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J.D. Vance opened last year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) with an attack on the US’ European allies, stunning the world’s biggest defence summit. In the year since, Donald Trump has published the new US national security strategy, which outlined the …

The first in a line of a new generation of EVs – BMW is calling them the New Class, or Neue Klasse – the iX3 expunges “many or all of the annoyances of new-age EVs”, said Top Gear Magazine. The …

We think of samurai as fearsome warriors – and they were, said Neil Fisher in The Sunday Times. Yet if you visit Nomura Residence, an “elegant” house in the Japanese city of Kanazawa where generations of samurai lived, you’ll find …

The International Olympic Committee has boasted that Milano-Cortina 2026 is “the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history”. But there’s actually one sport women don’t even get to try. For all the claims about “the highest level of female participation …

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Have televised confessions quelled protests in Iran? Why has Elon Musk turned from Mars to the Moon? And will the BBC prove to be a puzzles champ? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really …

People prepare a child to be presented as the Andean god of abundance during the Alasitas fair in La Paz, Bolivia (Image credit: Esteban Biba / EPA / Shutterstock) A wandering squirrel stops the match between Hull City and Bristol …

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Most Americans may not expect a robot to perform their surgery, but AI-powered surgical tools are becoming more ubiquitous in operating rooms. While these tools are only used to assist human surgeons during operations and don’t perform surgery themselves, recent …

Trying to become pregnant, whether you are struggling with fertility or not, can be an incredibly stressful process. When it comes to conception and nine months of pregnancy, there is plenty of advice for how to be at your healthy …

Doomscrollers are familiar with the addictive properties of social media. Should Big Tech companies be legally liable for the way their products affect users’ mental health? A trial underway in California could set an important precedent. A now-20-year-old plaintiff known …

What happened Attorney General Pam Bondi Wednesday sparred with Democrats and praised President Donald Trump in a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing that focused largely on the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Bondi pointedly refused to apologize …

What happened The House Wednesday voted 219-211 to rescind President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, with six Republicans joining all but one Democrat to pass the resolution. The Senate passed similar measures last year, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) …

‘Tomb raiders pose a challenge in preserving Mexico’s history’ Jude Webber at the Financial Times Two “major pre-Hispanic discoveries came to light in Mexico last month that have both stunned and stung local archaeologists,” says Jude Webber. The “problem with …

The city of Nuuk is hardly what most people would consider a geopolitical hot spot. Or a hot spot of any kind, with average summer temperatures hovering in the low 40s F. Nevertheless, the city of just 20,000 residents has …

Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and other GLP-1s have been touted as miracle drugs with a myriad of health benefits. However, they come at a high environmental cost. The manufacturing of the drugs can produce toxic byproducts that end up in waterways …

What happened The Federal Aviation Administration’s abrupt hourslong closure of El Paso’s airspace Wednesday stemmed from a standoff between the Transportation Department, Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security over testing an anti-drone laser weapon, according to news organizations. The …

Tom Stoppard’s “teemingly intelligent” and “breezily witty” 1993 play “Arcadia” is often seen as his finest, said Nick Curtis in The London Standard. Unfolding in two separate timelines – 1809 and the 1990s – in the same room in a …

February may be the shortest month, and one of the greyest, but it’s the time of year that snowdrop enthusiasts (or “galanthophiles”) across the UK look forward to the most. This is when “enchanting white carpets” begin to crop up, …

The UK has sunk to its lowest ever score in the global corruption index, which ranks 182 countries by perceived levels of corruption in the public sector. Having dropped more than 10 places over the past decade, this is more …

The quest for immortality may seem the preserve of Greek myth or science fiction – or the Silicon Valley super-rich – but it seems to be affecting ordinary people, too. Longevity Fixation Syndrome is being flagged by some health professionals …

Sam Raimi “is the furthest thing from a one-note director”, said Brian Viner in the Daily Mail: his “many credits” range from the Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man” trilogy to the “Evil Dead” franchise. “Send Help” is a further testament to his …

A “coming-of-age film” with “inspired” casting, this Nigerian drama is set during that country’s turbulent 1993 presidential election, said Jonathan Romney in the Financial Times. Mainly told over the course of one day, it opens with two boys aged eight …

Superhero movies aren’t for everyone, but a core of dedicated fans that seems to replenish itself when each new generation reaches adolescence keeps the genre at the top of Hollywood’s box office hierarchy. It certainly wasn’t always that way, but …

A group of engineers and scientists are planning to build a 50-mile underwater barrier around the melting “Doomsday glacier” in a bid to stop it collapsing into the ocean, triggering a disastrous rise in sea levels. They can’t stop the …

It’s been just over a month since President Donald Trump accused Cuba of undertaking “extraordinary actions that harm and threaten the United States” in an executive order that imposed strict penalties on anyone selling oil to the isolated communist nation. …

‘The Dow just broke 50,000. Here’s what that means.’ Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times The Dow Jones “crossed 50,000 points for the first time, but that doesn’t mean the economy is healthy,” says Michael Hiltzik. The Dow “doesn’t …

Forget antifa. “Wine moms” are fronting the anti-ICE backlash to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. Trumpist conservatives are taking notice. Women are “leading the opposition” during Trump’s second term, said The 19th. A new PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll found that …

What happened A federal judge in Michigan Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to compel the state to turn over its unredacted voter rolls. U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou said the three laws cited by the Justice Department in its …

‘Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind’ by Jason Zengerle If you wonder how the GOP transformed from free-market champs to MAGA in less than 30 years, “you could do worse than …

President Trump loves to boast about American might, but the American dollar is rapidly weakening on his watch, said The Economist. Last week, the greenback “slid to its softest in almost four years against a basket of other currencies,” and …

“You would be forgiven for thinking the rain this year has been relentless – because in some parts of the UK, it actually has been,” said BBC weather presenter Ben Rich. There have been more than 280 flood warnings and …

This week’s question: To safeguard the top-secret recipe for its signature lubricant, the company behind WD-40 keeps only one handwritten copy of the full-formula, which is stored in a lockbox in a San Diego bank vault. If Hollywood were to …

What happened Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., Tuesday tried and failed to secure indictments against six Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video reminding military service members they can refuse to obey “illegal orders,” according to several news organizations. A …

What happened The Trump administration is sending about 200 troops to Nigeria to help train its military to fight Islamist militants, U.S. and Nigerian officials said Tuesday. The deployment comes weeks after President Donald Trump accused Nigeria’s government of failing …

The UK is expanding its visa scheme for Hong Kongers. Now, any adult children of British National (Overseas) status holders who were under 18 at the time of the Hong Kong’s handover to China are eligible to apply, along with …

Free-living amoebas, which are single-celled organisms that do not require a host to live, pose a dangerous threat to humans. They are prevalent in both natural water sources and drinking water systems. They are also notoriously difficult to kill and …

A classic cookbook is often formed in the forges of time. Years of kitchen use and page-flipping transform a book into a genre fixture. Every now and again, a brand-new book waves its knowing hand. People look in its direction, …

After more than 100 days on the road, a party of Buddhist monks have arrived in Washington, completing their 2,300-mile “walk for peace” across the United States. The group, which set off from a temple near Fort Worth, Texas in …

What happened A federal judge in Los Angeles Monday struck down a California law that prohibited federal law enforcement agents from wearing masks but upheld a companion law that requires federal agents to display clear identification with their agency and …