Priyanka Chopra opens up about how motherhood has changed her
Priyanka Chopra has opened up about how her life has changed after becoming a mother.
For those unversed, the Bollywood diva tied the knot with Nick Jonas in 2018, and the couple welcomed their daughter, Malti Marie, on January 15, 2022, via a surrogate.
Speaking at the Cannes Lions conference on Wednesday, Priyanka said, “Your priorities really change. I don’t just pack my bags and go off for a movie anymore.”
“I don’t do five films a year. I don’t travel the way I used to,” she continued. “I’m really, really selective about the time I spend and who I spend it with.”
The Heads of State star added, “I’m navigating working-mom life. I have so much more respect for my mother now.”
At the same conference, Priyanka also compared her Hollywood career to Bollywood success.
“In my Hindi-language career, I’ve worked with all the best filmmakers and the best actors, I’ve told amazing stories and done a variety of genres,” she said.
“Whereas in America, in Hollywood, in my English-language work, I haven’t really done that as much,” she confessed.
“My next reinvention is figuring out how, in (my) English-language work, I can bring that kind of variety to my characters that I have been able to do in India,” added the 43-year-old actress.
Tristan H. Cockcroft is senior writer for fantasy baseball and football at ESPN. Tristan is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. He is also a two-time LABR and three-time Tout Wars champion.
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Fantasy baseball managers, on the whole, aren’t always quick to jump on a player’s stardom bandwagon.
Take last week’s top name profiled in this space, Jac Caglianone. He’s a player whose continued recent excellence provides the impetus for today’s column discussion. Since then, Caglianone has hit another six home runs — bringing his total to nine in 20 June games thus far — all of them traveling at least 400 feet. He’s now fifth among batting title-eligible players for the season in terms of hard-hit rate (58.5%), and 11th in Statcast’s Barrel rate (17.0%).
Yet, only in the past couple of days has Caglianone begun to move the needle in ESPN leagues, his roster rate jumping by more than 16% since Sunday (it’s 49.3% currently). Until now, he was the consummate 2026 example of the underrated fantasy baseball player.
Caglianone isn’t alone on any proverbial “all-underrated” list. The four names examined below also have absurdly low ESPN roster percentages, but warrant much more attention than they’ve attained to date.
This isn’t to say that any of the quartet’s statistical ceilings is equal to Caglianone’s, being that last week’s examination sought players with the greatest upside rather than simply underrated players. Still, every one of them is well worth acquiring in any fantasy league, and each could be as profitable a pickup as the Kansas City Royals slugger.
Only five qualified hitters this season have at least a .280 batting average, a .380 wOBA and a 15% Statcast Barrel rate: Yordan Alvarez, Nick Kurtz, Shohei Ohtani, Ben Rice … and Canzone. All of Canzone’s contact-quality metrics — Barrel rate, hard-hit rate, average exit velocity, etc. — have placed in the 80th percentile or better both this and last year, signaling he’s a much better hitter than you might think.
The fourth-year, 28-year-old outfielder might be regarded a strong-side platoon man, but credit the Mariners for giving him a chance to improve against lefties, as Canzone has made three starts against them over the past 10 days alone. Between this and last season, he’s a .263/.374/.355 hitter with a .331 wOBA against lefties, significant in that all lefty hitters during that time average a .295 wOBA against same-handed pitchers. If this is a trend, rather than “well, all our alternatives were hurt at the time” logic, Canzone’s ability to hold his own against lefties, coupled with his excellence against righties, might sum up to a top-20 fantasy outfielder.
Canzone’s rostership in ESPN leagues reached a career-high 18.0% on Saturday, only to drop by nearly 6% since after he left Sunday’s game due to a hamstring injury. It’s being regarded a minor ailment, so consider this an opportunity to add him in a wider scope of leagues or a trade window in deeper leagues where he’s already rostered.
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Remember this guy? The one who hit 25 home runs and made the All-Star team in his first full year with the Marlins in 2025? It sure doesn’t seem like you do, considering his rostership in ESPN leagues is about half what it was on Opening Day (28.7% now, 56.9% then). Oh, sure, his missing the first three-plus weeks due to a hamstring injury, then posting a sub-.600 OPS across his first 25 games, will do that. However, it’s hard to believe that a 28-year-old who had better-than-90th-percentile Barrel and hard-hit rates during said breakthrough 2025 would taper off statistically this swiftly.
