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A week is a long time in the Bundesliga but, for Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach, if Sunday afternoon is anything to go by, this season promises to contain the lessons of several regular years. For Leverkusen, having had such an invigorating liftoff on Kasper Hjulmand’s debut with a win over Eintracht Frankfurt, it was a reminder of how much work there is still to do. But for Gladbach, it was confirmation that yes, there is at last the first shard of light at the end of the tunnel.Last weekend Gladbach – five times Bundesliga winners, not to mention double…

The Luka duffel has all the bells and whistles you expect of a great weekender bag, including a separate shoe compartment, an exterior pocket for small essentials like your passport and wallet, a trolley sleeve, water bottle pocket, and lots of interior compartments to keep clothes and toiletries organized. I’m able to fit a few pairs of clothes, a change of shoes, a makeup bag, Dopp kit, and my bulky noise-canceling headphones inside. And somehow, it’s still pretty small—it can even fit underneath the seat on the plane and rest nicely on top of a normal size carry-on.Kenny’s favorite carry-on…

Tens of thousands of Brazilians joined protests in cities across the country on Sunday to protest against a bill which could result in ex-President Jair Bolsonaro being granted amnesty. Bolsonaro was found guilty of plotting a coup earlier this month and has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. He will remain under house arrest until his lawyers have exhausted all appeals.But the ex-leader’s allies in the Chamber of Deputies have fast-tracked a bill which could see Bolsonaro and his co-defendants spared jail.The demonstrators also expressed their anger at the lower house’s passing of a constitutional amendment which would make…

Here we go again Higher than usual inflation can help explain some of the nominal price increases for the oldest Xbox consoles affected by today’s price hikes. The $300 for an Xbox Series S at launch in November 2020 is worth roughly $375 in August 2025 dollars, for instance. And the $500 for an Xbox Series X in 2020 is now worth about $625. But the particularly sharp price increases for more recent Xbox configurations can’t really use that inflation excuse. The disc-drive-free Digital Xbox Series X Digital and 2TB “Galaxy Special Edition” are now a whopping 33 percent more…

It’s been 30 years of Seven which by our math means 210. (Jokes!) The David Fincher-directed gross-out detective story set in perpetual rain starred Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, and if you were lucky enough to see it before its ending got spoiled, you may remember how you felt leaving the theater: down! But the movie was a hit, grossing close to $330 million on a reported $30 million budget. Word of mouth was strong, much of it in a “this tastes rancid, you try it” kind of way. Even though Fincher had to fight with the studio to get…

Millennia ago a piece of the sky fell toward East Africa, streaking overhead, born of an ancient collision of asteroids. The meteorite landed, probably with more of a thud than a boom, in a river valley where camels now forage near the village of El Ali in Somalia.Known locally as Shiid-birood (“the iron rock”), the El Ali meteorite is 13.6 metric tons of iron and nickel. For generations it rested in the ground some 24 kilometers (15 miles) outside the village, becoming a landmark that was featured in folklore, lullabies and poems. According to one story, the region had been…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

Since the start of the war in Gaza, France has welcomed several hundred Gazans to safety. Priority has been given to families of children seriously injured in bombings, such as Ayham, who lost both his legs at just 15 years old on October 14, 2023. Artists and scientists have also been evacuated through the PAUSE program, which supports intellectuals in exile. Dr. Fadel Afana joined a team of psychiatrists at Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris, while Gazan rapper Abu Joury was evacuated with help from the Al Kamandjati association in Angers. Florence Gaillard and Mohamed Fahrat met with each of them…

Nearly twice as many Britons view artificial intelligence as a risk to the economy than regard it as an opportunity, according to Tony Blair’s thinktank.The Tony Blair Institute warned that the poll findings threatened Keir Starmer’s ambition for the UK to become an AI “superpower” and urged the government to convince the public of the technology’s benefits.TBI commissioned a survey that found 38% of Britons see AI as an economic risk while 20% see it as an opportunity. The poll of more than 3,700 adults also showed that lack of trust was the biggest barrier to adoption.Jakob Mökander, the director…

The sun sets in Tangier Island, Va., where climate change and rising sea levels threaten the inhabitants of the slowly sinking island. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images As the ferry approaches Tangier, Captain Steven Thomas tells a well-rehearsed history of the island, where crabbing has shaped the culture. He points out a handful of tiny buildings on stilts in the water. “Those are all crab shanties,” he says over the boat’s loudspeaker. “That’s where they shed the softshell crabs during the summer months.” Tangier Island — off the mainland coast of…