The real competition in Milan right now, Olympics versus opera. This is Lascala, the world's most iconic opera house. It's just a short walk from the Duomo at the center of Milan, which has been overtaken by the Winter Olympics.They're doing ghetto damarong. That's right. The only opera during the Olympics is Vagner's Ghetto Damarong or the Twilight of the Goats.As the city stages the Olympics, Lascala is staging the apocalypse. The opera is 5 and a half hours long. It features betrayal, treachery, corrupti ...

Meet Vlad Tennvivv, the Robin Hood CEO who's become a cult hero for traders chasing risky bets. I've been following his company for a year and I've interviewed him multiple times. He's on a mission to capture the youngest generation of investors by making the markets feel fun and exciting, almost like a sport.For example, Robin Hood's earnings calls. They're modeled after NBA postgame interviews. And at a crypto event, he even starred in a spoof video of an old movie to Catch a Thief where he raced through ...

After details of payments from Beijing’s sports bureau to freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu were accidentally revealed last year, her name was quickly scrubbed from the budget.⁠ #Olympics #China #WSJ ...

I can't feel my legs or my feet. This is what they had to open up this morning. If you have clothes, take it off, run, and make sure you get dried.As soon as you're up, you're fine. like >> they're completely cold shot. They can barely speak.The the window of opportunity to actually be able to survive this is short. But if if you have the right tools, it's not a problem. >> Have you done it. >> I've done it many times.Yeah. >> Did you do it for fun. >> No, it's not fun.Miss the pool. Stay nice and low. Stay ...

Słyszałem huk samolotu. Za chwilę uderzenie. Tylko popatrzałem przez okno, jak jak sypią się gruz i blachy.No i już już wiedziałem, że już jest po moim mieszkaniu, po moim domie. To było główne uderzenie. No i tu żeśmy spali.After Russian drones were shot down over their village in Poland near to the border with Ukraine. European officials say that drone incursions are part of a wider Russian shadow wall designed to destabilize the continent. From railway damage to Arsen, Poland civilian infrastructure has ...

At the Milan Cortina Games, Norwegian Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has turned the world of cross-country skiing on its head, armed with the frenetic sprinting technique that he concocted with his grandfather. #WSJ #olympics #skiing ...

That $3 Trader Joe's bag you forgot about in the back of your closet. It's now an international status symbol. I'm not kidding.The bags were spotted on the street during Paris Fashion Week. The obsession is similar to Americans love bags from London's Dawn Books or Paris's Shakespeare and Company. The Trader Joe's bags have been seen out and about in London, Seoul, Tokyo, and Melbourne, Australia.Because there aren't any Trader Joe's stores outside the US, the bags are being listed on resale platforms for u ...

It's been a rough decade for the Olympics, but after years of being held in autocracies and the middle of nowhere and then a pandemic, the Milan Cortina Games have made it official. The Olympics are back. 2 years after the golden summer of Paris 2024, Milan 2026 has helped the games regain their mojo and their momentum.TV ratings are way up. So is live attendance. And social media has freaked out about everything from curlers to Norwegian by athletes.You know the one. This is my fifth time covering the Olym ...

One week into the Olympics and Team USA is short of its ultimate goal, which is to win more medals than any other country. Part of it comes down to underperformance from some of their biggest names. And now they've fallen behind Norway and Italy.Lindsey Vaughn crashed. Khloe Kim fell. Michaela Shiffren struggled.But the biggest shock came when Ilia Malanin, the overwhelming favorite for figure skating gold, slumped to eighth on Friday night. And suddenly, Team USA is looking up in the medal standings at the ...

Talked a pretty big game there. >> No pressure. You just made this.Uhoh. >> Too much. >> Uhoh.>> I might be getting out over my skis, but I feel like I'm ready to take you one at a competition. >> Sure. But I think I should give you a little bit of advantage.>> Yeah, I think that's probably fair. >> You have two rocks that are in the forefoot and then you also have one guarding them. >> Okay.So, how many more rocks are we throwing. >> We got four each. Let's do it.>> All right. >> Good luck. My goal here is ...