The truth? He hasn’t, being that his seasonal hard-hit rate remains 95th-percentile — even his Barrel rate is a sound 70th — and since June began, he’s looking a lot more like his 2025 self, batting .229/.337/.529 with five home runs and top-15 numbers in terms of Barrel (20.5%) and hard-hit rates (56.8%).
Stowers continues to maintain his heart-of-the-order, everyday role, and he’s now getting time at first base due to the Marlins’ mediocre production there (as well as the injury to Liam Hicks), beefing up his positional flexibility. That the Marlins are scrappy and have on-base specialists they can place atop their lineup — Otto Lopez (.369 OBP), Xavier Edwards (.375) and Jakob Marsee (.324) have all seen time batting first or second — can only benefit Stowers in terms of RBIs.
His rostership in ESPN leagues has fluctuated following his hot-and-cold patterns to date, reaching 58.4% on May 12 but hovering near 45% since Memorial Day. Homers in back-to-back games on Sunday and Monday could suddenly make him a popular pickup this week. Should Okamoto remain available in your league, however, scoop him up now, being that his recent uptick in production could be more a signal of his getting settled in MLB, rather than just a mere hot spell.
To date, Okamoto has been very much as advertised: Good eye, demonstrated by his 75th-percentile chase rate (swing percentage at non-strikes); elite contact quality, as his 90th-percentile hard hit rate shows; good pop, reflected by his 91st-percentile Barrel rate. Despite this, he ranks only barely inside the top 20 third basemen in terms of fantasy points, largely because he has nearly three times as many strikeouts (100) as he did in his final year in Japan (36), in only two more trips to the plate (316 so far in 2026).
That penchant for whiffs might never disappear, but it could fade, being that, over the past five seasons, only three batting title-eligible hitters finished with as high a strikeout rate (31.6%) and wOBA (.345) as Okamoto has now: Javier Baez and Joey Gallo in 2021, and Brent Rooker in 2023, all of them definitively different hitters in style than Okamoto. Considering the Blue Jays’ offensive depth, boosting Okamoto’s runs and RBI potential, he could be on the verge of a second-half breakthrough.
Perhaps the sneakiest breakthrough candidate of them all this season is Roupp, whose 1.48 WHIP last season was eighth-worst among pitchers who made at least as many as his 22 starts. Rostered in only 26.0% of ESPN leagues, Roupp finds himself just outside the top 50 starting pitchers in terms of fantasy points, and his 3.00 FIP ranks 11th among the 63 who qualify for the ERA title.
What has made the difference for Roupp thus far has been better command of his sinker, which is generating 6% more ground balls and allowing 9% less hard contact than in 2025, which is helping making both his curveball and changeup shine. Both secondary pitches are getting 34% whiff rates or better and, naturally, he’s now in the upper half of the league in terms of his overall whiff and strikeout rates. Unsurprisingly, opponents are batting 31 points lower against him this year than last.
This isn’t to say that Cy Young votes, or even fantasy ace chatter, are in Roupp’s near future, but he’s quickly becoming a pitcher you’ll want in your lineup for all but his scariest of matchups (think Coors Field, Sutter Health Park, at the Los Angeles Dodgers, at the Milwaukee Brewers). That’s not someone you’ll often find available in as many leagues that he currently can be.
London’s schools, some decades or over a century old, are baking in 90-degree heat. In France, teachers have covered windows with blankets or chalk and let children play in water outside. Most students are just glad to kick off their shoes.
“I feel like I’m in an oven,” said one of them, Raya Petrova, 7, whose teachers were desperate to keep their London classrooms cool without air-conditioning. “It is really hot.”
Extreme heat is broiling much of western Europe, but class is still in session for millions of students in countries such as Britain and France, where few schools are air-conditioned. The heat has trapped education officials between trying to avoid school closures, which mean lost learning days, and the effects of high temperatures, which research shows can affect learning outcomes and test scores.
