HOUSTON — Shohei Ohtani was early on the 82-mph sweeper that Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. threw to him in a 2-2 count. It was to almost the same spot as the much harder cutter Ohtani had just fouled off. But Ohtani, starting his swing on time for the fastball, recognized the sweeper early enough to stop…
Chinese energy imports fell sharply in April, as the near-halt to shipments through the Strait of Hormuz choked a vital channel for crude oil and natural gas. Source link
Tehran’s hundreds of small, fast boats are vital in maintaining its stranglehold on global energy markets Source link
Scott Disick gave followers a peek inside a Porsche GT3RS build on Thursday, showing a new carbon fiber roll bar. The owner noted upfront that it might not be obvious at first glance. The caption was refreshingly honest. “Might be hard to see but I absolutely love this new carbon fiber roll bar I put…
Peter Magyar, the incoming prime minister, has promised to push out “puppets of the old regime.” Many are jumping first. Source link
Here an eight-figure salary, there an eight-figure salary, seemingly everywhere an eight-figure salary. There are not too many nights when you can point to a position and say the man playing a certain position for the Dodgers makes $17 million less this season than the opposing player at the same position. This was one of…
Africa’s farmland could be worth $1 trillion, but global shocks are raising the stakes. Fertilizer shortages, rising costs and supply disruptions are putting pressure on food production across the continent. (Source: Bloomberg) Source link
Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them. Source link
LAS VEGAS — Major League Soccer may be the next professional sports league to relocate a team to Las Vegas, with an investment group led by Grant Gustavson seeking to buy the financially troubled Vancouver Whitecaps and move them to a new stadium near the Las Vegas Strip. Gustavson, 30, a Las Vegas resident and USC graduate…
Alan Cumming walked back through a door he hadn’t opened in forty years. His visit to DC Thomson in Dundee this week turned into something close to a time machine. The Scottish actor worked at DC Thomson in the early 1980s. Drama school came next. He was young then, caught between high school and the…