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Michael VoepelSep 9, 2025, 09:30 AM ETCloseMichael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.With only three days left in the regular season, we have arrived at the final edition of ESPN’s WNBA Power Rankings for 2025.The Minnesota Lynx already have wrapped up the No. 1 seed and home-court advantage for as long as they are in the playoffs. They remain the championship favorite, as they have been for most of the season. But with the Power Rankings…

The US tech billionaire Larry Ellison has overtaken Elon Musk as the world’s richest person after shares in Oracle, the business he co-founded, rocketed in early trading on Wednesday.Ellison’s wealth has surged after the company, in which he owns a stake of 41%, reported better than expected financial results.Oracle shares rose by more than 40% in early trading to $340 a share, valuing the business software company at $958bn (£707bn) and Ellison’s stake at $393bn, just ahead of Musk’s fortune of $384bn, according to Bloomberg’s billionaires index.The jump in the shares is the company’s largest single-day increase ever and the…

Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondentReutersQatar condemned Israel’s attack on Tuesday, calling it a “flagrant violation of international law”Into the two big foreign policy arenas sucking up much of the Trump administration’s time and effort come two major challenges in less than 24 hours.Israel’s air raid on the offices of Hamas in Doha and a Russian drone incursion deep into Polish airspace represent two massive headaches for the White House.And, arguably, two major affronts to the president’s authority.After all, these are conflicts – Ukraine and Gaza – US President Donald Trump said he would deal with swiftly and decisively.In each case, a leader…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Lena Dunham is returning to bookshelves with “Famesick,” a new memoir set for release April 14, 2026 through Random House. The book, which has been in the works for nearly seven years, marks the writer and actor’s second major nonfiction release following 2014’s “Not That Kind of Girl,” which debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. The new book traces the years between 2010 and 2020, when Dunham’s breakout HBO series “Girls” launched her into the center of…

South African prosecutors will reopen an inquest into the death of the prominent anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, nearly 50 years after he died in police custody.Biko, the founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, died in a prison cell in 1977 aged just 30, after being beaten into a coma by police who had arrested him nearly a month earlier.The death sparked outrage across the world and he became an international symbol of the struggle against the race-based apartheid system that denied South Africa’s black majority political and economic rights.“The main goal of reopening the inquest is to lay before…

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)  and Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) have signed a groundbreaking Joint Project Preparation Facility (JPPF) Framework Agreement. This strategic partnership aims to unlock a cumulative investment value of at least US$1 billion and is set to significantly transform housing and urban development across the continent and boost trade and investment. Signed on the sidelines of the ongoing fourth Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) by Ms. Oluranti Doherty, Managing Director, Export Development Afreximbank, and Mr. Thierno-Habib Hann, Managing Director and CEO, ShafDB, the agreement aims to provide early-stage project preparation financing, propelling projects from concept to bankability efficiently…

Pregnancy is on the rise in the United States, with 3,622,673 births recorded in 2024, up 1% from the year prior. At the same time, women remain nearly half the workforce, making up 47% of U.S. employees and more than 55 million full-time workers. Yet despite their indispensable contribution to both the economy and society, women, particularly pregnant women, continue to face discrimination in the workplace. A new analysis from High Rise Financial reveals that while laws like the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) exist to safeguard women, many employers are failing to comply. The…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureJofra left out!England have made one change to the XI they announced yesterday. Luke Wood comes in for Jofra Archer. So the man who terrorised South Africa on Sunday is rewarded by being dropped! Or perhaps rested, in view of the slippery surface: as Sunday showed, they really need him for the Ashes. Brook said that it was because they felt Wood would get some swing. Up to a point, Lord Copper.Eoin Morgan, who is on the outfield, says it’s soaking wet. “I wouldn’t run my horse around here.”ShareToss:…

The Israeli military launched multiple strikes on Sana, the capital of Yemen, on Wednesday.

Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Doha is condemned around the world.Israel’s bombing of a residential building in the capital, Doha, that was housing Hamas leaders, has drawn global condemnation.Fighter jets fired missiles into a residential compound in central Doha, where leaders of Hamas were meeting to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe attack has been widely condemned as a violation of international law and Qatar’s sovereignty.Can Doha continue playing the role of mediator between Hamas and Israel?How will this attack affect security in the region?Presenter: Cyril VanierGuests:Ali Ghanem al-Hajri…