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Villa expose familiar flaws as Tottenham slump continues

Villa expose familiar flaws as Tottenham slump continues

Published by Sam Flores

LONDON, Sept 19 : Tottenham Hotspur’s £300 million squad rebuild is showing little sign of reviving the club’s fortunes after a 3-2 home defeat by Aston Villa left them winless after five Premier League games on Saturday. While Villa celebrated their first league win of the season, Tottenham were left staring at another familiar afternoon of frustration as the dark clouds that hung over the club last season returned despite a summer of lavish spending. Roberto De Zerbi’s team did finally get on the scoresheet, with late goals from Conor Gallagher and Jan Paul van Hecke, but they came only after a clinical Villa had taken a 3-0 lead. Long-suffering Tottenham fans probably sensed trouble when Villa goalkeeper Zion Suzuki produced a string of saves early on, and the mood darkened further when Johan Manzambi struck in first-half stoppage time after an error by Andy Robertson. Tottenham were temporarily down to 10 men after Micky van de Ven suffered a facial injury and De Zerbi could not hide his frustration at the manner of the …

Russia Continues Barrage on Ukrainian Cities, One Dead West of Kyiv

Russia Continues Barrage on Ukrainian Cities, One Dead West of Kyiv

Published by Sam Flores

Sept 17 (Reuters) – Russian forces continued ⁠a ⁠barrage of attacks on ⁠Ukrainian cities on Thursday, including a strike ​on an industrial park west of Kyiv that killed one person, ‌a local official said.  Russia’s ‌military had previously carried out most of its ⁠attacks at ⁠night, but in recent weeks it has expanded them ​to daylight hours. Vitali Bunechko, governor of Zhytomyr region, said the industrial park strike occurred near the town of Korosten.  The Ukrainian ​capital underwent a series of air alerts through the day ⁠and ⁠its mayor, Vitali Klitschko, ⁠said ​one strike hit a non-residential building, injuring one person. In the ​southeastern city of ⁠Zaporizhzhia, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said Russian forces attacked a market, triggering a large blaze.   Pictures posted on social media showed the fire reducing the area to charred ruins. ⁠No casualties were recorded.  A Russian attack also caused a fire ⁠in the southeastern city of Dnipro, injuring two people. In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin issued a series of statements saying a total of 29 Ukrainian drones heading for the …

60 years and ‘Star Trek’ continues to ‘live long and prosper’ : NPR

60 years and ‘Star Trek’ continues to ‘live long and prosper’ : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

The original cast of Star Trek. The television series turns 60 on Tuesday and while the show aired for only three seasons, it spawned prequels and sequels (on TV and in theaters) and still has a cult following today. Star Trek Archive hide caption toggle caption Star Trek Archive 60 years ago, NBC aired the first episode of Star Trek, a television show that became a pop culture phenomenon. The original series starred William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, who led his diverse crew of humans and at least one alien, on adventures in space. “Space: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise,” Kirk says, narrating in the title sequence of each episode. “Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life, and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Over the decades, the original series and its spinoffs earned generations of devoted fans. They’re commemorating Star Trek‘s 60th anniversary with worldwide celebrations, from the Hollywood Walk of Fame to New York …

Supreme Court lets Trump build White House ballroom as lawsuit continues

Supreme Court lets Trump build White House ballroom as lawsuit continues

Published by Sam Flores

Construction continues on a new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House and the East Wing ballroom on August 10, 2026, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images The Supreme Court, in a split decision Monday, allowed President Donald Trump to continue construction of his controversial White House ballroom as legal challenges to the project play out. A five-justice majority of the court said the plaintiff challenging the ballroom, the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, likely lacks legal standing to sue to block the roughly $400 million project. The majority’s unsigned order does not address whether Trump has the legal authority to build the ballroom without approval by Congress, which remains an open question as the Trust’s lawsuit continues. The order said a declaration by a member of the Trust, Alison Hoagland, that having to view the finished ballroom during her periodic visits to the neighborhood would cause her “injuries,” was likely insufficient basis for standing. “Mere offense, disagreement, or distaste does not qualify as a concrete and …

Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars falls short at box office as Spider-Man continues to dominate

Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars falls short at box office as Spider-Man continues to dominate

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Dog Stars, the new Ridley Scott-directed film starring Jacob Elordi, has fallen short at the box office during its opening weekend. Based on Peter Heller’s 2012 novel of the same name about the aftermath of a deadly flu virus, The Dog Stars was released in theaters Friday. In addition to Elordi, the science-fiction thriller stars Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Allison Janney and Benedict Wong. According to Variety, the film raked in just $8 million in the U.S. after being shown at 3,330 locations, landing in fifth place. The Disney and 20th Century Studios film cost about $80 million to make and could lose tens of millions during its theatrical run, the outlet reported. Spider-Man: Brand New Day, meanwhile, landed the top spot once again, earning more than $22 million. The film has now grossed about $891 million domestically …

Pete Crow-Armstrong Continues NL MVP Push With 3 More Homers for Chicago Cubs

Pete Crow-Armstrong Continues NL MVP Push With 3 More Homers for Chicago Cubs

Published by Sam Flores

CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong turned two pregame conversations with Sammy Sosa into one of the best days of his career. Crow-Armstrong homered three times and drove in six runs on Saturday, adding to his case for NL MVP and powering the Chicago Cubs to a runaway 17-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The All-Star center fielder had four hits and scored four times, delighting the crowd of 39,597 at Wrigley Field. “I think Pete’s having a wonderful season,” manager Craig Counsell said. “It’s a lot of fun to watch. … We’re lucky to be a part of it.” Crow-Armstrong, 24, saw Sosa in the lobby as he made his way into the ballpark, and the two talked again in the batting cage. Sosa, 57, was part of a pregame ceremony celebrating Chicago’s 150 years as a National League franchise. Crow-Armstrong said Sosa told him he wanted to see even more out of him, and then told him he wanted him to hit three homers during the game. “He was like, ‘I want three out …

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in B deal with Nscale

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45B deal with Nscale

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Anthropic has signed a deal to rent about $45 billion in AI compute from Nscale, a British AI infrastructure company, a source familiar with the deal told TechCrunch. Nscale, founded only in 2024, has already cut deals with the likes of Microsoft and will supply Anthropic with compute via Nvidia’s Vera Rubin chips, its new state-of-the-art chip system. The Vera Rubin system combines six different chips working in concert and is considered the cutting edge of chip design. The compute capacity is expected to start powering the AI lab’s services in late 2027, the source said. The deal, first reported by Bloomberg, is only the latest in a spree of compute partnerships for Anthropic. Bloomberg writes that the deal spans six years, with the computing power coming from Nscale’s flagship data center in West Virginia. Over the past eight months, Anthropic has aggressively scaled up its compute capacity in an effort to better compete with rivals, most notably OpenAI. Earlier this month, Anthropic signed a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta — founded …

Zelensky Continues To Oppose Wartime Democracy Amidst Escalated Election Demands

Zelensky Continues To Oppose Wartime Democracy Amidst Escalated Election Demands

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by John Weeks via Antiwar.com, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is facing mounting pressure to hold elections. The Ukrainian leader was elected to a five-year term in 2019, which expired in May 2024. Last week, Ukraine’s former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov publicly called for elections, breaking what has been characterized as a “wartime taboo” within the nation’s elite. He continued to demand elections over the weekend and also directly accused the Defense Ministry of corruption. Fedorov is not the first high-profile Ukrainian figure to call for elections. Back in 2024, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko denounced Zelensky and called him an “autocrat” for refusing to hold elections. But Fedorov is the first figure to have served within the upper echelons of the national government to publicly endorse the restoration of democracy. On Sunday, Zelensky released comments slamming Fedorov’s recommendation as a threat to Ukrainian national security. “I believe that if we want to destroy the country, then during such a war we can move in the selection of elections,” Zelensky said. While Zelensky has portrayed wartime …