Cristiano Ronaldo may be the first name people consider nowadays when the the name ‘Ronaldo’ comes up, but the original version’s place in football history is secure.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, to give him his full name, generated headlines since he was a teenager breaking through at Cruzeiro to the end of his playing career in 2011.
Known as O Fenomeno – ‘The Phenomenon’ – and R9, the Brazilian Ronaldo remains a source of inspiration to many of the
It’s the most famous ship in history, sank by an iceberg on its first and only voyage across the ocean.
But the scale and the glory of RMS Titanic can be admired once more, thanks to a detailed digital cross section of the stunning luxury liner.
Posted to YouTube by US animator Jared Owen, it shows Titanic from every angle, exactly as it appeared just before it set sail from Southampton 112 years ago.
The video may prove helpful to
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“The Council of the EU stresses the need to prioritise in the coming years the effective and efficient implementation [of digital EU legislative acts],”
– reads draft Council conclusions on the future of EU digital policy.
Story of the week: The Council of the EU is preparing a call to implement the plethora of digital regulations passed
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Twice a week, I stagger out of the front door in my slippers and pyjamas to collect our fresh, organic (obviously) milk and put out the empty glass bottles for the milkman to re-use.
These days, I wouldn’t dream of buying milk in plastic. Nor my veg, come to that. It’s delivered by electric vehicle or I cycle to our local farmer’s market with my hemp tote bags.
The small amount of plastic that does enter our house is religiously
Queen Camilla was all smiles as she left King Charles after visiting him on his second day in hospital after successful prostate surgery on Friday.
The Queen appeared to be sharing a joke with her driver and bodyguard as they grinned alongside her in the Audi as she arrived at The London Clinic at midday.
And that cheerful disposition was retained as the same car drove away this afternoon, after checking in on the monarch.
King Charles is currently spending
Today Denmark prepares to welcome Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Crown Princess Mary as its new King and Queen.
And it also says goodbye to Queen Margrethe – who shocked the nation when she announced her abdication after 52 years on the throne during a traditional New Year’s Eve speech.
The monarch, famed for her chain-smoking as well as her flamboyant sense of style, will be succeeded by her eldest son Crown Prince Frederik.
The 83-year-old queen, who took
Along the border wall separating Israel and the Gaza Strip, tens of thousands of soldiers are making the final preparations for a full-scale ground invasion.
But soon, the sight of massed troops might seem as much a relic of the past as knights on horseback appear to us now.
That’s because the wars of the future will not only be fought by humans, but also by machines.
Already, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has developed and deployed a staggering arsenal
The White House was scrambling to backtrack on Friday night after President Joe Biden, asked whether he was now pushing Israel to delay its invasion of Gaza for the sake of the hostages, replied: ‘Yes’.
Two Americans were released by Hamas on Friday, after being kidnapped on October 7 and held in Gaza for 13 days. A further 200 hostages are believed to remain in Hamas captivity.
Israel’s military has been given the green light to invade, and on Thursday
Israel has ordered more than one million people to evacuate northern Gaza within 24 hours ahead of a feared Israeli ground offensive aimed at eradicating Hamas.
The order sent panic through civilians and aid workers already struggling under Israeli airstrikes and a blockade, while the United Nations called such an evacuation ‘impossible’ that would turn an tragedy into calamity.
Israel’s military sent one evacuation order directly on Friday morning, telling the 1.1 million people living north of an area called