Until relatively recently, many European schools were somewhat protected from extreme heat because classes were mostly out by summer’s peak. British and French school years end in July, later than most U.S. schools but still before the most sweltering weeks of August.
Climate change is hitting Europe hard, and it is getting hotter sooner in the year. That means more intense heat at the end of the school year, with students often in aging buildings made to insulate against the cold, not keep cool in the heat.
“You’re putting kids in a greenhouse for six hours a day,” said Pete Lynch, the principal at Sheldon School in Chippenham, southwestern England. His state-funded school closed early on Tuesday and will stay closed on Wednesday and Thursday.
A school in Nantes, France, coated its windows with chalk powder in an attempt to keep students cool.Credit…Sebastien Salom-Gomis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
A fan at a bilingual school in London, on Wednesday.Credit…Kevin Coombs/Reuters
But, Mr. Lynch said, he had no alternative. The windows open no more than a crack. The school has only a few air-conditioning units, some of which cool servers, and there are just 50 fans for 60 classrooms, 20 of which he bought last week.
“The buildings aren’t designed for heat,” he said. “They aren’t designed for anything, really. When it’s cold, it’s freezing.”
Although the problem has worsened in Europe in recent years, schools have struggled to adapt.
Paris is buying 1,200 air-conditioning units to give out to 620 preschools and elementary schools, according to Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire. By Monday, the city had deployed just 150. In schools that have stayed open, teachers were loosening uniform rules to allow for cooler clothes and canceling gym classes.
Violaine Guéguen, who teaches in a Paris preschool, said the heat was almost unbearable. Parents were carting their own fans back and forth. The principal covered windows with blankets to keep rooms darker, and the faculty filled toy boxes with water and let students play with it in a shaded part of the courtyard outside.
“We can’t go on like this, constantly having to find D.I.Y. solutions ourselves,” Ms. Guéguen said. “We are bound to face more heat waves.”
The Belgian authorities issued a heat warning for most of the country from Wednesday until Friday, with temperatures set to exceed 35 degrees Celsius, or 95 Fahrenheit.
Several schools decided to suspend afternoon classes until the end of the week, while others are staying open but are replacing lessons with cooling activities such as outdoor water games, said David Janssens, a spokesman for the public education network of the Flemish Community. To escape overheated classrooms, one primary school, in the municipality of Hoegaarden, moved some classes to the air-conditioned conference rooms of local businesses, Joris Verbaeten, the mayor of Hoegaarden, said in a social media post on Monday.
The dilemma of whether to close schools has divided parents, teachers and education officials, resurrecting the polarized debates of schooling during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Obviously, it’s unsafe for them to be here,” said Emma Hergest on Tuesday, as she sprayed sunscreen onto the necks of her children — ages 9, 8 and 5 — before they went to school in London’s 92-degree heat.
Sheltering from the sun at a school in Grabels, near Montpellier, France on Tuesday.Credit…Gabriel Bouys/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Applying sunscreen at a “sun safety stall” at the elementary school in Grays, on Wednesday. Credit…Jack Taylor/Reuters
On Monday, the British Department for Education said it did not recommend school closures for the heat. “School attendance is the best way for pupils to learn and reach their potential,” the department said in a statement. “And hot weather can usually be managed safely.”
Many school leaders have to make their own calls.
In France, nearly 10,000 of the country’s 60,000 schools closed or changed their schedules this week because of the heat wave, Édouard Geffray, the education minister, told lawmakers.
Britain has no similar tally, the education department said in an email, but local news reports, school announcements and interviews with parents suggested that many schools were at least partly closing.
Closures have left many parents struggling to find child care even though homes or other settings may not present a better option for staying cool. “Who has air-conditioning in London?” said Dr. Silvia Pierini, a pediatrician in the city.
Adult supervision is an argument for keeping classes open, she said. “At least in school, there is control.”
Some parents have shrugged off the alarming headlines and heat warnings, saying they grew up in hotter places.
“It does make you laugh — kids go to school around the world,” said Claire Demetriou, 39, who has family in Greece.
Sofia Georgieva, 36, said she might need to find child care for her 7-year-old daughter. “When it’s too hot, there’s just no point to be there,” Ms. Georgieva said. “There’s no learning.”
