Shwetha SurendranJan 29, 2026, 09:00 AM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is a reporter in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Multiple Authors Most of America’s youth-sport coaches are feeling burned out and fed up with verbal harassment and abuse, mainly from parents of athletes, according to a national survey released Thursday by the U.S. Center for…
“Humanitarian.” “Brilliant.” “Compassionate.” “Intelligent.” Just some of the words guests at the Kennedy Center premiere for Melania, the Amazon MGM Studios documentary about First Lady Melania Trump in the days before the 2025 presidential inauguration, used in their overly effusive praise for the subject of the film. “Unprecedented” was another word that came up specifically…
Two footballers have taken part in a project to help tackle child health issues and encourage better oral hygiene and diets. Ipswich Town striker George Hirst and defender Conor Townsend attended the club’s Empower Hub project at the Willows Family Hub in Chantry, Suffolk. The session focused on the foundation’s Shine initiative, which was designed…
The Taiwan government has cleared Nvidia to establish a NT$3.3 billion (US$105 million) headquarters on the island that produces most of the world’s advanced semiconductors, which the Silicon Valley chip designer will need to feed the red-hot global artificial intelligence sector. Nvidia would use the Taipei site for a “commercial office” building and the acquisition…
Bangladesh’s recent pull-out over perceived security concerns for the showpiece T20 World Cup cricket hosted by India and Sri Lanka next month has underscored the unprecedented way regional political tensions have spilled over into sports. Bangladesh was replaced by Scotland in the 20-team event on Saturday after the International Cricket Council rejected Dhaka’s request to…
As foreign ministers from Asean member states gathered in the Philippine city of Cebu this week, the bloc faced a familiar dilemma: how to keep pushing for peace in Myanmar without sliding into what critics warn could become “de facto acceptance” of its military regime. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting,…
One reason the North Sea is emerging as a CCS hub, is its oil and gas legacy. After decades of production, the geology of potential storage sites is well explored, says Niels Schovsbo, a senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Greenland and Denmark (GEUS).
US Senator Amy Klobuchar said on Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on US President Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government’s immigration crackdown. Klobuchar’s decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide winner as their party tries…
“In my opinion, what markets are reacting to is just sort of the haphazard nature of policy in this administration – the escalation, de-escalation,” said Robin Brooks, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former FX strategist at Goldman Sachs, pointing to similarities between the backlash over tariffs and Greenland.
