By Madison Williams The Detroit Pistons’ losing streak nearly ended on Thursday night against the Boston Celtics, but the skid continued as the team fumbled a 21-point lead and dropped their 28th straight game. After Pistons forward Bojan Bogdanovic ti…
Karolina Muchova to miss Australian Open due to recurring wrist problem
Melbourne [Australia], December 29 (ANI): The 2023 French Open finalist Karolina Muchova will miss the first Grand Slam of 2024 – Australian Open – due to a recurring wrist problem. Muchova, the world’s eighth-ranked player, has stated that she will mi…
Prakash Ambedkar reiterates his interest to join MVA and INDIA, demands 12 seats in Maharashtra
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 29 (ANI): In yet another letter to the MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) leaders, former Lok Sabha MP Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar, reiterated his interest in joining the MVA and INDIA alliance ahead of …
‘Xiaomi Announces The Porsche Taycan’: Mark Gurman Reacts To Chinese EV Maker’s New SU7 EV
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp (OTCPK: XIACF) revealed its first electric vehicle called the SU7 on Thursday and Bloomberg tech correspondent Mark Gurman couldn’t help but note the similarities between the vehicle and German automaker Porsche‘s m…
MoS Rajeev Chandrashekhar rebuts Washington Post, says report on Apple hack warnings has “half facts, fully embellished”
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has rebutted “The Washington Post” report on the Indian government allegedly targeting Apple after the company warned independent Indian journ…
Cold Ash and Hermitage Mummers keep ancient tradition alive
COLD Ash and Hermitage Mummers have been out performing their traditional Christmas play in local pubs. Theirs is a local tradition dating back almost 30 years, with just one annual performance missed due to Covid lockdown in 2020. They have developed …
New church opens on St Michael’s School grounds in Burghclere, which is owned and operated by the Society of St Pius X
A new church has been built on the grounds of a Catholic school in North Hampshire. St Michael’s School on Harts Lane in Burghclere is owned and operated by the Society of St Pius X, a globalfraternity of priests dedicated to the preservation and promu…
Newbury Show returns for 2024 – at Newbury Showground in Chieveley
Save the date – the Newbury Show will be back. After its successful return in September, the Newbury & District Agricultural Society has announced the dates for the show in 2024. It will be taking place on September 21 and September 22 next year. This …
Ukraine’s Kharkiv under missile attack, drones over Lviv
(Reuters) – The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv came under a Russian missile attack on Friday morning, Mayor Ihor Terehov said, with at least six blasts registered. At the same time, air defences were active in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv as it came u…
The year in rainforests: 2023
By Rhett A. Butler The following is Mongabay’s annual recap of major tropical rainforest storylines. This year, the list is more concise than in the past. While the data is still preliminary, it appears that deforestation declined across the tropics as…