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When Mikaela Shiffrin started skiing again weeks after her horrific accident last year, the American star was even more wary of the potential dangers of the training course.Shiffrin suffered a stab wound to the abdomen and severe injuries to her abdominal muscles during the World Cup giant slalom race. But the two-time Olympic champion knew that training could be just as risky.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listIf not more.“When I came back from my injury, I was aware of the trackside fences and the holes in the course and where the trees were,” Shiffrin said in a recent…
George Russell slammed what he described as a “turf race” on the first lap, Lewis Hamilton described the ensuing 10-second penalty for cutting a corner as “rubbish” and other drivers expressed displeasure at decisions made amid controversy at the Mexico City Grand Prix, but what are we really to make of all this?Mercedes’ Russell, who had qualified fourth but finished seventh in a difficult race, became furious at the start after seeing Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen cross the grass at the opening compound corner and then rejoin the track in the lead without being penalized. Russell…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to Japanese journalists aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea on October 29, 2025.Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump will discuss Nvidia’s advanced AI chips with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a widely anticipated meeting on Thursday, he told a media scrum on Wednesday. While fielding questions about his high-stakes meeting with Xi, Trump hinted that they might discuss Nvidia’s Blackwell AI processors. “We talk about Blackwell. It’s a top-notch chip,” he said. Nvidia’s “super-duper chip” appears to be referring to the company’s most advanced AI chip,…
Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon, violating a November 2024 ceasefire agreement to end the conflict with Hezbollah.Published October 28, 2025October 28, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2sharePresident Joseph Aoun called for an end to Israel’s near-daily deadly attacks on Lebanon in a meeting with US Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus in Beirut, as Israel has stepped up attacks on its northern neighbor in recent days.Israel has repeatedly shelled Lebanon, flagrantly violating a November 2024 ceasefire agreement aimed at ending more than a year of hostilities that escalated into a months-long full-scale war with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. More…
Just 36 points separate Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen after a North American double-header in Formula 1 which provided plenty of drama.Norris took the championship lead away from McLaren team-mate Piastri for the first time since April but only has a slender one-point advantage, with Verstappen another 35 points back with four rounds to go. The pendulum has swung massively against Piastri over the last five events but these last two weekends in Austin and Mexico have told us a lot about this year’s title protagonists and their championship chances. Datawrapper This content is provided by Datawrapper, which…
Amazon announced Tuesday that it will lay off about 14,000 employees, the latest reduction in the company’s multiyear cost-containment efforts.The company said in a blog post that the layoffs are being made to make the company leaner and less bureaucratic, while also investing in its “biggest bets” such as generative artificial intelligence.“This generation of AI is the most transformative technology since the Internet, allowing companies to innovate much faster than ever before (in existing and entirely new market segments),” said Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology. “We believe we need to organize more efficiently, with…
North Korea claims that the test in the Yellow Sea was aimed at impressing its “enemies” with its capabilities.Published October 29, 2025October 29, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareNorth Korea test-fired several sea-to-surface cruise missiles into western waters hours before President Donald Trump began his visit to South Korea, state media said.The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Wednesday that the missile was launched in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday and flew for more than two hours before hitting its target accurately.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listPark Jeong-chun, the senior military official who oversaw…
UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese condemned countries complicit in Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip and called for a new multilateralism to prevent future genocide.Mr. Albanese presented a new report, “Gaza Genocide: A Mass Crime,” to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday and addressed remotely to representatives of the Desmond Leah Tutu Heritage Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listShe said Israel left Gaza “strangled, starved and crushed.” Her report, which examines the role of 63 countries in Israel’s actions in both Gaza and the West Bank, points to “decades of…
When England take on South Africa in the Cricket World Cup semi-final in Guwahati on Wednesday, batting collapse may be at the back of both teams’ minds, if not the front. sprayer This content is provided by sprayercookies and other technologies may be used. To view this content, you must allow cookies. You can change the settings and enable it using the buttons below. sprayer Use cookies or allow them only once. You can change your settings at any time in Privacy Options. Unfortunately, we were unable to verify whether you consented. sprayer cookie. To view this content please allow…
Private tutoring is one of the most effective tools for improving a child’s education, yet very few children in the United States are privately tutored. A 2023 study of the nation’s largest school districts found that less than 10% of students received tutoring. One factor is that tutoring is too expensive for many families, often costing hundreds or thousands of dollars a month. Tim Novikov, a former Google product manager and educator, wants to change that. His startup, Super Teacher, offers an AI-powered tutoring app for elementary school students for $15 a month, or $10 for an annual plan. Super…