired an employee who made several hundred reservations at restaurants using Reserve, which resulted in hundreds of no-shows over the course of the past three…

It’s no secret that our oceans have a problem with pollution from plastic waste, with currents spreading it far and wide. You can see it first hand in a video shot by diver Rich Horner, who swam off Manta Point in Nusa Penida, Indonesia on Saturday, surrounded by plastic trash. « The ocean currents brought us…

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Big Picture India going into the Nidahas T20I tri-series without many of their first-choice players has somewhat levelled the playing field. Captain Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav have all been rested. Sri Lanka will also miss some of their key players: Angelo Mathews, Asela Gunaratne and fast…

A former Russian colonel who spied for the UK is in a critical condition in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substance in Salisbury. Sergei Skripal, who was given refuge in the UK after being jailed in his home country for treason, was found unconscious on a bench alongside a woman in a local…