But as a hairdresser, she added, she won’t get paid unless she goes to work. If school closed, she said, it left her with “a really tough decision.”
She would not be able to regularly take off work, she said, and she does not see officials or school leaders making real plans to prepare for extreme temperatures.
That feels like a structural problem, she said: “This country is not designed for the heat.”
Koba Ryckewaert contributed reporting from Brussels.
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An earlier version of this article misstated the type of cooling products that Paris was buying for schools. They were air-conditioning units, not fans.
Iraqi striker Ali al-Hamadi’s tough character was forged on the streets of edgy Liverpool neighbourhoodToxteth. Photo: AFP
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From being shepherded out of Iraq as a baby to growing up on the mean streets of Toxteth in Liverpool, Iraqi striker Ali al-Hamadi’s journey to the World Cup has been challenging.
The 24-year-old will draw on all the qualities he has accrued from his tough upbringing when he tries to extend his country’s stay at the World Cup when they play Senegal in their final Group I game on Friday.
The first Iraqi player to appear in the Premier League — for Ipswich in August 2024 — he came close to scoring against France in the 3-0 defeat earlier in the tournament.
The agony on his face in that game, shrugging off pain in his leg, was nothing to what has come before.
“I’ve been through loads of adversity,” he told the Guardian in 2023.
His father Ibrahim’s courage in opposing then dictator Saddam Hussein led to him being imprisoned and tortured. Al-Hamadi, aged just one, was taken by his mother Asseel to the safety of Jordan during the second Gulf War in 2003.
“(My father) was an activist and part of a peaceful protest against the dictatorship within the nation,” al-Hamadi told the website of his then club Swansea in 2019.
“One day, he and other members of the group were raided and taken to prison.
“From there, they wrote to the Iraqi embassy in the UK explaining the situation and were subsequently released and ended up coming here.”
Once his father had settled in England, and despite being unable to pursue his chosen profession of law, the rest of the family joined him.
Although they were free from the violence that gripped Iraq following the fall of Saddam in 2003, life was hardly easy in Toxteth.
The neighbourhood of Liverpool is renowned as the birthplace of John Conteh, the world light heavyweight boxing champion in the 1970s, but also riots in 1981.
“Some days we did not really have anything to eat, but my dad would bring as much as he could for us,” he recalled.
“It was always tough but I have happy memories because, regardless, my parents always tried to provide as much as they could for me.”
‘Bit more hunger’
He did not have it easy outside his happy home life.
“I was racially abused in school and got into a lot of fights,” he told TheAsianGame.net in 2023.
“In football too, during some academy games, I got called certain hurtful names.
“You just smile, be polite and stand up for yourself. I have accepted that I can’t change other people’s perceptions.
“Instead, I’ve always focused on how I can help myself and control my path.”
He showed his strength of character when he chose football over going down potentially a more lucrative route — a life of crime.
“Around Toxteth, a lot of people get caught up in drugs and violence,” he told the Swansea website.
“There were times when I nearly dropped into it because of hanging around the wrong people, but I came through it.”
He resolved to focus on football.
“I used to go out on the streets all the time and put two jumpers down as goalposts. It was always an escape from what was happening in the local area,” he said.
His wise choice has paid off internationally. He scored a memorable goal in Iraq’s 2-1 World Cup play-off win over Bolivia.
A goal against Senegal would strengthen his case for Ipswich to give him another go in the Premier League next season — he is presently on loan at third-tier Luton.
Whatever happens he will take it in his stride.
“I feel like it’s a special part of me that gives me an edge, a bit more hunger and a lot more perspective on things because of the sacrifices my family had to make,” he said.
Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency.
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Welcome to out first college baseball transfer portal rankings!
These rankings include all players who are currently in the portal or players who already committed to another school — I’m not including the future first rounders who never entered or any 2026-draft eligible players who didn’t commit to a school; George Washington C Robbie Lavey and Stony Brook LHP Micah Worley would be ranked if they had committed to a new school. I assume those players likely will sign pro contracts, and some of the 2026-eligible players who committed to schools might, too, but it’s hard to guess which ones.
