Schick penalties fire Leverkusen past Lech, Hoffenheim stumble against Beşiktaş
Thursday’s Europa League round split the two German clubs neatly into a winner and a worrier. Bayer Leverkusen went to Poland and cruised, while Hoffenheim were beaten on their own…
Minibus slams into shuttle train at Channel Tunnel terminal, 19 hurt
In the 32 years since the Channel Tunnel opened, nothing quite like it had happened on its loading platforms. On Thursday evening a minibus ferrying lorry drivers at the French…
Bend, Oregon, mourns after teenager kills three children and a teacher at school
Bend is a mountain town of hikers and skiers in central Oregon, the kind of place where parents assume the school run is the safest part of the day. That…
Brussels summit: EU leaders deadlocked on money, united behind Zelensky
Two very different moods filled the Europa building this week. When the talk turned to money, the 27 heads of government barely moved an inch. When the Ukrainian president walked…
Flamengo survive La Plata siege, Libertadores semi goes to Maracanã level
Flamengo came to La Plata hoping to control the game and left grateful for a clean sheet. The holders drew 0-0 with Estudiantes at the Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi on…
Tiny gene pieces may hold missing clues to autism, AI study finds
Most people diagnosed with autism never learn of a genetic cause. Known variants explain roughly 15 percent of cases, leaving the large majority without an answer. A study in Nature…
Lab-grown mini brains help decode Braille letters in Bristol study
Can a speck of living brain tissue help a machine read by touch? Engineers in Bristol have taken a small step in that direction. In a paper released on 16…
Albania’s Rama refuses to quit as student unrest sets Tirana ablaze
Edi Rama has survived many storms in thirteen years as Albania’s prime minister, but rarely one like this. For a third straight day on Thursday, students fought riot police in…
Hezbollah owns up to seized explosives truck as Rubio presses Beirut
Half a tonne of TNT and C-4 is now a diplomatic problem. Last week Lebanese security forces stopped a truck at a checkpoint near Dahr al-Baidar, on the mountain road…
Brewers sweep the Dodgers and reach their first World Series in 44 years
October baseball returns to Milwaukee after a four-decade wait. The Brewers finished off the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium,…