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Fever Extend Winning Streak to 4-0 Without Clark Amid Political Debate Over Her WNBA Treatment
The Indiana Fever recorded their fourth consecutive victory in Caitlin Clark’s absence, defeating Phoenix 92-89 on Thursday night. Kelsey Mitchell drove the offensive effort with 29 points, including the go-ahead layup t
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Warning over fading tradition of sending postcards
English Heritage has warned that the tradition of sending postcards “could become a distant nostalgic memory”, after a survey found that more than half of Britons never send them. In response, the charity is giving free limited-edition postcards to children visiting 18 of its sites over the summer, in an effort to revive what it…
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This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? | Polly Toynbee
The High Pay Centre (HPC), a British thinktank founded in 2011 by former Guardian business editor Deborah Hargreaves to scrutinise executive pay and the widening gap between CEOs and ordinary workers, is to close. Polly Toynbee argues that its demise removes a distinctive voice that focused not on tax and redistribution but on “predistribution” —…
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Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle’s claim an Aussie died during Telstra outage debunked by police – as cops condemn the public airing of a family’s grief
A claim by Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle that a South Australian woman died during the nationwide Telstra outage because of a failed Triple Zero (000) call has been ruled incorrect by police. Liddle said her office had received a report on Wednesday of a “tragic death following an apparent failure to connect to Triple Zero…
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The Far Side’s Greatest Sci-Fi Strip Is Also Its Most Brilliant
This Collider opinion piece by Collier Jennings argues that the finest science-fiction entry in Gary Larson’s long-running comic strip The Far Side is also its cleverest. The writer sets out why the strip, a Sunday-paper fixture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, was so well suited to science fiction: like the genre itself, Larson’s…
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Sky News host accuses Penny Wong of double standards in tense live TV clash about Albanese podcast
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong was challenged on live television over whether Labor was applying double standards in its handling of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s controversial podcast appearance. Speaking to Sky News presenter Laura Jayes on Friday morning, Wong repeatedly defended Albanese, insisting that his public apology had resolved the matter and that neither the…
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Fever coach Stephanie White dodges question on GOP letter about Caitlin Clark’s treatment in WNBA
Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White twice declined to directly engage with questions about a letter sent by 11 Republican members of Congress to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert concerning the treatment of the team’s star guard, Caitlin Clark. Asked before Thursday night’s game against the Phoenix Mercury, White repeatedly deflected, saying the matter was “not…
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‘Human Headline’ Derryn Hinch dies in his sleep aged 82
Derryn Hinch, the veteran radio and television broadcaster and former Australian federal senator known as the “Human Headline”, has died aged 82. His longtime colleague and personal assistant Annette Philpott confirmed that he died at home in his sleep on Thursday night following a lengthy period of ill health, telling the Daily Mail that the…
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Australia’s Uranium Export Deal with India Sparks Domestic Nuclear Policy Contradiction Debate
The Australian government has concluded a significant uranium export agreement with India, triggering sharp criticism from political figures including One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and commentator Peter van Onselen. T
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Court Refuses Trump’s Request To Put His Name Back on Kennedy Center
The appeals court ruled that the argument by the president’s team that the Kennedy Center will lose money without Trump’s name was bogus. Court Refuses Trump’s Request To Put His Name Back on Kennedy Center Travis Bland