China’s Yu Zidi, 12, wins relay bronze medal at swim worlds

SINGAPORE — Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi has won a bronze medal at the swim world championships, an astounding feat for a girl who would be a sixth or seventh grade…

My Day as a Secretary of Juliet, Answering the World’s Love Letters

It doesn’t matter, really. The myth is elastic, but the symbolism—love, tragedy, longing—holds firm. As I pored over sentences like “I’ve never told anyone this” and “Only you would understand,”…

One of the World’s Most Remote Islands Is Now More Accessible Than Ever

Saint Helena’s biodiversity has been under threat since the first known human arrival, beginning with the Portuguese in 1502. The island later passed briefly through Dutch hands before being settled…

😲 At risk of missing the Euros: world’s best player in hospital

Aitana Bonmatí, one of the key players of the Spanish national team and current winner of the Ballon d’Or féminin, has been diagnosed with viral meningitis. She remains hospitalized. The…

England: Thomas Tuchel convinced Three Lions can reach level of world’s best after watching Portugal’s Nations League win | Football News

Thomas Tuchel remains convinced England can compete with the world’s best, despite once again criticising the approach of his players against Andorra. The England boss had slammed his players’ “lack…

A soccer mystery: Why mighty China fails at the world’s biggest sport

In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a company that makes humanoid robots. There he floated an idea to fix the country’s woeful men’s soccer team. “Can we have robots…

U.S. tops Canada in OT to win women’s hockey worlds title

Apr 20, 2025, 03:38 PM ET CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic — Tessa Janecke scored in overtime as the United States prevailed over defending champion Canada 4-3 to win the women’s…

U.S. holds off Czechs, on to another final at women’s hockey worlds

Apr 19, 2025, 12:09 PM ET CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czechia — Kelly Pannek scored to rally the United States past the Czech Republic 2-1 and into the final once again at…

How Parris Goebel Became the Pop World’s Favorite Choreographer

“Parris Goebel is the modern Pablo Picasso.” So declared one user on X after weekend one of Coachella—or Gag-chella. For those who saw Lady Gaga bring Mayhem to life in…

How L’Oréal, World’s Largest Beauty Company, Fared in 2024

Despite continuing to outperform the market as a whole, beauty’s biggest player was not immune to the market’s challenges in 2024. The company described the year as “a tale of…