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Brazen pickpockets prey on vulnerable tourists as vacation island is swarmed by millions
Mallorca has experienced an increase in pickpocketing of elderly tourists near Palma Cathedral as the vacation hot spot struggles with overtourism, according to reports.
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Did VAR correctly rule out this Egypt goal?
During a FIFA World Cup 2026 last-16 match between Argentina and Egypt in Atlanta, a goal scored by Egypt’s Mostafa Zico was disallowed following a VAR review. The review identified a foul on Argentina’s Lisandro Martinez in the build-up to the goal, prompting the officials to overturn it. The BBC Sport video invites viewers to…
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Buyer Beware: Why Sun Valley Has Been a Disaster for the Media Business
As the annual Sun Valley conference — the exclusive, off-the-record gathering of media and technology moguls hosted by investment bank Allen & Co. in Idaho — opens this week, Variety executive editor Brent Lang argues that the event has been a driving force behind the decline of the media business. The gathering has spawned some…
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Baki-dou The Invincible Samurai part 2 review: The series’s most interesting character and the most disappointing fights
Polygon has reviewed Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai Part 2, Netflix’s latest animated adaptation of Keisuke Itagaki’s long-running Baki martial arts franchise. The review argues that while the instalment delivers arguably the strongest character in the entire series — a revived version of the 17th-century swordsman Musashi Miyamoto — it also serves up some of its…
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The ‘G-Wagen of golf carts’ could be the ideal second car
A Lisbon-based EV start-up called Amble has unveiled the Amble One, a premium, street-legal open-air electric buggy pitched as a household’s ideal second car rather than its main vehicle. Founded by alumni of Apple, Audi and e-bike firm Cowboy, the company is positioning the compact vehicle as an antidote to increasingly large, fast and overpowered…
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Qarabag’s Duran poised for Celtic medical
Celtic forward signing Camilo Duran is set to undergo a medical to become the Scottish champions’ first summer arrival, manager Martin O’Neill has confirmed. The 24-year-old Colombian is joining from Azerbaijani side Qarabag for an undisclosed fee, and his impending capture eases fan concerns that the club had been slow to strengthen while title rivals…
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Volunteer coastguard murdered his partner by running her over before faking her suicide by placing dead body on road after innocent van driver had passed, court hears
A volunteer coastguard is on trial at Plymouth Crown Court accused of murdering his live-in partner and then staging an elaborate cover-up to make her death look like suicide. Prosecutors allege that Rowan Sutton, 31, deliberately ran over Aimee Pike, 22, in the dark countryside before moving her body in a second car to a…
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Taylor Swift’s 50 Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits
Billboard has published a ranking of Taylor Swift’s 50 biggest hits on the Hot 100 chart, marking a career that now spans 20 years since her debut single “Tim McGraw” first appeared in 2006. The list arrives alongside her latest era, following the reveal of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, on…
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Joe Murphy of Koopa – who made UK chart history – dies aged 46
Joe Murphy, the singer and bassist of Essex pop-punk band Koopa, has died at the age of 46, as confirmed by his younger sister Ellie in a social media post on 7 July. His death matters as a notable moment for British music history, since Murphy and Koopa helped pioneer the shift towards digital downloads…
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My first 40 days in Moonlight Peaks started off with juicy feuds, but its anemic character writing is starting to show through
A PC Gamer writer reports on their first 40 days playing Moonlight Peaks, a paranormal life-sim game. Their early impressions were positive, with the game’s dramatic rivalries and feuds providing genuine entertainment, but over time they found the underlying character writing to be thin and unconvincing, which is beginning to undermine the experience. The piece…