Anti-government protesters have been holed up in a Hong Kong university for days, surrounded by police. Photographer Bing Guan has spent the last five days with them, documenting the siege—and at the time of publication of these images he remains on the campus. The occupiers originally numbered in the hundreds. But around 800 protesters who…
Updated at 16.46 ROCKWELL BEAT ARDSCOIL Rís 23-13 to lift the Munster Schools Senior Cup at Thomond Park today, denying their Limerick opponents a first-ever title win in the process. It’s the Tipperary-based school’s 26th cup success and the first time since 2012 that they have triumphed in the competition. A cagey opening left the score…
On October 10, 2015, over 100 Turkish activists were killed by twin explosions at a peace rally in Ankara, the country’s capital. , 10 were killed in a popular tourist area in Istanbul. Then 28 in a military convoy. Then 37 in a public square. Then 4 in Istanbul. Then 11 in Istanbul. Then 45…
Correction: In a previous version of this story, Patch misstated that the author’s book talk was a part of American University’s “National Antiracist Book Festival.” The book talk happened the same day, but was not part of the festival. WASHINGTON, DC — Video shows white nationalist protesters marching and chanting through a bookstore Saturday near…
Not only is the anti-Zika aerial insecticide spraying program raising health concerns in Florida and beyond, but the high-rise landscape in Miami Beach may be making such campaigns ineffective, to boot. Weeks ago, as mosquitoes carrying the disease became resistant to a less-potent pesticide, Miami-Dade County turned to the more controversial naled, which the Miami…
Lisandro Cuxi, grand gagnant de la saison 6 de The Voice, était l’invité du Grand direct des médias ce matin sur Europe 1. Le jeune talent de 17 ans a évoqué un coup de fil de son père qui l’a « énormément touché ». Ses larmes avaient bouleversé les coachs. Lisandro Cuxi est prêt à…
Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign Report, your daily rundown on all the latest news in the 2020 presidential, Senate and House races. Did someone forward this to you? Click here to subscribe. We’re Julia Manchester, Max Greenwood and Jonathan Easley. Here’s what we’re watching this week on the campaign trail. ADVERTISEMENT LEADING THE DAY:…
Firaxis has announced the first big expansion for strategy game Civilization 6. It’s called Rise and Fall, it costs £24.99 and it’s out 8th February 2018. The fancy trailer, below, shows poor old Sean Bean, Civilization 6’s narrator, die once again, this time from some bastard plague. Civilization 6 trailer fans will remember poor old…
WTS series leaders Jonny Brownlee and Gwen Jorgensen won yet again in Gold Coast, Australia last Saturday (11 April), but that wasn’t to say either race was without drama…. Advertisement Jonny put in one of his very best performances to date, narrowly missing a crash on the latter stages of the bike, while Gwen led…
Fernando Alonso believes he could have had a shot at pole for the Indy 500 in yesterday’s Fast Nine Shootout without an engine overboost issue. The McLaren Honda Andretti driver ended the session fifth, with a 231.300mph average, thus securing an impressive spot in the middle of the second row for next Sunday’s Indy 500….