San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon, left, talks to Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, right, on the court during a timeout in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in San Antonio. Darren Abate | AP Becky Hammon moved the needle, but the National Basketball Association assistant coach
An eight-week interval between vaccine doses provides “much better” protection from coronavirus, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has said, as he dismissed reports that the gap is due to be reduced from eight weeks to four. Mr Zahawi also told Sky News he is “confident” that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Monday that COVID
NASA will launch its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, in 2023 to get a closer view of the Moon’s South Pole and evaluate the concentration of water as well as other potential resources on its surface. The space agency is undertaking the mission to understand if it is possible for human life to
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rides an electric surfboard holding the American flag. July 4, 2021. Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram Mark Zuckerberg celebrated Fourth of July in unique fashion: Holding an American flag as he glided on a body of water, elevated on a board about a foot above the surface. The Facebook CEO was hydrofoiling, which
UEFA has rejected a request for Frank Skinner and David Baddiel to perform Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home) on the pitch before the Euro 2020 final. Skinner claimed the tournament’s organisers said performing the song at Wembley before England play Italy on Sunday would be “too partisan and not fair to the Italians”. The comedian
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic beat Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in four sets Sunday at Wimbledon to take the men’s singles final, setting himself up for a potential Calendar Year Grand Slam, if he triumphs at the US Open, and Calendar Year Golden Slam, if he also wins the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Djokovic won 6-7,
Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow started offshore rollout on Wednesday in 11 material markets including France, Italy and the UK, grossing an estimated $4.9M for the day and setting new post-Covid benchmarks. Not included in the total above are Korea previews of $1.8M yesterday. Early social sentiment there is strong (Naver 9.22/CGV 96%). In the UK and
News Barack Obama Shares 2021 Summer Playlist: Jazmine Sullivan, Arooj Aftab, Wye Oak, More Plus Migos, Joni Mitchell, Rihanna, JAY-Z, Chicago, Erykah Badu, George Harrison, and others By Madison Bloom July 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter Barack Obama (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images). Facebook Twitter Barack Obama has shared his annual summer playlist. The 2021 edition
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When it comes to 3D, the first thing that jumps to mind is the cinema experience that brings the picture to life. But thanks to a brand new piece of technology, you can take centre stage in your own 3D film, with a brand new beauty concept in the world of aesthetics. The cherry imagining
Gwen Stefani shared a photo of her three sons at her and Blake Shelton’s wedding over the weekend in Oklahoma. She shares the three kids — Kingston, Zuma and Apollo — with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale. The family posed in front of the stunning countryside on Blake’s Oklahoma ranch. In addition, Stefani paid tribute to her
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday looked ahead to the start of earnings season, focusing on quarterly reports from the big banks and other companies in the packaged foods and travel industries. The “Mad Money” host’s lookahead came after stocks rallied hard on Wall Street to rebound from Thursday’s big sell-off, helping the major averages end the week higher. “What
The number of people waiting for NHS hospital treatment could reach 13 million in the months to come due to the COVID backlog, the health secretary has said. Sajid Javid claims “shocking” government modelling indicates the current waiting list of 5.3 million people could more than double by the end of the year. This includes
Virgin Galactic is set to send its billionaire founder Richard Branson, along with a crew of five others, aboard VSS Unity to the edge of space today, July 11. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle will lift off from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US. Now, the question many have been asking
ShipBob fulfillment center in Moreno Valley, California ShipBob After ShipBob decided last July to let staffers work from anywhere, the logistics start-up had its landlord erect a wall in the middle of its Chicago headquarters so half the space could be rented out to another company. On March 1, the office reopened at reduced capacity
When England beat Ukraine 4-0 in their Euro 2020 quarter-final, it wasn’t just the goals, the images of manager Gareth Southgate and the praise for the players that were sweeping the internet. Footage of Atomic Kitten’s Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon performing the fan-made reworking of their 2001 hit Whole Again – now a declaration
Los Angeles County’s alarming spike in Covid cases continued on Saturday, with a second-consecutive 1,000-plus tally of daily infections. The county reported 1,094 new cases of and eight additional deaths. On Friday there were 1,107 new Covid-19 infections. That was double the number reported a week prior and the county’s highest daily figure since March.
If you’ve ever fancied taking the train from Moscow to the far northwestern Russian city of Murmansk above the Arctic Circle, Compartment No. 6 (Hytti No. 6) will almost certainly cure you of the urge. At the same time, Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s second film, which is about such a journey, offers up vivid emotional
News Watch Margo Price Perform “Hey Child” for Colbert Price has also announced a new live EP, out later this month By Madison Bloom July 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Margo Price (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/YouTube) Facebook Twitter Margo Price performed “Hey Child” for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s #PlayAtHome series; she’s joined
Two years of practice were enough to crown a brand-new, history-making winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans, Louisiana, won the competition, correctly spelling “querimonious,” “solidungulate,” and the final winning word “murraya” — a type of tree. “Does this word contain the English name Murray, which could be the