Both Cagliari and Fiorentina have decided to retire the number 13 shirt formerly worn by Davide Astori. The Viola captain, who spent six seasons with the Isolani, was tragically found dead on Sunday morning, having suffered a suspected heart attack in his sleep. Today Fiorentina have confirmed that they will retire the number 13 shirt,…

Sergei Skripal behind bars in a courtroom in Moscow in 2006 when he was jailed for 13 years (Picture: AP)Counter-terror police are helping investigators probing the ‘poisoning’ of a Russian spy in Salisbury. A Zizzi restaurant became the latest area to be cordoned off just metres from where former spy Sergei Skripal and another woman…

If you peek into your TV’s settings, you’ll see a lot of features with catchy names — like « Ultra Black » or « Live Color. » Many of these features, however, are marketing gimmicks designed to sound impressive, one-up the competition’s spec sheets, and make the picture pop next to other TVs in brightly lit showrooms. In fact,…

Do you actually know where your fuse box is?

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…