It’s another big day for the World Cup, as four teams go on the pitch to decide who will advance into the quarter-finals. Only one European team is playing today: Croatia, who’ll be facing their first Asian team of the World Cup, Japan.Here’s our at-a-glance look at the day ahead. Japan vs Croatia (16:00)Croatia’s soccer team fans celebrate their 4-1 victory over Canada during the World Cup group F soccer at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.AP Photo/Darko VojinovicCroatia is facing Japan after qualifying second in their group behind Morocco with two draws and a 4-1 victory against Canada.…
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Video calls have transformed the way we communicate but European operators are now testing what could be the future of our conversations: holographic calls.The idea would be that rather than just seeing a real-time video, you would see a 3D virtual person like a hologram.Mobile operators Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone have joined forces with the deep tech company MATSUKO which is spearheading the move to 3D calls.The Slovenian company developed a technology that is focused on making Star Wars holograms but is using similar tech to make more life-like holograms.The telecom companies announced on Wednesday they had participated…
Security staff at JFK airport let the cat out of the bag yesterday after discovering a fugitive feline in a suitcase.The orange tabby had a lucky escape after sneaking into an item of checked luggage.The bag was about to be loaded onto the plane at JFK airport on Tuesday when the stowaway’s fur was spotted poking out of the zip by workers.Airport security staff spot stowaway catTransport Security Administration (TSA) agents were shocked to see the image of the pet appear on their computer screens as the suitcase went through X-ray scanners.The bag had been checked in for a flight…
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekdayGood morning. It turns out the US is not going to win the World Cup. Another bad prediction by Unhedged, but we will not be discouraged. We now forecast a glorious victory for England, which will instantly close the UK equity discount. Email us: [email protected] & [email protected] bad good news on jobsStock market bulls have no use for strong job growth just now. A strong economy means a more uncompromising Fed and therefore a higher chance of…
Keke Palmer is feeling all the love after that pregnancy reveal. On Dec. 3, about an hour after the Emmy winner announced during her Saturday Night Live hosting debut that she is pregnant with her first child, her boyfriend Darius Jackson, a.k.a. Darius Daulton, shared a sweet tribute to her on his Instagram Story. The actress’ partner posted a photo of her wearing a sweater and sitting at a restaurant while cradling her baby bump. Darius caption the pic, “2023” and added a red heart emoji. Darius, brother of Insecure actor Sarunas Jackson, and Keke went Instagram official last year but have largely kept their relationship private. Also on Dec. 3, he…
Malcolm X may have famously been the first non-documentary to shoot in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca, but it’s taken 30 years for the film to actually screen publicly in the country. That historic occasion took place on Dec. 3 at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, where Spike Lee touched down to introduce his landmark 1992 feature. Speaking the following day at the festival, the director described shooting the film and the “crazy idea” to take cameras to follow Malcolm’s pilgrimage to Mecca. “We knew that by hook or by crook we had to shoot Malcolm’s…
Rotten Tomatoes and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics are now accepting applications to their joint Crimson Honors scholarship for underrepresented 2SLGBTQIA+ women and non-binary students of colour in film and TV journalism. A press release announced that over $6000 of financial assistance will be awarded to Southern California-based community and state students pursuing a career in journalism or entertainment criticism. A select panel will evaluate all student submissions of film or TV criticism and/or commentary featured in a campus outlet in 2022. The Crimson Honors will be awarded to three students who “demonstrate excellence in their craft,” per…
True to predictions of India Meteorological Department (IMD), a fresh low-pressure area has formed over the South Andaman Sea and neighbourhood on Monday morning, which the national forecaster expects to steadily intensify as a cyclone by Thursday as it nears the North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-South Andhra Pradesh coasts. The IMD has not indicated the likely landfall area just yet.Detailing the path of the projected intensification, the IMD said the ‘low’ is likely to concentrate into a depression over the South-East Bay of Bengal, slightly to the West-North-West of its current location, by Tuesday evening. It would continue to move in the…
Six years after the 2016 Brussels terror attacks, Belgium’s largest-ever criminal trial has begun in the capital.Ten men are accused of being members of the terrorist cell that carried out the worst peacetime attack in Belgian history.A total of 32 people were killed and over 340 others injured in rush-hour bombings at Brussels’ airport and on the city’s metro system.The suspects include Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the Belgium-based cell that killed 130 people in the Paris attacks in November 2015.Another defendant, Mohamed Abrini – known as the “man in the hat” – is suspected of abandoning his…
Sometimes women experience vaginal dryness and there are times when they want to make sex feel even better. There is one solution, which is a lubricant. Using a lube can provide the moisture that you need so that you can have great sex and not worry about dryness down there. It’s quite a challenge to find the right lubricant from the market as there are many options. Then there are kitchen ingredients often suggested by a friend or family member. Many think that since coconut oil works wonders on your face, it could also be used as a lubricant for…