Over 4,000 Russian athletes currently cleared for int’l tournaments — sports minister

SAMARA, November 5. /TASS/. Five hundred Russian athletes have been granted permission to participate in international tournaments this year alone, Russian Sports Minister and President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Mikhail Degtyarev said...

Russia Threatens to Send Venezuela Missiles That Can Reach DC

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that another drug cartel boat had been destroyed. Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated...

Revolutions in Russia in 1917: February and October

Yves here. With the too frequent and clearly hyperbolic attacks on New York City’s now mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as sure to usher in Communism, this look at Russia’s actual revolutions seemed timely. Most of you likely know this history, but some...

Klöckner Pentaplast seals restructuring support agreement  

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), a German producer of rigid and flexible packaging and specialty films, has entered a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with a majority of its financial shareholders to implement a broad financial restructuring plan....

Tennis-Sabalenka overpowers Pegula, Gauff eliminates Paolini in WTA Finals

RIYADH (Reuters) -World number one Aryna Sabalenka earned a 6-4 2-6 6-3 win over Jessica Pegula, while defending champion Coco Gauff put on a clinical performance to beat Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-2 and eliminate the Italian in Riyadh on Tuesday....

Sabalenka overpowers Pegula, Gauff eliminates Paolini in WTA Finals

RIYADH - World number one Aryna Sabalenka earned a 6-4 2-6 6-3 win over Jessica Pegula, while defending champion Coco Gauff put on a clinical performance to beat Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-2 and eliminate the Italian in Riyadh on Tuesday. Sabalenka,...

NTU study on hair regrowth in mice in 20 days goes viral

Taipei, Nov. 5 (CNA) The groundbreaking National Taiwan University (NTU) study, which uncovered a pathway to regrow hair in mice in 20 days by stimulating the skin's fat cells, has gone viral, with a social media post about the research reaching...

Like Mandela and Washington, the best leaders don't stay for long | Elizabeth Shackelford

Paul Biya declared victory recently for an eighth term as president of Cameroon, an extremely poor Central African country suffering from two violent insurgencies, entrenched corruption and poor governance. With such a bad track record, it’s...

Dawn French’s M&S Christmas ad is an insult to Jews

Being born, shall we say, under a different star, there are no official Christmas celebrations in our house. Sure, it’s a welcome opportunity to gather the family and – being a Jewish mother – feed the assembled tribe until they can’t speak. But...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 4, 2025

November 4, 2025, 9:00 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW’s 3D control of terrain topographic map of...

Sabalenka to take on Kyrgios in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ match in Dubai

Women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka will take on Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios in a ‘Battle of the Sexes’ exhibition match in Dubai on Dec. 28, organisers announced on Tuesday. Sabalenka will face Kyrgios in a modern rendition of tennis...

Balloons, Borders And Black Markets: Europe’s Blind Spot

On the night of 5 October, Vilnius Airport shut down. Not because of a bomb threat or an airstrike, but because Belarusian smugglers floated 25 small, cigarette-carrying hot-air balloons into Lithuanian airspace. What reads like a Cold War farce...

Klöckner Pentaplast enters agreement with key stakeholders to strengthen financial position

Restructuring Support Agreement to reduce Company's funded debt by approximately €1.3 billion Initiates voluntary prepackaged United States Chapter 11 process to implement terms of agreement Operations continuing without interruption across...

Gauff sweeps Paolini aside to revitalise WTA Finals defence

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Coco Gauff claimed a much-needed 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jasmine Paolini to keep her WTA Finals title defence alive in Riyadh on Tuesday, while top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka battled past Jessica Pegula 6-4, 2-6, 6-3....

Venezuelan Lawyer Mentors Ukrainian Human Rights Defender Iryna Horobtsova

Venezuelan lawyer Tamara Suju Roa became a mentor to Ukrainian human rights defender and volunteer Iryna Horobtsova within the framework of the advocacy mentoring initiative. Official sources confirm that cooperation has been launched under this...

Could free public buses work in the UAE?

Should public buses be free? Cities and countries across the world have experimented with such schemes for years. The latest advocate is New York's newly-elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, who pledged faster and free buses in the city as part of his...

Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans

Summary The EU lacks a clear “China conditionality” in its enlargement policy with Western Balkan countries—that is, defining and implementing conditions for candidates to engage with China—and the topic of China remains largely absent from...

Integrating DNA Sequencing and AI for AAV Genome Integrity

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Bollywood villain, who acted alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda, married five times; battled depression, and died in isolation

Amitabh Bachchan’s Shahenshah holds a special place in Hindi cinema for obvious reasons. But for actor and dancer Mahesh Anand, the film was life-changing as it finally put him on the map. Before that, he had struggled to find recognition, but his...

Why Are The Chernobyl Stray Dogs Coloured Blue? Here's What The Researchers Say About It

On 13 October, the non-profit organisation Dogs of Chernobyl, under the Clean Futures Fund, spotted blue-coloured stray dogs in the town of Chernobyl in northern Ukraine. The town of Chernobyl was the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster at the...