Lastly, these players are ranked based on pro potential, not projected college contributions or the stats they’ve already put up. When you’re in the ACC or SEC, those things are all pretty similar, with age and physical projectability the big variables along with where you stand on the tools to skills spectrum. You can look at my previous draft rankings to know that 40+ FV tier is generally late-first round to early-second round, while 40 FV tier takes you through the fourth round or so and the 35+ FV tier down to about $200,000 bonuses, spread throughout the draft.
There’s some standout college performers who have fastballs sitting in the high-80s or bottom-of-the-barrel raw power with good feel for the game who aren’t on here, but will be good college players next year. Some players will improve over the next 12 months and jump above players on this list, but this is how I would grade these players if they were tossed into this year’s draft class.
The college baseball transfer portal is open from June 1-30.
Top portal classes
Texas only has three commits, but those players rank first, fourth and 18th overall, so it is bringing in immediate impact talents. LSU similarly is shooting for the stars, landing my fifth-, eighth-, 10th-, 27th- and 60th-ranked players, with only one commit not making this list. Mississippi State has also landed five players on this list, while Texas A&M has landed, with the Aggies adding some solid depth just off of this list. Arizona State has landed three players, two or whom are on this list, while North Carolina and Georgia Tech are also reloading effectively. South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, TCU and Oklahoma round out the baker’s dozen of schools in total pro prospect value added in the portal.
40+ FV Tier
1. Ian Armstrong, C, 2027 draft-eligible Transferring from: St. Mary’s Transferring to: Texas
Armstrong hit 16 home runs in 2026 and he has the above average raw power to do it again next season in the SEC. He’s an above average framer who should be able to stick behind the plate long-term, and he has roughly average contact/on-base skills. With some expected progress next season, he should land in the top two rounds of the MLB draft.
Savoie was a standout freshman at Loyola Marymount who moved to Clemson in the portal at this time last year due in large part to a 20-home run season and plus raw power. His exit velos were even a notch better in 2026, going deep 16 times for Clemson, but the Tigers failed to make the NCAA tournament. Savoie has some chase concerns at the plate and he split time mostly between catcher and left field so his defensive eval behind the plate is incomplete.
3. Jackson Hotchkiss, LF, 2027 Transferring from: Washington Transferring to: Arizona State
Hotchkiss was a late helium name in the 2024 draft out of high school whose price wasn’t met, then his sophomore year with the Huskies was his breakout: 20 home runs with 65-grade raw power. His 26% strikeout rate is a concern, as his uphill path gives Hotchkiss real in-zone miss issues, but his pitch selection is good and his in-game power ability is the selling point. He’s a solid runner and defender in left field, so I don’t think he’ll move out of the top two rounds if he keeps producing like this, even with the strikeout rate and left field profile.
40 FV Tier
4. Linkin Garcia, SS, 2027 Transferring from: Texas Tech | Transferring to: Texas
5. Bino Watters, LF, 2027 Transferring from: Notre Dame | Transferring to: LSU
6. Jake Souders, RF, 2027 Transferring from: Samford | Transferring to: Mississippi State
7. Jamie Laskofski, SS, 2027 Transferring from: William & Mary | Transferring to: North Carolina
16. Trey Morris, LHP, 2028 Transferring from: Oregon State | Transferring to: Florida
17. Jay Abernathy, CF, 2027 Transferring from: Tennessee | Transferring to: Oklahoma
18. Sawyer Solitaria, RF, 2027 Transferring from: Kent State | Transferring to: Texas
19. Cayden Suchy, LHP, 2027 Transferring from: UConn | Transferring to: Florida State
Garcia had some interest out of high school (I ranked him 216th in the 2025 draft) and he performed well as a freshman, with his plus raw power and real contact skills could lead to a breakout next year, when he’s sophomore eligible. Souders has some of the best raw power in college baseball but has a little work to do tapping into it in games more often. Watters also has plus raw power with a more well-rounded skillset. I had never heard of Laskofski until I looked into portal names and he could find himself in the top two rounds like the Tar Heels’ last portal shortstop: Jake Schaffner in the upcoming 2026 draft. Hood was a sleeper freshman I stumbled upon later in the season, up to 97 mph and flashing a plus changeup; it’s not surprising LSU made him a priority.
