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The newly named Franz Beckenbauer Supercup has many uses. Unlike some of its continental counterparts, this curtain-raising meeting between league and cup winners tends to brim with a pleasing intensity. It unfolds in a partisan atmosphere too, taking place at one of the two competitors’ stadium rather than at a neutral venue, so we feel the real straight away.Telling us what to expect for the coming nine months in the Bundesliga, however, isn’t often one of the Supercup’s strengths. Bayer Leverkusen gave a faithful impression of their double-winning form in emerging victorious in last year’s edition by punking Stuttgart with…

George HarrisonShambala was founded by a group of friends in 2000 and now welcomes about 15,000 attendees each yearA music festival held at a “secret countryside estate” will return for its 25th anniversary event this weekend.Shambala, a four-day festival held in the north of Northamptonshire, is set to welcome about 15,000 revellers from Thursday to Sunday.The event, which has a long history of promoting sustainability, will see food vendors and facilities cook and heat entirely on biogas, a first for a UK festival, according to Shambala’s organisers.As well as music, the festival features arts, spoken word performances and a range…

In a series of “victory” celebrations more than 6,000 years ago in northeastern France, a group of defenders severed the left arms of their conquered enemies and buried them in pits, archaeologists have found.The discovery provides a glimpse into a time when warfare was rampant in the region and when invaders pushed into northeastern France from the area around Paris.The “lower limbs were [fractured] in order to prevent the victims from escaping, the entire body shows blunt force traumas and, what it is more, in some skeletons there are some marks — piercing holes — that may indicate that the…

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Watch: Moment redistricting bill is passed in the Texas House of RepresentativesTexas legislators have approved new congressional maps designed to give Republicans an edge in next year’s elections for the US House of Representatives.Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives passed the new voting lines in an 88-52 vote, creating five new Republican-leaning seats.It followed a two-week stand-off in which Democrats fled the state to stall the vote and rally supporters against the redistricting plans.The maps will now go to the state Senate, where they are expected to be swiftly approved and then signed off by the Texas governor.The move…

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.To solve today’s Connections: Sports Edition, focus on the endings of some of the words. That should help you see how they connect. Read on for hints and the answers.Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta after making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue…

Pauline McLeanArts correspondent, BBC ScotlandEdinburgh TV festivalShowrunner Shonda Rhimes was presented with the the inaugural Edinburgh fellowship at the TV festivalIt began with an abandoned novel in a hotel room.”I was sick, and in bed and I don’t even like romance novels,” says Shonda Rhimes.”But I read it, and despite being ill, dragged myself out of bed and down to the nearest book shop to buy them all.”The book was The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. The first of eight novels about the children of a family in regency England, it was perhaps not the obvious choice for a…

Bullet holes are seen in windows at the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Headquarters following an August 8 shooting that killed a DeKalb County Police Department officer. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images In the aftermath of an attack on the main campus for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Aug. 8, employees at the CDC, National Institutes of Health, and other health agencies are calling for support and leadership from their boss, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. A letter signed by hundreds of current…

BBC Sport pundit Pat Nevin says Celtic’s new-left hand-side partnership of Daizen Maeda and Kieran Tierney must “build an understanding” if the Scottish side are to qualify from the Champions League play-offs.WATCH MORE: Champions League highlights on BBC iPlayerREAD MORE: Celtic’s lack of deals ‘not my decision’ – Rodgers

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It’s an archeological mystery 65 years in the making. In 1960, a villager was exploiting Petralona Cave about 22 miles southeast of Thessaloniki, Greece. Eventually, the villager spotted something unexpected—the nearly complete cranium of an unknown, ancient hominin protruding from a small chamber’s interior wall. Although covered in calcite and missing its lower jaw, the Petralona skull has fascinated paleoarchaeologists since its discovery decades ago. The remains don’t match the anatomy of a Neanderthal or modern human, and even after decades of research, its exact place…