lyka Loud explosions shake the evening sky. Streaks of light resemble comets. Rockets rain down. People are taking cover downstairs. The wounded are carried on stretchers, the dead are buried. That’s daily life in Ukraine, where unmanned vehicles known as drones litter the skies in an endless video game-esque – but actually very real – war … Read more
The City Ground, home of Nottingham Forest Football Club (Getty Images) The 2023/24 Premier League season has started and you can follow every match and goal right here on The Independent. This year, Manchester City will look to defend the crown and claim a historic fourth title in a row. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City, who … Read more
The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are as iconic to the region as lobster pots, urban greens, sap buckets and fall leaves. They seem to be everywhere: a latticework of dry, lichen-covered stone ridges separating a patchwork of otherwise moist soils. In other states, stone walls can be found here and there, but only … Read more
It is a gray spring morning in London and on the sidewalk in Covent Garden there is a box containing the head of an old woman. Or rather: parts of it. The head is in pieces because it wouldn’t fit: it’s about eight feet long and even wider, with eyes as big as cauldrons, teeth … Read more
Expats who swapped Britain for the Canary Islands have revealed what it’s really like to live in Spain’s hotspots. Thousands of locals are protesting in the Canary Islands against what they say is overtourism. They claim they are being priced out of life because ‘unsustainable’ tourism drives up the cost of living and damages the … Read more
By not speaking to the media at West Ham United on Saturday afternoon, Mohamed Salah actually spoke volumes. And for a player who has chosen to go to the plate in mixed zones – the area where journalists can ask players to stop for interviews – just twice during his nearly seven-year stint with the … Read more
The almost quarter-century-long, kilometer-long, 67-hectare project to redevelop King’s Cross in London is a monument of its time. It is the urban embodiment of the Blair era in which it was conceived, of the Third Way, of the idea that market forces, wisely guided by light-hearted government, can be a force for good. It will … Read more
England celebrate their victory in Bordeaux – Getty Images/Lionel Hahn In the same breath as expressing her immense pride after another Grand Slam victory, Marlie Packer declared that John Mitchell’s tenure had truly begun. It was as if England needed one more win, over a tough opponent egged on by a partisan crowd, to fully … Read more
This article was originally published on The conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com Expert voices: opinion pieces and insights. Jonti Horner is an astronomer and astrobiologist based at the University of Southern Queensland, in Toowoomba, Queensland. After the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have just discovered a new comet that has the potential to … Read more
Klopp gets wrong response to plea When Jurgen Klopp called for more fight from his Liverpool team, this was not what he had in mind. The Reds boss became embroiled in a strong argument with Mohamed Salah on the touchline during the second half of the avoidable draw here at West Ham United, which left … Read more