60. Josiah Overbeek, LF, 2027 Transferring from: Army | Transferring to: Mississippi State
Lauaki entered the portal recently and has an extreme skillset: He may have 80-grade raw power with the feel to tap into it in games, but may also be a DH with almost off-the-charts in-zone miss. Voorhies was one of my projectable pitcher sleepers — he’s 6-foot-4 and another tick of velo while starting could put him in the early rounds — and UNC landed him before a potential breakout. My almost namesake McDaniel is a solid runner and defender with plus contact skills who just needs to get stronger to become an early-round option. Peeples was a prospect I liked out of high school (172nd in last year’s draft rankings) who didn’t play much as a freshman, and he could break out with more regular playing time. Espinoza is another sleeper on the mound with huge extension, good shapes and solid feel, with breakout potential if the velo keeps improving.
Bosnia Herzegovina are in a strong position to reach the World Cup knockout stages for the first time after beating Qatar 3-1. Photo: AFP
SEATTLE:
Bosnia-Herzegovina are on the verge of reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time after beating 2022 hosts Qatar 3-1 in their final Group B match on Wednesday.
Bosnia move onto four points and are in a strong position to be one of the best eight third-placed teams to progress to the last 32.
Qatar meanwhile exit at the group stage, just as they did four years ago.
Goals from Bosnia’s youngest ever World Cup player, 18-year-old Kerim Alajbegovic, and an own goal by Qatar goalkeeper Mahmoud Abunada looked to have put the European side in the box seat.
However, Qatar made a game of it when 35-year-old Hassan al-Haydos, their most capped player, pulled one back late in the first-half.
Ermin Mahmic then put the game beyond the Qataris when he scored for the second successive match in the 80th minute.
Bosnia flew out of the blocks as soon as the whistle went, testing Abunada twice inside the first four minutes.
First Abunada denied Ermedin Demirovic’s fierce drive and then he tipped away Ivan Sunjic’s shot.
Bosnia’s dominance finally paid off but it was not to be 40-year-old talisman Edin Dzeko who broke the deadlock but the sublimely-talented teenage left wing.
Abunada was unable to do anything about Alajbegovic’sscreamer from outside the area, after he had beaten two players.
The youngster was mobbed by his team-mates and once they had trotted back to the halfway line he stood and milked the moment, putting a finger to his lips.
Dzeko, winning his 150th cap, came more and more into the game and not wishing to have his thunder stolen by the new kid on the block he played an integral role in their second five minutes later.
His shot took a wicked deflection off al-Brake and then Abunada on its way into the net.
Dzeko was well into his stride now and he broke clear a few minutes later, his shot beating Abunada but rebounding off the post.
Bosnia’s earlier sprightliness dipped in the heat and it was the doyen of Qatari football al-Haydos who repaid coach JulenLopetegui’s faith in slotting home in the 42nd minute.
The Bosnian defence failed to learn from that and in time added on they had the far post to thank for keeping their noses in front as Pedro Miguel’s shot came back off it.
Al-Haydos’s World Cup, and perhaps his distinguished international career, ended in tears as he trudged disconsolately off the pitch injured in the 55th minute.
Chances were few and far between until Esmir stole in from the right wing and came close to emulating Alajbegovic’s effort but Abunada turned it away for a corner.
Bosnian frustration gave way to ecstasy when Mahmic prodded the ball home — the scorer ripping his shirt off in celebration and the 21-year-old paid little notice to being booked for it.
As Brad Pitt looks ahead to what could be the nest major chapter of his life, one person has quietly become the center of it all: Ines De Ramon.
For years, the Oscar winner has been locked in a painful standoff with ex-wife Angelina Jolie and several of their children. But as twins Knox and Vivienne prepare to turn 18, effectively closing the final chapter of the former couple’s custody arrangements, attention is shifting toward the woman standing beside him through it all.
According to Heat magazine, Ines has become far more than Brad’s girlfriend. She has reportedly been his emotional anchor during one of the most difficult periods of his life, helping him navigate the ongoing estrangement from his children while encouraging him not to lose hope.
