Who Has Qualified for the 2022 World Cup?
With a year to go, almost half the field for the 2022 World Cup is set. Thirteen countries have already booked their places for the tournament …
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Italy prepares for an 18th weekend of demonstrations against the country’s health pass.
Demonstrators prepared to gather in Milan and Rome on Saturday evening to protest Italy’s coronavirus health pass on the 18th consecutive weekend …
A Tool Kit to Help Scientists Find the Ultimate Chickpea
When you open a can of chickpeas and fish out the nutty, savory little beans, you’re partaking in a history that began around 10,000 years ago …
A Tabloid ‘Game of Thrones’ in London Could Tilt U.K. Politics
LONDON — Geordie Greig was always an odd fit as the editor of The Daily Mail, Britain’s biggest tabloid. Educated at Eton and Oxford; a former …
How H.G. Wells Predicted the 20th Century
THE YOUNG H. G. WELLSChanging the WorldBy Claire Tomalin Toward the end of Claire Tomalin’s well-researched biography “The Young H. G. Wells …
Adding Surprise to Your Reading Life
Credit…”Santa Rufina” by Diego VelázquezHello friends, Welcome to Read Like the Wind. If you are following this newsletter from its previous …
Nonfiction Audiobooks to Download This Winter
Welcome to the golden age of audiobooks. Maybe it’s because podcasts have given us an insatiable thirst for audio storytelling; or because …
Austria braces for violence at mass protests over Covid measures.
Hundreds of people massed in the heart of Vienna on Saturday, blowing whistles and brandishing signs declaring their freedom in the Austrian …
Beaver Dams Mean No Love Lost for Canada’s Emblematic Animal
ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, Ontario — The beaver may be one of Canada’s official national symbols, as iconic as the maple leaf, but Canadians have …
A Cold and Snowy Match Leaves Canada’s Soccer Team in an Unexpected Spot
The men’s soccer match between Canada and Mexico at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton this week was peak Canada. At minus 9 Celsius with snow …