Israel-Gaza war This article is more than 2 months oldIDF publishes footage of what it says is Hamas tunnel at al-Shifa hospitalThis article is more than 2 months oldIsrael says opening was discovered beneath floor of a garage within Gaza medical complex’s walls Israel-Hamas war – live updates The Israeli army has published video footage that it says shows the first solid evidence of a sophisticated Hamas tunnel network underneath Gaza City’s Dar al-Shifa hospital complex.

RED TAPE, WHITE LIESIn total, how many words does the average person speak in a day/year/lifetime? Iain Pearson, Mexico City, Mexico The average woman speaks around 5000 words per day whereas the average male speaks around 2000. Apparently. (Source: Men are Lunatics, Women are Nuts) David, Newport, UK Working males average 2000-3000, females from 10,000-20000. However, both average about 500-700 words of actual value (i.e. words which have intent to communicate to another person an item of importance to both).

Ireland holidaysThe classic Irish bar, whose hallmarks evoke the qualities of an earlier era, has been in steady decline – but recently its future has started to look a little brighter There’s more to traditional Irish bars than their vernacular design or their location on almost every street corner and village green in Ireland. Behind their distinctive facades is an elusive character that has barely changed over the centuries: the rustle of the newspaper on a Sunday afternoon, the banter from the bartender or the gentle thud of a perfectly drawn pint of stout on solid, time-smoothed timber.

Dallas MavericksThe Mavericks roster has often failed to reflect the demographics of the league. There are a number of reasons, some more justifiable than others In 2020, the NBA was 74.2% black and 16.9% white. It seems every decade, the white NBA player becomes less relevant. Yet one franchise has often kept the dream of mediocre white guys alive: the Dallas Mavericks. In 15 of the last 21 Mavs seasons, there were three or more white players on the 12-man active roster.

TelevisionObituaryTom Bosley obituaryActor best known as Mr C in the American sitcom Happy DaysThe actor Tom Bosley, who has died of lung cancer aged 83, played Howard Cunningham, the tolerant, unflappable paterfamilias, in all 255 episodes of the nostalgic American sitcom Happy Days, from 1974 to 1984. Set in Milwaukee during the 1950s, Happy Days, as the title suggests, was a rosy view of an earlier era. Mr C, as Bosley's character was called by "