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By ERIC BLUM Published: 03:07 BST, 14 June 2025 | Updated: 03:22 BST, 14 June 2025 The first formal interviews for the New York Knicks head-coaching vacancy have been revealed in former NBA head coaches Taylor Jenkins and Mike Brown. Both men started last season as head coaches, with Brown being fired by the Sacramento Kings in December for having a losing record. Jenkins was given the pink slip by the Memphis Grizzlies with nine games left in the regular season in March. Jenkins and Brown will throw their name in the hat for the Knicks job less than two weeks after…
By JEFF PRESTRIDGE Updated: 16:08 BST, 19 May 2025 Investment fund Artemis Global Income will celebrate its 15th birthday in July – and investors who have been with it since the start are almost certain to have a lot to cheer about.Although much can happen till then, the £1.6 billion fund is on course to deliver overall returns well in excess of 400 per cent.Profits that launch investors have enjoyed already stand at 417 per cent – impressive when compared to the average for its global equity income peer group of 260 per cent. All this return has been achieved without…
Emma Heming Willis put her love for husband Bruce Willis on display for all to see with a sweet new message on Valentine’s Day.’You + laughter = my favorite love story ❤️,’ the model and businesswoman, 46, wrote in the caption of an Instagram post made on Friday, February 14. The heartwarming sentiment for the retired actor, who is currently battling frontotemporal dementia, was shared along with what appeared to be a throwback snap of the couple laughing together.In the image, Heming Willis can be seen moving in closer to the Moonlighting alum’s shoulder and chest while bursting out in laughter, as he has a…
Elon Musk is again calling for NASA to scuttle the International Space Station (ISS) after a former engineer of the agency revealed hidden problems with its structure.Casey Handmer, a physicist and engineer who worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for four years, posted on X that the 26-year-old station’s structure integrity is far worse than the public knows.’We could wake up tomorrow and find, with zero warning, that it has failed catastrophically,’ Handmer warned on X Thursday.Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, quickly responded, saying that even though his commercial space company makes billions from delivering cargo and astronauts to the station,…
Cardiologists are warning of an often overlooked ingredient in desserts that can lead to high blood pressure if consumed in excess.Typically a garnish on cookies, bread and butter, soft pretzels, and caramel treats, coarse sea salt contains more sodium than its less expensive grocery store alternative.People enjoy the added crunch and marriage of savory and sweet in desserts, but people are inadvertently eating too much salt.Because coarse salt has larger crystals, it may feel less salty per bite, leading some people to use more than they would with fine salt.Excessive sodium intake is linked to high blood pressure, heart disease,…
By ESTHER MARSHALL Published: 12:44 BST, 13 June 2025 | Updated: 12:44 BST, 13 June 2025 An exciting new sleeper train route is set to connect five European countries in a journey spanning more than 700 miles. Leaving from Warsaw in Poland, the train will carry passengers through Czechia, Austria and Slovenia all the way to Rijeka in Croatia. The Warsaw-Rijeka train is set to launch on Friday June 27 and run throughout the summer until the end of August. Trains will leave Warsaw at 2pm and arrive in Rijeka at around 9am the next day but it will stop several times along…
An aviation expert believes the co-pilot on Air India flight AI171 pulled the plane’s wing flaps instead of retracting the landing gear, causing the plane to crash. Commercial airline pilot and YouTuber Captain Steve, who analyzes plane crashes and close calls, gave his theory on the incident which killed 241 people on board.The London-bound 787 Dreamliner began losing height moments after take-off and crashed in a fireball over a residential area in the Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Steve said he suspected there had been an exceptionally simple error in the cockpit when the co-pilot was asked to retract the landing gear, with devastating consequences.He said: ‘Here’s…
Israel launched a blistering assault on Iran overnight, striking 100 targets including bombing Tehran’s nuclear and military sites and killing senior military figures.The strikes came as a shock to onlookers, who predicted a vague threat of kinetic military action would be enough to gain leverage in talks over a new nuclear accord.But with startling efficiency, Israeli intelligence is said to have gone behind enemy lines to disable Iranian defences, clearing the way for the Israeli Air Force (IAF).’Operation Rising Lion’ is said to have been ‘years’ in the making, the culmination of careful research and planning by the military, Mossad and Israel’s defence…
Stephen A. Smith is facing scrutiny over his professionalism after the ESPN analyst was caught playing solitaire on his phone during the NBA Finals on Friday night.As the Indiana Pacers hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, a home fan sitting in the upper bowl of the arena captured Smith looking far more engrossed in his card game than the action on court.The sports commentator was working for ESPN on the night, meaning he was required to provide analysis before, during and after the game.However, X user @BleedBlue1986 wrote to Smith after sharing the photo of his bizarre act:…
By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 07:00 BST, 20 May 2025 Fund managers are expecting to see poorer investment returns in 2025 for those with US exposure, as fears remain that Donald Trump will reintroduce tariffs.Following Trump’s election win in November, the US was overwhelmingly backed by fund managers to be the best performing region, whereas the EU was pegged to perform the worst, according to data from Quilter.Six months later, the narrative has flipped, with 53 per cent believing that they US will have the worst returns, while 44 now say the EU will have be the best performer in 2025.Quilter…