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Intoxicated ‘nervous flyer’ caused New York flight to divert to Dublin
A “nervous flyer” whose unruly behaviour caused his transatlantic flight to be diverted to Dublin has been handed a two-month suspended sentence.
Dublin district court heard that the 34-year-old American had mixed the tranquiliser Xanax with alcohol to combat his anxiety before becoming disruptive on the United Airlines flight on …
Alex de Minaur brings main character energy in Australian Open straight-sets win
On the stage of the Australian Open this year, Alex de Minaur is giving irresistible main character energy. Just one round in he has survived the elimination of would-be co-stars, is romantically intertwined, and in his first real scene delivered his lines with aplomb.
The Australian No 8 seed produced …
Trump interest in Greenland is ‘wake-up call to Copenhagen’, says minister
A Greenlandic government minister has said she views Donald Trump’s interest in the territory as positive, saying it has acted as a “wake-up call to Copenhagen” after years of failing to adequately respond to its demands for action on minerals and alleged abuses by the Danish state.
Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s …
Princess of Wales visits London hospital where she was treated for cancer
The Princess of Wales has visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer to thank staff and meet patients in what palace aides called an important moment in her “personal journey”.
During her unannounced visit to the Royal Marsden in London, Catherine shared her shock at her own diagnosis …
How to politicize the truth on Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia
Meta, Wikipedia, and The Truth™
Hello, and welcome back to TechScape.
, I predicted Meta would enter a new political era after the departure of Nick Clegg. Two hours after I published last week’s newsletter,Mark Zuckerberg
declared that the new conservative phase would begin. …Man in court charged with attempted murder of nurse at Oldham hospital
A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a nurse at Royal Oldham hospital.
Roman Haque, 37, was charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article, after an incident in the hospital’s acute medical unit on Saturday night.
During a five-minute hearing at Manchester …
Behind the Candelabra – the Liberace biopic as sordid as its subject
“We, as gay people, we get to choose our family,” said RuPaul Charles in a frequently cited line from a 2013 episode of Drag Race. On a different channel that year, HBO aired Steven Soderbergh’s TV movie Behind the Candelabra, a film adaptation of Scott Thorson’s memoir of the same …
Australian Open avatars helping tennis reach new audience
The proposition is compelling: near-live, commentated coverage of the Australian Open, free to anyone across the world via YouTube, enhanced via a stream of comments from a like-minded online community.
Put like that, it’s no surprise a project called AO Animated has taken off at this year’s grand slam tournament …
Boulter seals British history at Australian Open with six players into round two
Six British players have won their first-round matches at the Australian Open for the first time in history after Katie Boulter held her nerve in the tense final stages of a difficult contest against Rebecca Marino of Canada to reach the second round with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 win.
“It’s …
German police investigate AfD flyers resembling plane tickets for immigrants
German police have launched an investigation after the far-right
party distributed flyers designed to resemble plane tickets for deportation that were addressed to “illegal immigrants” as part of an increasingly provocative campaign for next month’s general election.People from immigrant communities in the south-western …