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I’ll admit it: I’ve fallen for food labels before. One time I was in a rush at the supermarket and grabbed a cereal proudly labelled “Multigrain.” In my head, that meant plenty of wholesome whole grains. Later on, when I actually checked the ingredients, I realised it wasn’t the case at all. Multigrain simply means there’s more than one type of grain, and they can still be mostly refined. Has something like this happened to you? You buy something thinking it’s a healthier choice, only to realise afterwards that the label wasn’t telling you the full story. Food labels are…
The NBA is closing in on finalizing another new format for this season’s All-Star Game, one where three eight-man teams — two from the U.S. and one composed of international players — would square off in a round-robin tournament, a person with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday.The league’s competition committee has reviewed details of the plan and reacted positively to the concept, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the format has not been finalized by the league.Having 16 All-Stars from the U.S. and eight from other countries would be in line…
College football fans wasted no time ushering in the 2025 season. The Week 1 matchup between No. 1 Texas and No. 3 Ohio State set the record as the most-watched Week 1 college football game, reaching over 16.6 million viewers on FOX. It also went down in history as the third most-watched college football game on FOX. In addition, viewership peaked at 18.6 million between 3:00 pm ET-3:15 pm ET. These numbers eclipsed and telecast on any network throughout all of last week. The Buckeyes started out their title defense, winning a slugfest, 14-7. While the Longhorns outgained the Buckeyes by 133 yards…
BOSTON — A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of cuts of more than $2.6 billion in federal funding for Harvard University, delivering a significant victory to the Ivy League school in its battle with the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands for changes to its governance and policies.The government had tied the freezes at Harvard to delays in dealing with antisemitism on its campus, but the judge said the federally funded research had little connection to antisemitism. “A review of the…
[JAKARTA] Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto flew overnight to China to join dozens of world leaders at Xi Jinping’s military parade, signalling confidence he’s defused the country’s worst protest violence in years and pivoting to global diplomacy.His departure late Tuesday (Sep 2) from Jakarta comes days after protesters rampaged across several cities, leaving at least 10 dead, and looting some lawmakers’ homes, the most serious political test of his 10-month presidency. The president “monitored the entire situation and received reports from all relevant levels that public life has returned to normal” in Indonesia, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said in a press briefing…
Usually I consider a Windows laptop a deal if I can find one with 16GB of RAM — the lowest I would recommend at this point — for around the $500 mark. But today you can get one with a full 32GB, practically bougie, for under $300. Newegg’s official eBay store has an HP EliteBook for just $260.99 right now, so long as you’re okay with a refurbished unit. The EliteBook 845 G8 isn’t all that, well, elite, in my opinion. Notably its 256GB storage is positively miserly at this point, and while the 6-core AMD Ryzen Pro 5650U CPU…
VENICE — Singer Halsey bid for the top lot at the amfAR Venezia fundraiser Sunday and spoke on the red carpet about how the charitable foundation’s work has helped her personally. Hosted by an impassioned Colman Domingo in a bright green custom Valentino jacket, the event took place at the Arsenale during the Venice Film Festival. More low key and intimate than it’s Cannes Film Festival counterpart, the event still attracted its share of celebrities including Jude Law, in Venice to promote “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” in which he stars as Putin.The evening started with champagne, canapés, Italian spritz…
Nick Wright unveils his first tiers going into Week 1, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs not being on top and why Arch Manning will be fine: he has a cool name.
Washington — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration violated Harvard University’s First Amendment rights and federal law when it froze nearly $2 billion in federal grants because of the Ivy League school’s handling of antisemitism on campus.In a victory for Harvard, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs blocked Trump administration officials from implementing or instituting orders freezing the grant funding to Harvard and letters terminating research grants awarded by a slew of federal agencies.Burroughs wrote in her 84-page decision that Harvard has been “plagued” by antisemitism in recent years and should have done more to deal with the…
[BEIJING] Chinese President Xi Jinping used a mix of bonhomie and economic allure this week to send US President Donald Trump a clear message: Beijing has too much global clout to be dictated by the US.Cameras captured the Chinese leader in a rare, unscripted huddle on Monday (Sep 1) with Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi, his most powerful partners in resisting America on the world stage, at a summit in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. At one point, Xi held the hand of his Indian counterpart, as the three men laughed casually, a striking scene given just months earlier,…