“I can compete in quizzes for 17 hours a day!”: The story of how Émilien became Europe’s most successful gameshow champion.
Being a TV quiz champion brings a strange kind of fame, where strangers feel compelled to test you with random…
Young Britons are revitalizing chess with a fresh twist.
On Tuesday nights in east London’s Brick Lane, one of the most vibrant spots isn’t a restaurant or a pop-up…
The West once held a monopoly on playing dirty. Now, we’re allowing Moscow to outmaneuver us at our own tactics.
In the West, we once excelled at playing dirty, especially during the Cold War. Today, we’ve ceded gray-zone tactics and…
Review of “All’s Fair” – Kim Kardashian’s divorce drama is so bad it’s strangely compelling.
I didn’t think it was still possible to make television this terrible. I assumed there was some basic standard, a…
Valencia’s president, Carlos Mazón, has stepped down following criticism of his administration’s inadequate response to the fatal floods.
Carlos Mazón, the beleaguered president of Valencia in eastern Spain, has resigned amid public outrage and political pressure over his…
According to a UN agency, at least 36,000 Sudanese have fled following the fall of El Fasher to the RSF.
The UN’s migration agency reports that over 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region, located east of Darfur, since last…
Paris prosecutor states that the Louvre jewel theft was carried out by amateur thieves, not organized professionals.
The Paris prosecutor has stated that the bold daytime theft at the Louvre was executed by small-time criminals, not professional…
In Rome, a worker was trapped and another injured when a section of a medieval tower collapsed.
A medieval tower in central Rome partially collapsed twice during renovations, injuring one worker and trapping another. The first collapse…
A small village, once divided by the Cold War, faces major challenges.
For over forty years, a shallow creek that barely wet your ankles divided a community. Due to a quirk of…
The violence in Sudan is so severe that its traces are visible even from space. No one can claim to be unaware of the situation unfolding there.
For 18 months, the crisis in El Fasher, a city in Sudan’s Darfur region, unfolded in plain view. Last week,…