2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (712+ words) Concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, a Manhattan federal jury has found, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of US states. The jury…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (848+ words) Twenty-one-year-old Trisha Kanyamarala became the first Irish woman to be awarded the title of woman grandmaster (WGM) in chess, following her high standard of play at the London Chess Classic recently. The achievement marked the pinnacle of a six-year journey…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (474+ words) The game designer behind a controversial famine-survival board game says that while it was "thrilling" for The Great Hunger to be a featured topic on RT's Liveline this week, he does not "expect a single Irish person to buy this…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (495+ words) What do a nickname for pizza and Chinese medicine's vital energy concept have in common? They're definitions of "ZA' and "QI', two of the highest-scoring two-letter words playable in Scrabble. Over the festive season, more than a few of us…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (268+ words) India's Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official Fide rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days. The chess prodigy edged out the previous record of compatriot Anish Sarkar,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (575+ words) There is a certain frenzied atmosphere in and around auction houses at this time of the year, as auctioneers gather together antiques from various private collectors to put up for sale in late November and early December, for what is…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (769+ words) Berlin's Olympic Stadium was where Ingebrigtsen first announced himself on the main stage. In winning the 1, 500m-5, 000m double at 2018 European Championships, while still only 17, he was fast fulfilling his own prediction of becoming the best runner in the world "I've been…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1050+ words) Donald Trump has slapped down European tech rules and promised to slash regulation at home. But his administration is still pushing to break up America's biggest companies. Washington continues to pursue cases aimed at curbing the market power of Google,…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago  (819+ words) A study showed an ability to modify sticks and even bend a straight piece of wire into a hook to retrieve food from a tube Rooks are on par with chimpanzees in terms of intelligence A study showed an ability…...