Overcast and frankly dismal conditions in Edmonton, Canada today, yet Vicky Holland didn’t slow down for the World Triathlon Series’ penultimate stop, coming away with her second gold of 2015 after a ferocious run. Advertisement Despite recent algae worries the swim went ahead as planned with a beach start replacing the more usual pontoon. Water…
Red flags hang outside homes in Apia, Samoa, indicating that the residents have not been vaccinated for measles. Samoan authorities have arrested a prominent anti-vaccination activist amid an outbreak that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children. Edwin Tamasese has been charged with “incitement against a government order,” according to the BBC….
This week on Dirty Laundry, Morning Joe hosts (and real-life couple) Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski take a break from their day jobs to talk about fashion with InStyle’s Laura Brown. First up, Brzezinski brings in the shirt she was wearing when that now infamous comment by President Donald Trump about her supposed facelift went…
class=”article_teaser__2t5do”>The hosts have been in poor defensive form this season and with a couple of important defenders missing there is value in opposing a Barca clean sheet Barcelona welcome Dynamo Kyiv to Camp Nou on Wednesday evening on matchday three of the Champions League with Ronald Koeman’s side already facing a crucial game at this early…
class=”article_teaser__2t5do”>This weekend we head to Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League for our both teams to score European accumulator which pays out at a healthy 11/1 Sevilla vs Osasuna – Both teams to score at 11/10 (2.10) with bet365 Sevilla boast an exceptional home record in La Liga winning 15 of their last…
They have descended from homes built on the mountainside. Women sit together in the cemetery not to mourn but to wait for the duvet distribution to begin. When I approach them, each woman extends a hand in greeting. Some have the needed small stamped pieces of paper to receive two duvets but most don’t. One…
On Monday, the United Nations announced an environmental and public health milestone: the end of the use of leaded gasoline in automobiles and road vehicles worldwide. The last holdout was Algeria, which had large stockpiles of leaded gasoline; in July, those stockpiles ran out, and Algeria has now made the transition to unleaded gasoline. Lead…
THE NOMINATIONS FOR the eir Sports Book of the Year prize have been revealed. In its second year running, the inaugural award was won by former Dublin footballer John Leonard with Dub Sub Confidential in 2015 and a 20-strong longlist has been announced this evening. Included are books from ex-Ireland and Munster rugby captain Paul…
Bear Grylls, of Man vs. Wild fame, has just been revealed as the star of Netflix’s next Bandersnatch-esque interactive series – You Vs. Wild – and you get to help him survive. Netflix announced that You vs. Wild’s eight-episode first season will arrive on April 10 and will allow viewers to “make decisions to help…
– WWE has released the following updated synopsis for the upcoming “Best of RAW and SmackDown 2012” DVD and Blu-ray sets, in stores on January 29th: “For the WWE Universe, there are 5 hours of appointment television every week, as Raw and SmackDown continue to off er the most shocking, surprising, athletic, humorous and dramatic…