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GettyThe price of Bitcoin has for the first time broken past the $100,000 mark, hitting a new record high.The value of the world's biggest cryptocurrency…
Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure | Drugs News
Mexico has announced its largest-ever seizure of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, as cross-border pressure mounts for the country to crack down on drug trafficking into…
Trailblazers to history makers – Wales’ 30 year journey to Euro 2025
Nearly 20 years after that meeting with the FAW, the women’s team was still pretty much an afterthought.But another pivotal moment arrived in 2010 in…
Prep talk: Best multisport athletes in Southern California history
It’s that time of the year when high school football is ending, basketball has begun and winter baseball is in full swing. Who wants to…
Wales make footballing history in defiant win
Getty ImagesWales made history by reaching a major women's tournament for the first timeWales fans and players are celebrating after they made history by reaching…
Retro Ford so rare only EIGHT were ever sold hits auction for eye-watering £8.5million after years of racing history
A RARE retro Ford car is set to hit an auction floor for a whopping £8.5 million due to it's special history.The Ford GT40 Mk…
How California lawmakers are preparing for Trump 2.0
SACRAMENTO — Hello dear readers. Laurel Rosenhall here, The Times’ California politics editor, filling in for Anita Chabria. There are 48 days until President-elect Donald Trump’s…
Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ reveals an inclusive WWII London
For British director Steve McQueen, the past isn’t worth dramatizing unless it can illuminate the present, so when he makes films steeped in history —…
Australian police arrest 13 in largest cocaine bust in country’s history | Crime News
Australian Federal Police say the 2.3-tonne seizure has a street value of $494m.Australian police have arrested 13 people in what authorities described as the largest-ever…
‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost | Arts and Culture
Dzan, Mexico – Surrounded by dense jungle and beneath intertwining canopies of towering trees, Luis May Ku, 49, trudges ahead through shoulder-height bushes searching for…
As Nessarose, Marissa Bode makes ‘Wicked’ history in movie debut
Marissa Bode, photographed on the Universal Studios Lot, makes her feature film debut as Nessarose in “Wicked.” (Ethan Benavidez/For The Times) The cast of “Wicked”…
Robert Sobukwe, the South African leader once as revered as Mandela | History
On Monday, March 21, 1960, Robert Sobukwe, the 35-year-old leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), woke at 5am. His wife, Veronica, heated a kettle…
Could Russian ‘hybrid warfare’ trigger NATO retaliation? | Conflict News
German intelligence chief Bruno Kahl said this week that Russia’s extensive use of “hybrid” warfare measures “increases the risk that NATO will eventually consider invoking…
Is Trumpism changing the game in US politics? | American Voter
Host Steve Clemons asks US historian Geoff Kabaservice how much Trumpism is changing the American political landscape.President-elect Donald Trump defeated the Democrats roundly with his…
Jennifer Siebel Newsom discusses women, health and safety. And Trump.
Hello and happy Thanksgiving. There are 53 days until the Inauguration, and today we’re talking about moms, daughters, sisters, wives and even the lady at…
Mystery message carved into statue forged by King Midas is read for FIRST time in 2,600yrs after one-in-a-million photo
A MYSTERIOUS message carved into a statue forged by King Midas has been read for the first time in more than two millennia.A historian managed…
Turkeys got pardoned. Will Jan. 6 defendants get the same treatment?
Hi, and happy Tuesday. There are 55 days until President-elect Trump is sworn back into office, and there are two days until Thanksgiving. Surely, Americans,…
Natural History Museum news; plus L.A. arts and culture this week
Exposition Park got a boost last week when the Natural History Museum opened its new 75,000-square-foot welcome center. NHM Commons, the new glass-walled entrance and…
India’s Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in IPL history | Cricket News
Lucknow picks Pant for a record $3.2m in the IPL auction, followed by Shreyas Iyer at $3.17m, taken by Punjab.Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has become…
IPL 2025 auction: Rishabh Pant becomes most expensive player in tournament’s history
Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League as he was signed by Lucknow Super Giants for 27…