Man who doesn't speak Spanish wins Spanish Scrabble Championships
A renowned speller known as the "Tiger Woods of Scrabble" took the top spot at the Spanish World Scrabble Championships in ...
A New Zealander studied for a year to win the Spanish world Scrabble title. He doesn’t speak Spanish
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board ...
How the Spanish Scrabble world champion beat competitors — without speaking the language
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish has won the board game’s Spanish-language world ...
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Anchor from British warship that sank with the loss of 173 lives in 1890 is found... being used to decorate Spanish home
One of the last known traces of a British warship that sank off Spain with 173 souls has been found being used as a garden ornament ... up on the shore. Now Spanish police have discovered a ...
Neuroscience News22d
L is Smooth, R is Rough: Our Brains Link Sounds to Sensations
Researchers tested over 1,000 participants ... the sound of the word and the texture to which it refers. “In this study, we wanted to see if there was a perceptual connection between the trilled R ...
IFLScience23d
The Most Universally Understood Word In The World Appears In So Many Languages
taking a closer look at how the word is used, pairing up conversation partners in order to study its use. "In all languages investigated, it is a monosyllable with at most a glottal onset ...
Politico Europe24d
The death of a Russian defector: Who failed Maxim Kuzminov?
The first person to spot the body was an elderly Spanish ... s words — and the pair of Captain America socks pulled halfway up his shins — were seen as tantamount to a declaration of war. At home, his ...
WCPO Cincinnati26d
Yes, we used the word 'snow' in the forecast for next week
And that fateful day could be near, friends. Our 9 First Warning Meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark used that word for the first time this season in our forecast for next week: SNOW. As colder air ...
Financial Post27d
GM plans to cut 1,000 salaried workers in bid to reduce costs, most of them in North America
General Motors Co. will cut about 1,000 salaried workers globally in a move to streamline its operations, according to people familiar with the matter. Most of the layoffs will affect staff in North ...
Reuters27d
GM laying off nearly 1,000 workers, mostly in US, source says
Nov 15 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N), opens new tab is laying off nearly 1,000 workers worldwide ... plant in September. One of its most significant reductions was in 2023, when about 5,000 ...
USA Today28d
Review: 'Emilia Pérez' is the most wildly original film you'll see in 2024
The other important thing about Netflix’s standout Spanish-language Oscar contender? You won’t find a more talented group of women, whose performances keep French director Jacques Audiard’s ...
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Baja 1000: Five F1 drivers to tackle motorsport’s most dangerous race
This week heralds the start of the Baja 1000, a 1200-mile race through the Baja California peninsula that’s considered one of the most important off-road races in the world. With that kind of ...