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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said he hopes to see an end to the war in Ukraine, but doubts it will happen soon. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If you ask me, and as a political veteran, I can tell you that I’m not sure about it, and I’m very much afraid that we’ll have another difficult winter,” Vučić said during a joint press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is visiting Belgrade. “But I just hope, without any real facts behind these hopes, that this will end tomorrow,” he added. Zelenskyy arrived to Belgrade on Friday for his first official visit to…
Back in 2020, Tom and Ed Russell set out in the footsteps of Daft Punk, the Chemical Brothers, Disclosure, and Bicep. After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances. Their goal: the sort of credible ascendance that puts an act into the auteurs’ league—on big stages, on their own terms. No need for gaudy costumes or EDM cake-throwing gimmickry. With successful solo careers carved at the coalface—as Truss and Tessela, respectively—and a short string of inventive club movers under…
This week, we asked Jacksonville Jaguars fans to predict how many turnovers the defense will force in 2026.Two-thirds of respondents said 20-29 turnovers, and the other third said 10-19 turnovers.”We’re just continuing to improve our physicality and the X’s and O’s behind the game,” linebacker Foye Oluokun said after Friday’s mock scrimmage. “When we know that and everybody can trust the communication, we can all fly around. So, I like what I saw in terms of being in the right spots and stuff and kind of ramping up, getting ready for a real game. Kind of get that energy behind…
When I first decided to leave the San Francisco Bay Area in California to live in Xalapa, Veracruz — the city where both of my parents once immigrated from decades ago, and where my mom eventually moved back to live — I never anticipated how much I would fall in love with one of Mexico’s best-kept secrets: Jarocho coffee. The state’s adoration for, and history of, producing some of Mexico’s best coffee dates back centuries. This is, after all, where coffee cultivation began with the arrival of Europeans in the 1700s. While living here, I’ve been able to travel along…
Indian National Award-winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherji is bringing to screen the making of Satyajit Ray‘s “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne,” one of Indian cinema’s most celebrated classics, in a new film titled “Maharaja Tomare Selam.” Jeetu Kamal, Ritwik Bhowmik, Rudranil Ghosh, Satakshi Nandy, Sairity Banerjee and Arijit Dutta star in the film, produced by Hoichoi Studios and Friends Communication in association with Piyali Films Pvt. Ltd, the original producer of “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne.” “Maharaja Tomare Selam,” which is also the title of a song in “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne,” centers on Ray himself – the pressures he faced and the…
President Trump is touting the benefits of AI data centers after Texas moved to more strictly regulate the industry, which has rapidly become a political lightning rod across the political spectrum. Trump waded into the debate during an interview last week, saying it would be a mistake to push back on data centers following Texas…
According to average rates from the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are mixed heading into the weekend compared to Friday. The current 30-year fixed rate today, Saturday, August 8, 2026, fell by 7 basis points to 6.61%, the 15-year fixed rate rose by 11 basis points to 6.01%, and the 5/1 ARM rose by 3 basis points to 6.37%. Read more: Weekly survey of mortgage lenders with the lowest rates: Revealing the wide gaps among rates and fees Today’s mortgage rates Here are the current mortgage rates today, Saturday, August 8, 2026, according to the latest Zillow data: 30-year fixed:…
Weekly Newsletter A never-before-published interview with Simone Forti, pleating at the Brooklyn Museum with an elite designer, and heartbreaking drawings by children held at ICE facilities. Sunset over Brooklyn at the end of a workday puts my mind at relative ease. A discarded still life of white roses in a golden frame resting against a pile of black trash bags outside someone’s house ends up being the most memorable art installation of the week. A new storefront church opens near my house; I see it one night when I go to buy milk for the kids. It’s got a lobby…
Hello one and all, and welcome along to today’s live coverage of Manchester United’s pre-season friendly against Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain. After a summer of jam-packed World Cup action, domestic football is back and we are bringing you every kick, goal and important moment from today’s match here on The Athletic.Michael Carrick’s side are looking to enter the season in good form after showing a marked improvement under him last season. Let’s see what the current back-to-back European champions have in store for them today.Stay tuned for team news, analysis and more right here.
Mexico’s currency gained 0.12% vs the U.S. dollar in Thursday trading, extending its rally to 10 straight days after the central bank left interest rates unchanged at its Aug. 6 monetary policy meeting. The peso closed Thursday at 17.21 to the US dollar and dipped below 17.14 in early trading on Friday, an additional 0.58% gain and its strongest level against the U.S. dollar since Feb. 23. Forbes México attributed Friday’s early action to a negative U.S. jobs report and said the peso is on pace to appreciate by 1.3% by the end of the week. Mexico’s currency was also…