The Seattle Seahawks have locked in one of the league’s top young defenders for the long term. Three-time Pro Bowl cornerback Devon Witherspoon and the team have agreed to a four-year, $132 million contract extension on Saturday. The deal includes more than $101 million in guaranteed money and elevates Witherspoon to the highest-paid cornerback in […]
Teenager Made More Than $400,000 in a Year Selling Old Legos in eBay Auctions: ‘I Had to Get an Accountant at 16’ An 18-year-old student from South London has turned a small teenage hobby of reselling second-hand Lego into a business with annual sales of more than $400,000 (£312,000). Jamie Bell runs the business, called […]
Bangladesh are within touching distance of a historic Test victory in Australia, but Mehidy Hasan Miraz knows there is still plenty of hard work to be done. Despite having Australia on the back foot in Darwin, the Bangladesh all-rounder stressed that the pitch remains good and that every wicket will have to be earned through […]
Mohanan Kunnummal | Photo Credit: MAHINSHA S University of Kerala Vice-Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal courted controversy again on Saturday when he remarked that those opposing singing ofVande Mataram did not know who their mother was. Mr. Kunnummal was delivering the Independence Day message at Sankalp 2026, a gathering of youth organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak […]
There was a method behind Devdutt Padikkal’s mastery in Galle. The left-hander did not simply rely on timing or patience to produce his maiden international hundred; he put into practice months of specific preparation designed to tackle spin-friendly conditions. Returning to India’s Test side after nearly two years, Padikkal produced an unbeaten 131 on the […]
Pain is one of the few experiences that can change the way people see themselves and the world around them. For Lebanese-American poet and writer Khalil Gibran, suffering was not simply something to endure or escape. He saw it as a difficult force that could open the mind to deeper understanding. In his celebrated 1923 […]
Welcome to the Island Where Egrets Rule A century after wildlife wardens began protecting a small island in Texas, the 35-acre site has become the world’s largest nesting colony for Reddish Egrets. Green Island sits in the Laguna Madre, a coastal lagoon in southern Texas. In 1923, Audubon Texas signed its first sanctuary lease with […]
Pratika Rawal’s much-anticipated county cricket stint with Warwickshire has been put on hold after the India opener received her maiden T20I call-up on Friday. Rawal was due to join the Bears for the remainder of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, but her elevation to the India squad means she will no longer travel to Edgbaston. […]
People offering prayers at Mahatma Gandhi Mandir located at Shanti Nagar in Srikakulam on Saturday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT The 80th Independence Day was marked with patriotic fervour at the Mahatma Gandhi Temple situated in Shanti Nagar, Srikakulam district, on Saturday (August 15, 2026). People from all walks of life, along with children from […]
Chantal Doecke at Onkaparinga River in Adelaide A commercial DNA test has helped an Australian woman discover that she has a twin brother living only a short flight away. Chantal Doecke was evacuated from Saigon as a newborn in 1975 and brought to Australia during Operation Babylift, an international effort to move children out of […]
