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Humans have sailed the oceans for centuries. But, as a spectator sport, sailing has barely made a dent in the public consciousness, outside of the Olympics at least. There’s no denying that it can often be difficult to make sense of what’s going on way out there on the water, for a start.But the SailGP Championship has set out to prove watching sailboat racing can be thrilling, entertaining and even get you jumping off the sofa and yelling at your TV.Every aspect of this global competition — the boats, the track, the sudden-death format — has been designed to grab…

The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, was experiencing intermittent outages on Monday, mostly on its app, according to Downdetector, which tracks reports of problems from users on websites.The first outages on X, which Elon Musk bought for $44 billion in 2022, were reported before 6 a.m. Eastern time, after which the site and app seemed to resume functioning. But at about 10 a.m. more problems arose, and there were 41,00 reports of outages on X, according to Downdetector. Shortly after 11 a.m., a third spike of reported outages emerged, and the site remained down for many users.The cause of…

Is there anyone who truly enjoys planning a summer vacation? It’s especially daunting if you want to go somewhere new. How do you know if a place is really as great as it seems? Will it please everyone in your traveling party? Why on earth are room rates so preposterously high? The search alone is enough to make you give up entirely and hibernate until fall. But I’m here to help. I edit travel stories for T Magazine (and before that for The Wall Street Journal and Condé Nast Traveler). I’ve traveled extensively myself, from Madagascar to Myanmar, but just…

Wagin Woolorama showcased a brilliant line-up of Merino fleeces that were resilient to last year’s tough growing season.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Bank stocks — Major banks came under pressure during Monday’s session amid rising concerns about a potential slowdown in the U.S. economy. JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs fell roughly 4%. Citigroup slid more than 4%, and Wells Fargo dropped 5%. Bank of America shed more than 2%, and Morgan Stanley declined more than 5%. Robinhood — Shares of the financial services platform plunged more than 14% on the heels of Finra saying on Friday that it has ordered Robinhood to pay $3.75 million in restitution to customers. The self-regulatory organization also…

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With hundreds left dead over the weekend under Syria’s new regime, Greek Foreign Minister Giorigios Gerapetritis warned Europe and the U.S. to “keep a close eye” on the ruling Islamist group that is working to gain acceptance by the West. Syria contains a sizable population of Orthodox Christians, and Gerapetritis insisted the international community demand religious minorities be included in governance, or else leave sanctions in place. “All ethnic and religious minorities should be included in the governance, rule of law,” he told Fox News Digital in an interview conducted last week prior to the weekend’s violence.”The release of sanctions should take…

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Canada will soon have a new prime minister in Mark Carney as the country grapples with a trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney, a former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, was selected to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the leader of the Liberal Party on Sunday night. He is expected to be sworn in over the coming days.The economist and banker will have his work cut out for him, though, as he takes over the helm at a time of trade uncertainty with Canada’s closest ally.The U.S. has already imposed a sweeping…

Users of the X social media platform have reported several outages.Complaints about outages spiked during the early hours of Tuesday AEDT, with more than 40,000 users reporting no access to the platform, according to the tracking website Downdetector.com.Outage reports spiked again several hours afterwards and the latest appears to be ongoing.Downdetector.com said that 56 per cent of problems were reported for the X app while 33 per cent were reported for the website.X did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.In March 2023 the social media platform then known as Twitter was hit with a bevy of glitches for…