Scotland’s former light-middleweight boxing world champion Hannah Rankin made her Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) debut on 12 October. In her BBC Sport column, Rankin, 34, discusses her win over Deborah Melhorn and her reasons for taking up the sport. I have fought 21 times as a professional boxer. I am a former world champion…
Cai Xia, as a retired teacher of the Central Party School, made remarks that had serious political problems and damaged the reputation of the country. The issue mainly involved a serious violation of the Party’s political and organizational discipline. The nature of these remarks was extremely bad and the circumstances extremely serious, seriously violating the…
When many people struggled to eat a healthy diet, odd-tasting oils were touted as a fix-all. It turns out one of them did indeed pack a vitamin punch. These days, the words “cod liver oil” are vaguely sepia-tinged. They conjure up an image of a murky spoonful of something, brandished by a school nurse or…
Striking Boeing workers have rejected a new offer from the plane-making giant, which included a 35% pay rise over four years. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union said 64% of its members voted against the proposed deal. More than 30,000 of Boeing’s employees have joined the walkout, which started on 13…
When Arne Slot took charge of Liverpool following Jurgen Klopp’s departure at the end of last season, the Dutchman recognised he had “big shoes to fill”. After all, Klopp had delivered a Champions League and a long-awaited Premier League title as well as the FA Cup and a couple of League Cups. These are still…
There aren’t many world leaders who’ve been in power for 30 years. Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has been accused of stealing elections, crushing dissent and dismantling democracy. The UK, the EU and the US do not recognise him as the legitimate president of Belarus. There’s something else you should know about him: if there’s any…
When ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, PR agency founder Anurag Garg was eager for his team of 11 to quickly incorporate the technology in their workflow, so the business could keep up with its competitors. Mr Garg encouraged his employees to use the AI language tool for the agency’s long list of…
Minutes after Real Madrid fans were singing for Vinicius Jr to win the Ballon d’Or, the Brazil forward insisted he wanted to “stay at the club forever”. Vinicius Jr scored a sensational hat-trick against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday to help his side come from 2-0 down to win 5-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu….
The race between two of the world’s richest men, Elon Musk and Mukesh Ambani, is intensifying as they prepare to face off in India’s satellite broadband market. After India’s government announced last week that satellite spectrum for broadband would be allocated administratively rather than through auction, this battle has only heated up. Mr Musk had previously criticised…
The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and his partner have been arrested and charged with running a prostitution and international sex trafficking business. Authorities arrested former fashion executive Mike Jeffries, his partner Matthew Smith and the couple’s alleged middleman – James Jacobson – on Tuesday morning. Federal prosecutors said the men used force,…
