In the last decade of Princess Diana’s life, her husband and his mistress constantly briefed the media about Diana’s mental health. Charles and Camilla constantly spread rumors about Diana being “crazy” or “unwell” or “mad.” Two years before her death, Diana told her divorce lawyer that she believed Charles would “get rid” of her via…
The risk of an all-out war between India and Pakistan rose this week, despite diplomatic attempts to defuse the fighting after a deadly terrorist attack two weeks ago in Kashmir, a region that the two nations have fought over since 1947. Civilians were killed on Wednesday as India struck deeper into Pakistan than it had…
If you’ve been reading this column lately, you might have noticed a recent trend where I try to answer some deceptively simple questions: What is a planet? What is a moon? What is a star? A recurring theme here is that it’s hard to define such terms because definitions are, well, definite, while nature is…
Applications are almost closed, and you have until 11:59 p.m. PT tonight to reserve your exhibitor table at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, our premiere industry event that’s happening at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5. Imagine walking into a room filled with 1,200+ investors, founders, enterprise leaders, and journalists — all hunting for the next…
BODO, Norway — Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has hit back at anyone who tries to “diminish” his side’s achievement of reaching a European final, adding that he “couldn’t care less” about the club’s Premier League form. Spurs stood up to an awkward test over 100km inside the Arctic Circle, beating Bodo/Glimt 2-0 on Thursday to…
President Trump on Friday suggested that he was open to sharply reducing the tariffs that the United States has imposed on China, as American and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland this weekend for high-stakes trade talks. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China have roiled international markets and the global economy. The negotiations…
Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the city’s Seventh Ward, an area that is traditionally Catholic and a melting…
We need a social media site that is designed specifically for children and teenagers. And we need to do it as a non-profit, because there is no way that any of the big tech companies would ever build the sort of system that is required. At this point, the problems with social media are all…
As SEA’s tech giants push deeper into lending, concerns grow. Meanwhile, we dig into VNG’s financial pulse—and what it reveals.
The LPGA is in action this week at Liberty National in New Jersey with the Mizuho Americas Open. Any event at Liberty National is certainly worth watching. Part of what makes this event so unique is its inclusion of amateurs, specifically the 24 top players from the AJGA. It is a fun event where the…
