Lowy Institute

AUKUS Virginia-class switch is a fix, not a failure

Much of the reaction to this week’s AUKUS announcement (Opens in new window) that Australia will acquire three in-service Virginia-class submarines and forgo buying a new US-built boat has missed the ...
Lowy Institute

AUKUS sees the sea – not everyone will

The first project under AUKUS Pillar II announced after a joint Australia–United Kingdom–United States defence minister’s meeting in Singapore on 30 May is being presented as a story about underwater ...
Reuters

SpaceX sets aside 5% of IPO shares for selected buyers, waives lock-up

NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) - SpaceX has reserved 5% of the shares ‌in its planned initial public offering for certain employees and individuals selected by its executive officers, exempting them from ...
AOL

First Taiwanese writer and translator win the International Booker Prize

The first Taiwanese writer and Taiwanese-American translator have won the International Booker Prize. Written by Yang Shuang-zi and translated by Lin King, Taiwan Travelogue is the first winning book ...
Gainesville

Four Florida softball players named First Team All-SEC

Four Florida Gators softball players were named to the First Team All-SEC for the 2026 season. Three Gators were also named to the USA Softball Top 25 National Player of the Year watchlist. Other SEC ...
Mongabay

Tierney Thys, marine biologist and interpreter of the sunfish

Tierney Thys spent decades studying the giant ocean sunfish, using its improbable form to ask broader questions about life in the open ocean. Trained as a marine biologist, she moved between research, ...
NBC Sports

Colton Hood, Kayden McDonald were at the draft but not picked in round one

Seventeen players attended the first night of the 2026 NFL draft. Fifteen were picked. Not selected were Tennessee cornerback Colton Hood and Ohio State defensive tackle Kayden McDonald. Sometimes, ...
The New York Times

Houston Astros’ Tatsuya Imai ‘not able to adjust to the American lifestyle,’ interpreter says

An accomplished pitcher in Japan's NPB, Tatsuya Imai made the jump to MLB over the offseason. Jack Compton / Getty Images HOUSTON — In his first public comments since being sidelined with right arm ...
Hosted on MSN

'The interpreter was not good': Ungrateful Trump lashes out at interpreter while mocking the idea of learning another language

During his remarks at the Shield of Americas Summit in Doral, Florida several weeks ago on March 7, 2026, Donald Trump demonstrated a case of "you can't have your cake and eat it too," as he proudly ...
Variety

Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter on the Halftime Show and Making Puerto Rico Proud: ‘We’re a Small Island, but We Fight Very Hard’

On Sunday night, many Puerto Ricans in the territory’s Deaf community gathered at the Eco’s Sports Park in San Juan. The friends, family members and interpreters were tuning into Super Bowl LX, just ...
NPR

Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it

Want more Olympics updates? Subscribe here to get our newsletter, Rachel Goes to the Games, delivered to your inbox for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. MILAN — Ilia ...
The New York Times

Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too

Puerto Rican Sign Language is not the same as American Sign Language. Celimar Rivera Cosme will uniquely capture the rapper’s slang for the game’s deaf viewers. By Emmanuel Morgan Reporting from San ...