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In late July this year, a few days before his 50th birthday, the exiled Russian film-maker Ilya Khrzhanovsky was landed with a 50,000 rouble (£450) fine by the Presnensky District Court of Moscow. This punishment was ostensibly for a Kafkaesque administrative offence relating to “procedures for the activities of foreign agents”. Khrzhanovsky himself thinks it was a symbolic birthday warning from the Russian authorities that he is still on their radar.“It’s clear it is absolute nonsense,” Khrzhanovsky says. “I will not pay it. I am not a Russian citizen and I don’t want to pay any money to the Russian…

Great Britain’s Laura Muir crashes out of the World Athletics Championships, finishing eighth in her 1500m heat.

It sounds like the premise of a new reality show: take four strangers, isolate them in a 3D-printed Martian habitat for more than a year, and watch them tackle equipment failures, communication delays and attempts to grow vegetables. In fact, it is a scientific simulation – and for the first time a British pilot is among those training for the mission.Laura Marie, who was born in the UK and is now a pilot for a regional airline in the US, beat about 8,000 applicants to become one of six research volunteers who are preparing to spend 378 days inside the…

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Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, has been released from prison less than halfway into his sentence.The far-right politician and Holocaust denier was allowed by a judicial council to serve the remainder of his 13-year sentence in the confines of his home on health grounds on Friday, state media reports.The 67-year-old’s conditional release after five years in prison has angered left-wing parties, arguing the judiciary should not have shown clemency.It is the second time Michaloliakos has been allowed out following his 2020 conviction over a litany of violent attacks on immigrants and political opponents perpetrated…

A federal judge has denied Justin Baldoni’s last-minute bid to depose Taylor Swift as he prepares for an upcoming trial over Blake Lively’s claims she was sexually harassed and retaliated against during the filming of It Ends With Us. In an order handed down Friday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ruled that Baldoni and his co-defendants at Wayfarer Studios simply waited too long to seek the sit-down and missed their chance. The judge did, however, grant a 10-day extension for Lively to take the depositions of Baldoni and two others. He said the defendants dragged their feet in producing the…

Ryan O’HanlonSep 12, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”How are things going at Manchester United?Here’s the first sentence of a piece written by ESPN’s Rob Dawson two weeks ago: “Ruben Amorim says he is planning to remain as Manchester United manager, but he has admitted he cannot guarantee he will still be in the job after the international break.”He’s still in the job — thanks, perhaps, to a 97th-minute penalty from Bruno Fernandes to secure a 3-2 win … over Burnley ……

French PM François Bayrou submitted his resignation on Tuesday after losing a confidence vote in parliament. He had gambled on a budget demanding over €40 billion in savings. The plan would have frozen welfare benefits, cut civil-service jobs and scrapped two public holidays. President Emmanuel Macron then named Sébastien Lecornu, a longtime ally, as France’s new prime minister to pick up the mantle of trying to pass a budget through a divided parliament. So where does the country’s economy stand now? Charles Pellegrin discusses this and more with Alexandra Roulet, associate professor of economics at INSEAD. 

Young determined businessman with wrench fixing mechanismgetty In today’s fast-paced world, leaders are constantly searching for ways to accelerate progress and growth. We implement new systems, adopt cutting-edge technologies, and design processes that promise to streamline operations and deliver results. Yet, despite our best intentions, these very systems often become the barriers that hold us back from operational excellence. It’s a paradox that many leaders fail to recognize: the processes we rely on to drive progress are frequently the very things that stifle it. Why? Because we don’t take the time to truly understand how our organizations operate. The Illusion…

Telepathy is, until proven otherwise, still science fiction. But a new wearable announced this week aims to bring the world closer to silent communication, though it’s more about using brain signals than the X-Men superpower. Alterego, developed by the MIT Media Lab, is a peripheral neural interface that allows us to converse with machines, artificial intelligence assistants and humans, without using our voice or externally observable movements.We first saw the Alterego as a prototype in 2018. It was a wearable that strapped onto your face from your ear to your chin. Since then, it’s become significantly smaller and gained more capabilities.The device works…