Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip Dilbert captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirised the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died. He was 68.His first ex-wife, Shelly Miles, announced the death Tuesday (Jan 13) on a livestream posted on Adams’ social media accounts. “He’s not with us right anymore,” she said. Adams revealed in 2025 that he had prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. Miles had said he was in hospice care in his Northern California home on Monday.“I had an amazing…
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Yoweri Museveni’s main challenger is musician Bobi Wine.Uganda holds elections on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni hoping to extend his four decades in power.Supporters of his main opponent, musician Bobi Wine, allege harassment and intimidation.So, what’s at stake for one of the world’s youngest populations?Presenter:Adrian FinighanGuests:Robert Kabushenga – host of The Bad Natives podcastAlex Vines – Africa programme director at the European Council on Foreign RelationsJoseph Ochieno – commentator on African affairsPublished On 13 Jan 202613 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link
Mike Tomlin sent shockwaves through the NFL on Tuesday when he stepped away from the Pittsburgh Steelers. It ends his 19-year run with the franchise as head coach and puts the Steelers in a position where they will have to hire just their fourth head coach since the 1969 season. From a big-picture perspective, Tomlin’s run with the Steelers was a massive success. But it was also time for both sides to go in a different direction.Playoff losing streak shouldn’t outweigh overall success for Mike TomlinThe most recent thing we saw from the Tomlin-era Steelers was a pretty sustained run of…
If you’ve already given up on your 2026 rebrand because you couldn’t stick to your six gym sessions a week and no-sweet-treats resolutions, adopting a “vegan plus bacon” mindset may be the answer to all your problems. TikTok creator @addietheoptimist broke the idea down in a recent video: “Someone on here went viral because they said if you think you can’t go vegan because you love bacon too much, just become vegan plus bacon,” she explained in the now-viral clip. “I’m here to tell you you can just apply that mentality to so many things in your life.” While the…
Neanderthals often found refuge in cavesGREGOIRE CIRADE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. It’s early January and south-west Britain is painfully cold. Not that cold, obviously: my friends in Canada and Scandinavia are laughing at my pitiful attempts to deal with near-freezing conditions. But it’s cold enough that I need to wrap up warmly or the chill seeps into my bones. Which brings me to the Neanderthals, our long-extinct cousins, who we have tended to imagine living in frigid environments.…
Tens of thousands of residents in South East England are facing water shortages in what Kent County Council has declared as a major incident.South East Water (SEW)’s Incident Manager Matthew Dean told the Standard that approximately 25,000 homes across Kent and Sussex remain impacted.A number of schools in Kent and Sussex are currently closed, and some hospital appointments are being moved online because of the water shortage.SEW said Storm Goretti, which swept across the UK last week, disrupted its ability to process water at the usual rate at its main Sussex treatment plant. Coupled with burst pipes from freezing temperatures,…
The IEEE Board of Directors has received petition intentions from IEEE Senior Member Gerardo Barbosa and IEEE Life Senior Member Timothy T. Lee as candidates for 2027 IEEE president-elect. The petitioners are listed in alphabetical order and indicate no preference.The winner of this year’s election will serve as IEEE president in 2028. For more information about the petitioners and Board-nominated candidates, visit ieee.org/pe27. You can sign their petitions at ieee.org/petition.Signatures for IEEE president-elect candidate petitions are due 10 April at 12:00 p.m. EST/16:00 p.m. UTC. IEEE Senior Member Gerardo Barbosa Gerardo SosaBarbosa is an expert in information technology management and…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 57.95 points or -0.22% to 25,732.30 • Shanghai decreased 26.528 points or -0.64% to 4,138.759 • Hang Seng increased 239.99 points or 0.90% to 26,848.47 • ASX 200 increased 49.10 points or 0.56% to 8,808.50 • SENSEX decreased 250.48 points or -0.30% to 83,627.69 • Nifty50 decreased 57.95 points or -0.22% to 25,732.30 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00276 or -0.41% to 0.66825 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00305 or -0.53% to 0.57405 • USDJPY increased 0.92 or 0.58%…
The “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” alum made a rare public appearance, rocking her natural look while going about her day. Apparently, she is embracing a makeup-free lifestyle after announcing her longtime bond with facial injectables has been severed.Besides her looks, Kourtney Kardashian has been called out for other reasons, including her parenting. She is known to uphold regulations that work for her family dynamic strictly.Article continues below advertisementKourtney Kardashian Steps Out Makeup FreeKourtney wowed the media when she was spotted running errands in the Los Angeles Studio City neighborhood with her natural face.She was dressed simply in a white…
HAMAS FACES TOUGH CHALLENGESThe sources said a deputy leader will also be elected to replace Saleh Al-Arouri, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon in 2024.Sources close to Hamas said it was determined to conclude the vote, though some preferred an extension of collective leadership.Hamas watchers regard Meshaal as part of a pragmatic wing with good ties to Sunni Muslim countries, and Hayya, the group’s lead negotiator, as part of a camp that deepened its relations with Iran.Hamas faces some of the toughest challenges since it was founded in 1987. While fighting has largely abated in Gaza since…