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Verizon offers ‘pathetic’ $20 credit, sparking more outrage over hours-long outage: ‘Are you kidding me?’

15 janvier 2026 à 18:00
Verizon offered a paltry $20 credit to customers who experienced hours-long outages Wednesday — with the “pathetic” handout prompting even more outrage over the massive disruption. The telecoms giant said on X that the credit was to “help provide some relief” to affected users, claiming the refund “covers multiple days of service.” “This credit isn’t...

Should sports reporters cheer from press boxes? | What The Take?

15 janvier 2026 à 18:00
Brandon London reacts to the hottest stories that emerged from the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs, including the Bears’ wild comeback win against the Packers and Jacksonville reporter Lynn Jones’ message of encouragement to Jaguars head coach Liam Coen. From Joe Mazzulla’s ‘illegal screen’ rant to Giannis Antetokounmpo booing his own fans, it’s...

Thomas Tuchel says England players’ social skills as vital as talent at World Cup

15 janvier 2026 à 17:43
  • Manager stresses squad harmony crucial at tournament

  • Two friendlies in March to come before naming squad

Thomas Tuchel stressed talent alone is not enough to make his World Cup squad as the right “social skills” and personality will be needed for England to stand a chance of glory this summer.

It is just five months until the back-to-back Euros runners-up kick-off their quest for success in North America with their Group L opener against Croatia in Dallas. Tuchel only has two March friendlies before naming his squad for the tournament, having qualified impressively during an autumn when he spoke of building a “brotherhood” capable of beating the best.

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© Photograph: Robin Jones/Getty Images

© Photograph: Robin Jones/Getty Images

Razor’s All Blacks lacked sharp edge but sacking Robertson does not guarantee revival | Robert Kitson

15 janvier 2026 à 17:42

There is still time before 2027 World Cup to rescue the drooping silver fern but rebuilding an international team is hard and New Zealand’s aura has faded

As a keen surfer Scott Robertson is well aware how abruptly situations can change. One minute you are riding the perfect wave, the next you’re being dumped from a great height and having your world tipped upside down. Which is essentially how “Razor” will now be feeling after being ousted as All Blacks head coach barely two years into his tenure.

On the surface he was everything New Zealand rugby could have wished for. The serial domestic winner who had guided the Crusaders to seven successive Super rugby titles, the empathetic everyman with the break-dancing skills to match. If anyone could connect with younger generations and encourage everyone to fall in love with the ABs again, surely he was da man?

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© Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer

© Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer

Diary of a degenerate: mapping the music and the madness of Carlo Gesualdo

15 janvier 2026 à 17:31

The Renaissance composer wrote hauntingly sublime music – and committed a grisly double murder before descending even further into psychosis. As a new stage work revisits his life, its director asks if art can be separated from artist

Carlo Gesualdo wrote some of the most darkly sublime music of the late Renaissance. He also savagely murdered his wife and her lover in their bed. Now be honest: which would you like to discuss first?

The art will always be secondary to the atrocity, however magnificent the madrigals and sacred music. Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, had been cuckolded by the Duke of Andria in a long-running tryst that had become the scuttlebutt at court. The premeditated double murder of 1590 was a truly grisly affair, concluding in the public display of their mutilated bodies on the steps of the palazzo for several days.

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© Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

© Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

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