The Phone Call

By Jirair Tutunjian A few months ago, old friends Ahmet and Mehmet met briefly in AkEshag, Turkey. Their reunion was cut short when Mehmet’s German girlfriend left for Germany in a huff with docile Mehmet in tow. A few days ago, Mehmet phoned to...

Vietnam Logs Five Feet of Rain in One Day, Nearing World Record

Widespread flooding across central Vietnam killed at least nine people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in the tourist hubs of Hue and Da Nang, as the Southeast Asian nation endures another bout of extreme weather. Rainfall in the city of Hue...

Acusan a joven magnate de ser el cerebro de una red internacional de fraude multimillonario

Por Helen Regan, CNN Es un magnate de rostro juvenil que ascendió a las más altas esferas del poder en su país adoptivo, Camboya, donde otorga becas y dirige programas filantrópicos mientras supervisa uno de los conglomerados más grandes y mejor...

Slow release of hostage bodies threatens Gaza ceasefire and deepens families' heartbreak

Your support helps us to tell the story From 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...

How Mwinyi polishes the shining tourism star

ZANZIBAR: TOURISM industry, undeniably the pillar of Zanzibar’s economy, was already severely affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic when the then President-elect Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi assumed office in November 2020. But, five years later, the...

Saratoga High celebrates alumni, hall of fame inductees

There are many good reasons for Saratogans to be proud of their namesake high school. Saratoga High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in the nation in several categories. One testament to its significance is the Class of 1968’s...

‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ Theater Review: Laurie Metcalf Is in Blazing Form and Micah Stock a Revelation in Samuel D. Hunter’s Jewel of a Play

Damaged people navigating the push-pull struggle between isolation and connection, between emotional lockdown and empathy have been central to the work of Samuel D. Hunter, a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and one of contemporary American...

'I didn't even know he was a gambler': How the Blazers and NBA are grappling with Chauncey Billups' downfall

Most of them had turned their phones off hoping to sleep in after a late-night season-opening loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The biggest issue Holiday faced was whether his kids would let him sleep past 8 a.m.But when morning came and he...

France: class actions – litigation, policy and latest developments

Class actions were introduced in France in 2014 through the so-called ‘Hamon Law’ of 17 March 2014 relating to consumption. The Hamon Law did not open class actions to all sectors but limited the mechanism to consumer claims and anticompetitive...

Orchestre National de France begins new U.S. tour at Mechanics Hall

Orchestra National de France launches first U.S. tour in nearly 10 years on Nov. 7 in Mechanic Hall. The orchestra is led by music director Cristian Măcelaru, who says the new tour is an important way to share culture. The concert, presented by...

Hull City will be wary of Liam Rosenior action as Fabio Carvalho update emerges - he helped strike 2024, Liverpool deal

Hull City's current position in the top half of the Championship is one which has earned the Tigers plenty of praise from outsiders, particularly when assessing the one major pre-season predicament which overshadowed all other events at the MKM...

'I didn't even know he was a gambler': How the Blazers and NBA are grappling with Chauncey Billups' stunning downfall

FOR A FEW hours last Thursday, it was a relatively normal morning for Jrue Holiday and his Portland Trail Blazers teammates. Most of them had turned their phones off hoping to sleep in after a late-night season-opening loss to the Minnesota...

Watteau’s Theater

In 1984 the three hundredth anniversary of Jean-Antoine Watteau’s birth was celebrated with an extraordinary retrospective of his paintings, drawings, and prints, seen first in Washington, then in Paris and Berlin. That memorable exhibition,...

Air France passengers endured a flight to nowhere when their plane's cabin got unbearably hot

2025-10-27T15:40:48Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app An Air France plane returned to Paris around 1 hour and 40...

Arsenal's Martin Zubimendi at the heart of tense row – 'Relationship is very bad'

Martin Zubimendi has been in excellent form for Arsenal so far this season (Image: David Price, Arsenal FC via Getty Images) Arsenal star Martin Zubimendi is at the centre of a row between his former clubs Real Sociedad and Antiguoko. The...

Travis Were the Biggest Band in Britain. Why Does It Still Feel Like They’re Underrated?

“I loved Glasgow but that love has always been matched with an urge to leave, to see over the horizon, and that pull has made me a proud citizen of the world. Yet there’s always been a string in my heart that I’m glad pulls me back to where I’m...

México busca coordinación marítima con EE.UU. y no hay novedades del sobreviviente, dice Sheinbaum el tras ataque del lunes

CNN en Español La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dijo que su Gobierno busca mantener la coordinación con Estados Unidos en materia marítima, tras el ataque a una embarcación presuntamente cargada con droga en aguas internacionales...

Inside the super-secret lives of tennis power couple Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf and their children in a Vegas enclave after they disappeared from pressure-cooker public life

Last Friday, Andre Agassi wished his wife Steffi Graf - who he largely refers to as Stefanie, unlike her legions of fans - a happy 24th wedding anniversary. But such is the nature of their love story, he might have wished that it was their 33rd....

Girl, nine, and her 12-year-old brother are killed when rally car shoots off the road during a race

A nine-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother were killed on Sunday when a rally car shot off the road and crashed into a group of spectators during a race on the island of La Réunion. The incident in Saint-Joseph left a third child in critical...

Regrets and reconciliation: Spain's emeritus King Juan Carlos shares respect for Franco in memoir

Published on 30/10/2025 - 17:50 GMT+1 The emeritus king Juan Carlos I has defended his role in the return of democracy to Spain andin the "transition", while expressing his respect for the dictator Francisco Franco. He also regretted the...