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Aug 10, 2026, 06:40 AM ETFresh off a stunning run to the NBA Finals, what will the San Antonio Spurs do for an encore?The Spurs, who went 62-20 in the regular season and were the 2-seed in the Western Conference, have kept their roster intact and added veteran forward Tobias Harris to help their offense. And while they lost top assistant Sean Sweeney, who is now the coach of the Orlando Magic, they added former Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan to work alongside Mitch Johnson. They’re set up to make another run toward a title.ESPN’s…
Anne Hathaway’s maternity wardrobe continues to dazzle. Rocking a powder-blue high-neck top at the world premiere of her new film The End of Oak Street in California on Sunday, August 9, the pregnant star, 43, flashed her bump as it popped atop a pair of low-slung jeans. Positively radiant, Hathaway paired the top, which featured a long train and was lined with a red interior, with a red pop lip and red pointed heels. She wore her long dark mane back in a high ponytail that showed off drop earrings to create subtle sparkle, too. Hathaway’s newest maternity look, which…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Donald Trump’s administration has provided a major funding boost to Australia’s hopes of unlocking non-Chinese supplies of a rare earth used in energy and defence applications with a $400mn loan to a Robert Friedland-backed company. Shares in Sunrise Energy, which is building a scandium mine about 360km (225 miles) west of Sydney, surged 18 per cent after the conditional US funding was announced on Monday. The rise capped a huge jump in the value of the Sydney-listed company in the past year to…
SA premier announces royal commission into AISouth Australian premier Peter Malinauskas has announced a royal commission into artificial intelligence (AI).Malinauskas has just come back from a trip to the US, where he met AI leaders and signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI.At a press conference on Monday, Malinauskas said the commission would examine the future impacts of AI and place South Australia at the forefront of the global debate about its use. He said the royal commission would start in October, report no later than 1 July 2027, and would look at the impacts, risks and opportunities of AI…
Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder has paid tribute to Glen Hansard by busking in his spot in Dublin’s city centre. Hansard, known as the frontman of The Frames and one half of the duo The Swell Season, tragically died in a motorcycle crash last month. He was 56 years old. The late musician and Oscar winning actor began his career busking on Grafton Street at the age of 13. In tribute to his friend, Vedder recently busked in the same spot with local musicians after attending Hansard’s funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. During his short session the Pearl Jam frontman played his band’s classic track…
TOPOLOBAMPO, Mexico — When federal officials finally unveiled a plan last week to address the 12-year conflict over a nearly completed ammonia plant beside Ohuira Bay, Indigenous Yoreme activist, rural sociologist and law student Melina Maldonado did not feel relieved. She felt crushed. Melina Maldonado Sandoval, rural sociologist and law student, comes from a long line of Yoreme fisherfolk. (Tracy L. Barnett) After six days of roundtable discussions, she had begun to feel hopeful; it seemed they were really taking in new information and seeing a different side to the debate. The proposal led her to believe otherwise. “They didn’t…
“I’d like to dedicate this to the Beatles,” Yo La Tengo guitarist and singer Ira Kaplan said from the stage, introducing Yoko Ono’s 1973 song “What Did I Do!” He added, by way of explanation, “It’s been long enough that we no longer bear a grudge for them trying to break up the Plastic Ono Band.” The quip resonated with most of the fans and other musicians — geezers and hipsters of all stripes — pressed up to the stage outside Los Angeles’ the Broad museum for “Yoko Only: A Night Celebrating the Music of Yoko Ono.” Ono, 93, was…
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on Sunday said she will undergo physical rehabilitation after she was injured in what Toledo, Ohio, first responders said was a hit-and-run crash. Kaptur shared a video on the social platform X thanking “you so very, very much for the thousands of good wishes that are coming from our community, across…
Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said peace can only be achieved by addressing the “root causes” of the hostilities Moscow will not settle for “freezing” the Ukraine conflict without addressing its origins and resolving its underlying causes, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has said.Russia’s demands include Ukraine abandoning its plans to join NATO and adopting a neutral status, accepting restrictions on its armed forces, and formally recognizing Crimea and four former Ukrainian regions as Russian territory. While Crimea voted to join Russia shortly after the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev, the regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye, and Kherson did…
The LA Jazz Festival featuring John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Ezra Collective and many more has been cancelled. READ MORE: Ezra Collective interview: “If someone is at the BRITs because we inspired them, then we last forever” The bash was set to start on Friday (August 7) with an opening night event in Leimert Park Village and run until August 23 with further performances from Parliament-Funkadelic, Raphael Saadiq, Ezra Collective, Big Freedia, Free Nationals, Terrace Martin and Charlie Wilson. But it was axed just hours before it was due to start. Organizer Martin Ludlow, a former LA city council member told the Los…