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College football’s playoff field has tripled. Turns out picking 12 teams is just as hard
This season is the best of times and the worst of times to institute a 12-team playoff in the top tier of college football.
It’s the best of times because the results so far have yielded a muddled picture in which picking just four teams would have been extraordinarily difficult, …
Cathay Pacific apologises over inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene
Hong Kong’s flagship airline, Cathay Pacific, has apologised over the inclusion of a Family Guy episode in its inflight entertainment system that features a scene depicting Tiananmen Square.
it had apologised to customers after a complaint was raised on …‘We’ve seen this before’: residents of rebel-held Aleppo fear regime onslaught
A billboard of the Syrian president that once overlooked a central square in Aleppo has been burned almost beyond recognition, but the influence of Bashar al-Assad is still felt in the now rebel-held city as residents live in fear of bombardment by his regime.
“The biggest fear, one shared by …
South Korea’s surprising history of coups and martial law – explained in 30 seconds
South Korea became a democracy only in the late 1980s, and
military intervention in civilian affairs
remains a touchy subject.During the dictatorships that emerged as the country rebuilt from the destruction of the 1950-53 Korean war, leaders occasionally proclaimed martial law that allowed them to station combat …
Ukraine war briefing: Nato lauds Blinken on final Brussels turn
Antony Blinken, the outgoing US secretary of state, paid his final visit to Nato headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday promising Joe Biden’s administration would keep seeking to funnel arms to Ukraine in the little time it has left in power.
“This is a vital moment for the alliance …
Lucy Letby questioned in jail over more baby deaths at two hospitals
Cheshire police have interviewed Lucy Letby in prison under caution over the alleged murders of more babies she cared for.
Letby, a former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester hospital, Chester, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others, with two attempts on the life …
Political chaos in South Korea: what is martial law and what comes next after Yoon Suk Yeol’s U-turn?
South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Tuesday declared martial law, blasting the opposition as “anti-state forces” threatening the country’s democracy.
The unexpected move from Yoon, marking the first time martial law has been declared in South Korea in more than four decades, alarmed the US and other allies.
Six …
Namibia elects its first female president in disputed elections
Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner of last week’s presidential election in a result that will extend the ruling Swapo party’s 34-year hold on power.
Nandi-Ndaitwah, the current vice-president, won with 57% of the vote, according to official results, defying
At an age when many people are preparing for retirement, Sir Kit McMahon, who has died aged 97, made his first move into business. In 1986 McMahon, an economist and central banker, was parachuted into Midland Bank to rescue the once-mighty institution – a process that eventually led to its …
John Cartwright, who has died aged 90, was the last president of the short-lived Social Democratic party, after much of it had merged with the Liberals to form the Liberal Democrats. He was one of those rare politicians whose unassuming characteristics belied a sharply instinctive understanding of politics far exceeding …