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The author of the Women’s Prize-winning “A Girl is a Half-formed Thing” chooses her six favourites. Her latest novel, “The City Changes Its Face” – a love story set in 1990s London – is published this week. The Transylvanian Trilogy …

Denali National Park and Preserve checks all of the Alaska boxes: unspoiled wilderness, roaming wildlife, massive glaciers and snow-covered peaks. Covering more than 6 million acres and home to the highest mountain in North America, Denali is the rugged last …

Valentine’s Day is here again, and while some people are spending it with their partner, others might be getting unknowingly scammed online. Federal agencies and tech companies are sounding the alarm on “romance scammers,” many of whom live overseas and …

Led Zeppelin were, for a time, “the world’s biggest band”, and at long last we have an “official documentary” about them, said James Mottram in NME. Directed by Bernard MacMahon, the film interweaves archive footage with interviews with Zep’s three …

Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China (Image credit: Issei Kato / AFP / Getty Images) A thrush holds a berry in its beak in Tallinn, Estonia (Image credit: Sergei Grits / …

Vladimir Putin has ordered a reboot of the Soviet-era alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest, with more than a dozen countries said to be signed up. The “despot” wants his “apparatchiks” to restore the “defunct” Intervideniye song contest as an …

Video games vary, but high-octane, fast-paced experiences are typical. A growing industry sector is the subgenre known as “cozy games.” Like the name implies, these games are meant to help players unwind in a low-stakes, easygoing environment. Recent research has …

President Donald Trump has once again turned his eye toward Ukraine — this time not to extract political dirt on an opponent but instead in the hopes of ending the war between Kyiv and Russia that has left Europe in …

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You might think that in the wake of Kevin Macdonald’s documentary “One Day in September” (1999) and Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” (2005), filmmakers might have nothing left of interest to say about the terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics that …

“Bill Gates is the John McEnroe of the tech world,” said Steven Poole in The Guardian. “Once a snotty brat whom everyone loved to hate”, he is now a “beloved elder statesman” – a dedicated philanthropist who was doing “effective …

A movie in which two cousins visit Majdanek, a Nazi concentration camp; a graphic novel in which the artist recounts firsthand tales of Holocaust survival; a film in which a father and daughter journey to Auschwitz: three works, all released …

What happened President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and they agreed to “start negotiations immediately” on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump said he planned to meet …

This week’s question: Japanese police have arrested a 71-year-old man who burgled 63 homes to fund his love of treating strangers to free meals in expensive sushi joints. If Hollywood were to make a crime caper about this fine-dining bandit, …

What happened The Senate Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard, the controversial former Democratic lawmaker who became an ardent Donald Trump supporter, as director of national intelligence in a 52-48 vote. Only one Republican, Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), joined the Democrats in …

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‘The game that shows we’re thinking about history all wrong’ Spencer Kornhaber at The Atlantic The game “Civilization VII” makes a “radical change by firmly segmenting the experience into — here’s that word — eras,” says Spencer Kornhaber. “Eras are …

What happened Semaglutide, the drug sold as Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss, reduced alcohol cravings and consumption in a small trial involving people with moderate alcohol use disorder, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal …

Elon Musk has started a war on Wikipedia after the outlet made reference to his arm salute at Trump’s inauguration, which many have compared to the Nazi salute. While Wikipedia did not directly accuse Musk of doing the Nazi salute, …

American Vice-President J.D. Vance cautioned Europe this week not to “strangle” the development of artificial intelligence with “overly precautionary” regulations. And, at the AI Action summit in Paris, both the US and the UK held back from signing a declaration …

“Spin-off series can easily disappoint,” said Carol Midgley in The Times, “but I just knew that ‘Amandaland’, offspring of the mighty ‘Motherland’ (BBC1) would be glorious… and it is.” How could it not be, given the original series’s funniest scenes …

In his election campaign Donald Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine in his first 24 hours as president. But three months into his second term he still “blindsided almost everyone” by announcing that he’d agreed with Vladimir Putin …

“There’s a familiar pattern in Westminster these days,” said Katy Balls in The Guardian. “An MP writes in haste a message to colleagues on WhatsApp. The contents leak to the press. Then there’s embarrassment, a public ticking off or – …

What happened Elon Musk Tuesday answered questions for the first time since his “Department of Government Efficiency” burrowed into more than a dozen federal agencies, telling reporters in the Oval Office that he viewed his team of government-cutting operatives as …

‘Silicon Valley’s “great replacement” theory’ Eduardo Porter at The Washington Post Silicon Valley’s “vision loses much of its charm when you consider the power these men can wield,” says Eduardo Porter. Tech billionaires’ “overriding concern for humanity in the far …

What happened Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Moscow in 2021 for carrying 17 grams of medically prescribed marijuana, arrived in the U.S. Tuesday on the private jet of President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. Trump’s national security …

What happened A giant schnauzer named Monty was named best in show last night at the 149th Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Monty, 5, was a three-time winner of Westminster’s working group, for large …

Drones have become ubiquitous on battlefields over the last few years, but they aren’t simply for surveillance and reconnaissance anymore. Technology has allowed drones to be enhanced with a variety of tools that allow them to carry out tasks, attack …

Less than six years ago and before she became President Donald Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, then a Hawaii Democrat, ran for the Democratic nomination for president. She had raised her national profile in …

The Trump administration’s work to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could hit American consumers in the wallet. It could also spare Elon Musk’s business interests from unwanted federal attention. Just a few days before Musk’s DOGE agents targeted …

Set in the heart of Aldeburgh, The Suffolk, run by George Pell of former Soho institution L’Escargot, is billed as a restaurant with rooms. It definitely feels more like staying at an old friend’s house than a hotel. Step through …

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Some of the UK’s leading companies are still using personality tests when they recruit staff, despite government advice that they make finding jobs harder for neurodivergent people. These tests are “locking autistic people out of jobs”, said the Big Issue, …

The world has fallen in love with romance again. Romantasy has become its own multi-million-pound industry, with sales up considerably in the past year, but romance and erotic fiction also saw sales value increases of 9.8% and 18.1% respectively last …

“It’s so interesting to be in this space, as I am learning so much about a whole different segment. This role gives me more reach than I have ever had, as so many people dress in Uniqlo.” So says Clare …

Unveiled annually, Van Cleef & Arpels’ high jewellery collections have in the past paid tribute to important works of literature. Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault, plays by William Shakespeare, and Jules Verne’s Voyages Extraordinaires series have …