This week, Chris Aylward, national president of Canada’s largest public sector union, warned Canadians they were facing “a summer of discontent.” Mr. Aylward, of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, had joined…
Catcher interference calls are skyrocketing in MLB. It’s putting players at risk
Weeks before Opening Day this season, Major League Baseball sent a memo to all 30 clubs highlighting an increase in catcher interference. Cases of catchers being hit by opposing batters’ bats were…
Will an authoritarian government in Venezuela allow fair elections?
The stakes could hardly be higher. This July, for the first time in more than a decade, Venezuelans will vote in a presidential election with an opposition candidate who has a chance,…
Intervista a Ben Shelton: la stella del tennis americana che vuole essere diversa
““Volevo essere un po’ diverso da chiunque altro”, ha detto recentemente Ben Shelton a Madrid. In realtà stava parlando della sua decisione dell’anno scorso di firmare un importante accordo con il piccolo…
Ramón Fonseca, co-founder of the law firm Panama Papers, has died
Ramón Fonseca, co-founder of the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers leak, died on Wednesday night, his lawyer confirmed, as he awaited the verdict in his money laundering trial…
Why Nottingham Forest may abandon City Ground ‘masterplan’ for a new stadium
It doesn’t take long in conversation with Tom Cartledge, the Nottingham Forest chairman, to realise that the dispute threatening the future of the City Ground has accelerated the possibilities of a stadium…
Rolling blackouts darken several cities as heat wave scorches Mexico
Rolling blackouts occurred in several cities across Mexico on Tuesday, as people in several states reeled from rising temperatures and the national energy authority briefly declared a state of emergency. A heat…
The former Denver Bronco who bought a pub in England – and saw his world implode
Drive north out of London for a couple of hours, head east just past the city of Leicester, bump along some of England’s finest country roads as they wind between gloriously green…