“Brad’s been leaning on Ines a lot during all of this, and she’s done a magnificent job of helping him to hang tough, keep the faith and focus in the meantime on the many positives that he still has in his life,” a source claimed.
Now, sources say Ines is considering a role few have dared to take on: peacemaker.
There is growing speculation that she would like to help rebuild communication between Brad and his children, particularly daughter Shiloh, who is widely believed to hold special place in his heart.
Insiders suggest Ines sees Shiloh as a potential starting point for healing fractured family ties.
The timing is significant. While reports continue to swirl that Brad is considering marriage and even starting a family with Ines, those close to the actor say one issue remains unresolved.
“When it comes to his children, it’s the one area of his life where he’s completely vulnerable,” an insider said.
For now, Ines remains reportedly careful not to overstep. But as Brad contemplates a future that could include wedding plans and a new family chapter, sources suggest she is determined to help him find peace with the family he already has.
Around three billion years ago, long before animals, forests, or even complex life existed, a large asteroid struck a young Earth. The collision happened at a time when the planet looked very different from today, with early continents still taking shape and geological processes operating in conditions that remain difficult to reconstruct. Much of the evidence from that distant era has been erased by time, buried beneath younger rocks or altered by billions of years of heat and pressure. Yet the immense force of the impact left subtle geological clues that survived despite Earth’s constantly shifting and recycling crust.That is why a rocky outcrop in Western Australia has continued to attract attention from geologists for decades. Known as the North Pole Dome, the site has long been suspected of preserving traces of an ancient cosmic impact. The challenge was never finding signs of disturbance. The real difficulty lay in determining exactly when the event took place. A new study has now provided what scientists believe is the clearest answer yet, placing the impact at roughly three billion years ago and establishing the structure as the oldest known impact crater on Earth.
An ancient crater hidden within some of Earth’s oldest rocks
The North Pole Dome sits within Western Australia’s Pilbara region, an area famous among geologists for preserving some of the oldest rocks on the planet. The study published in GeoScience World, titled, ‘How old is the North Pole Dome impact, Western Australia?’, states that these ancient formations offer rare windows into Earth’s early history, making the region an important destination for researchers trying to understand conditions during the Archean eon.For years, scientists have debated the origin and age of the North Pole Dome structure. Certain features suggested that a meteorite strike had once occurred there, but proving such an event becomes increasingly difficult as geological time stretches into billions of years. Ancient rocks rarely remain unchanged. They are folded, fractured, heated and chemically altered by countless processes that can blur evidence of what happened long ago.The result was a site that appeared promising but remained uncertain. Establishing a precise date became one of the most significant unresolved questions.
The mineral clues hidden inside the damaged rocks
The breakthrough came from minerals hidden within the rocks themselves.As reported by the study, researchers focused on zircon, a remarkably durable mineral often described as one of geology’s most reliable record keepers. Zircon crystals can survive extreme conditions and preserve information about events that occurred billions of years earlier.Within samples collected from the North Pole Dome, scientists identified unusual zircon crystals whose shapes differed from those normally formed during standard geological processes. Some displayed branching and skeletal patterns that pointed towards a history of intense disruption.The team argues that these crystals were affected by the extreme temperatures generated during an asteroid impact. Existing zircon appears to have been partially altered and, in some places, regrown as the surrounding rocks responded to the enormous energy released by the collision.
Two mineral records pointed to the same impact event
Dating ancient events often requires more than one piece of supporting evidence. Geological records can be complicated, and a single mineral system may sometimes reflect later changes rather than the original event.To test their findings, the researchers turned to another mineral known as apatite. Unlike zircon, apatite formed when hot fluids moved through rocks that had already been damaged by the impact. When analysed independently, the apatite produced essentially the same age as the zircon record.The agreement between two different mineral systems strengthened confidence that both were recording the same episode in the region’s history. Rather than reflecting separate geological processes occurring millions of years apart, the minerals appeared to point towards one major event.
