Real Madrid maintained their perfect Champions League record as Federico Valverde’s stoppage-time strike secured a 3-2 comeback win at AEK Athens on Wednesday. Madrid twice trailed before Valverde scored…
Alexander: God, King, Man by Edmund Richardson becomes the first ancient history title to win the prestigious nonfiction award • Alexander: God, King, Man by Edmund Richardson review – a dazzling, dizzying adventure Edmund Richardson has won the 2026 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction for Alexander: God, King, Man, his account of the life of Alexander the Great, becoming the first writer to win the prize for an ancient history book. Richardson was awarded the £50,000 prize at a ceremony in London on Wednesday evening, beating a six-strong shortlist that included former winner Patrick Radden
Joshua Wong was one of the poster boys of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, seen as a thorn in Beijing's side as it seeks to stamp its authority on the territory.
One of Hong Kong's best-known democracy activists, Joshua Wong, will be sentenced on Thursday for the national security crime of "foreign collusion", which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.