The oldest known impact crater on Earth
Meteorite impacts have played a significant role throughout Earth’s past, but tracing that history becomes harder the further back researchers look. Many younger craters remain visible at the surface, their outlines still recognisable despite erosion. Ancient structures rarely enjoy that luxury. Over immense timescales, tectonic activity, chemical alteration and repeated cycles of burial and uplift can erase much of the original evidence.Because of this, confirmed impact craters from Earth’s earliest chapters are exceptionally rare. The newly dated North Pole Dome structure now occupies a unique position. Scientists regard it as the oldest known impact crater currently identified on the planet and the only recognised example from the Archean eon. That places the event during a period when Earth’s first stable continental fragments were emerging and the planet itself was still evolving in ways very different from the modern world.
While parents want their children to succeed in life. Be it academics, sports, or everyday values. As for children, they thrive with parental support and guidance. However, when this support turns into control, constant pressure surrounds the child. This is exactly what pushy parenting is. What is pushy parenting When parents feel they must make all the decisions for their children and control or monitor all their activities, they may be becoming overly pushy as parents, and hence the term “pushy parenting.” While no conscious parent wants to be pushy and the behavior usually stems from love and care, being a pushy parent can affect a child’s emotional well-being.
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IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – COWARDLY COMPAÑERA! Socialist candidate bolts radio show before shock upset – Smithsonian urged to withdraw from retreat with workshop run by anti-Semitic educator – DOJ investigating NYC coffee shop over hostile social post about pro-Israel politician
Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally at King’s Theater in New York City on June 18, 2026. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned alongside her and other candidates ahead of the Democratic primary and early voting.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
TOP STORY: Newly minted socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier threw a live-air tantrum and stormed out of a radio interview after being grilled over scandalous, anti-Dominican social media posts. Just hours after the radio walkout, the DSA-backed radical shockingly ousted five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat. She will now likely cruise to Congress in November.
VIDEO:Ambassador George Deek says Israel’s Christian population has grown from 34,000 to more than 180,000 since 1948 as he works to strengthen ties with Christian leaders worldwide. WATCH HERE:
RETREAT FROM RETREAT: The watchdog group North American Values Institute is urging the Smithsonian’s NMAAHC to withdraw from an upcoming academic retreat. The organization raises serious concerns over workshop co-facilitator Ismael Jimenez, citing his controversial curriculum, ties to activist groups, and anti-Israel rhetoric, including calling Israel a “terrorist state.” NAVI warns the Smithsonian risks legitimizing antisemitism by participating.
BITTER BREW: The DOJ launched a civil rights investigation into Brooklyn’s Poetica Coffee after the shop blasted Rep. Dan Goldman online for supporting Israel. The cafe refunded his purchase, boasting they would have turned him away as a “genocide enabler”. Officials warn that denying service based on religion or national origin violates federal anti-discrimination law.
A Brooklyn, N.Y., coffee shop refunded a purchase made by Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., over the weekend over his support for Israel, saying the company doesn’t serve “genocide enablers.”(Getty Images; Google Maps)
TERROR THWARTED: A Florida man has been indicted for plotting a bloody mass shooting targeting Jewish employees at the AIPAC pro-Israel nonprofit. Armed with an AR-15 and a silencer, Forrest Pemberton allegedly stalked the empty office to “break the loop” before being tracked by cellphone data. He now faces life behind bars for the attempted hate crime.
BLOOD LIBEL!: Israel is firing back with fury after a bombshell UN report accused the Jewish state of the “deliberate targeting” of Palestinian children. Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon blasted the explosive genocide claims as a political smear campaign, while critics slam the UN’s “sham inquiry” for completely erasing Hamas atrocities and ignoring traumatized Israeli children.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Loay Alshareef,can Arab Muslim peace advocate and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, writes that the BDS movement against Israel is a hypocritical, performative campaign. True consistency would require activists to abandon vital modern innovations like life-saving medicine, tech processors, and agricultural tools. Rejecting these global advancements ultimately harms the Arab world and stifles peaceful cooperation.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “It is a political blood libel disguised as a UN document. This commission reaches its conclusions before examining the facts and repeatedly publishes reports that serve one purpose only: to vilify Israel.” – Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, reacting to report accusing Jewish state of targeting Palestinian children.
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