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“Break out the bodices and bonnets,” said The Times. Jane Austen fans will be “flocking” to the UK this year to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the world-renowned English author’s birth. Here are some of the best events coming up …

Brick-and-mortar stores have had a tough time in recent years — and that trend is likely to continue. Experts say major retailers are expected to continue closing stores at a rapid pace, part of the longstanding and continuing decline of …

The president of Argentina is facing legal action and calls for his impeachment after he promoted cryptocurrency on social media. Javier Milei’s controversial post “caused a political firestorm”, said The New York Times, with opponents describing him as a “crypto …

The Department of Government Efficiency is in a state of flux thanks to a recent court filing by the Trump administration stating that billionaire Elon Musk, the man personally named by President Donald Trump as being in charge of DOGE, …

Donald Trump is not only upending American governance; he also intends to wield cultural influence. So he is taking on an unusual presidential side gig, as chairman of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Trump undertook a …

Throughout the Cold War, and then again after the invasion of Ukraine, the United States stood as a bulwark against Moscow’s ambitions. That is changing under President Donald Trump. America is “giving the impression it is switching sides” in Europe, …

What happened The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it was trying to reverse last weekend’s mass firing of employees working on the H5N1 bird flu epidemic. The layoffs were part of the weekend purge led by Elon Musk’s secretive …

What happened Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who spent half a century in prison after being convicted of killing two FBI agents, was released from a federal penitentiary in Florida on Tuesday. Former President Joe Biden had commuted his …

President Donald Trump is taking his enthusiasm for tariffs to a new level. His latest move? Announcing a policy of “reciprocal tariffs” that would tax imports from other countries at the same rate they tax imports from America. Trump believes …

‘Where is the line between the right to speech and the right to reach?’ Fay M. Johnson at The New York Times “I’ve spent years working at some of the world’s largest social media platforms,” says Fay M. Johnson, a …

What happened U.S. and Russian officials met for four hours in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, agreeing to normalize relations and open high-level negotiations on ending Moscow’s war in Ukraine. When Ukraine objected to being left out of peace negotiations, President …

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It’s a question worthy of its famous doof-doofs of its theme tune: after 40 years of “disastrous weddings, pub brawls, love-rat scandals, serial killer neighbours and the absolute impossibility of ever having a quiet Christmas” – according to Sky News …

Six years after his “global smash” film “Parasite” made history at the Oscars, Bong Joon-ho is back with a “boisterous” sci-fi comedy, said Kevin Maher in The Times. The South Korean director has squeezed a lot into “Mickey 17”, from …

Donald Trump has dismissed Ukraine’s complaints about not having a voice in peace negotiations with Russia, saying Kyiv could have “settled” the war “very easily” in the past three years. The comments come after US officials met with their Russian …

“A decade after the country was written off as a basket case,” said The Times, Spain is enjoying “a new age of prosperity”. It’s been named by The Economist as the world’s best-performing rich economy. Spain’s GDP expanded by 3.5% …

Working for yourself can have a lot of benefits, but taxes are generally not one of them. When self-employed, you are typically left picking up the tab on some of the costs your employer otherwise would have covered, including Social …

Switch your approach during your next vacation and focus on the journey, not the destination. Taking your time while traveling from Point A to Point B feels like a reset, a reminder that travel is about enjoying new experiences and …

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Agoura Hills, California (Image credit: Simon Berlyn, Berlyn Photography) In the primary bathroom of this 2023 glass-and-steel home, a freestanding soaking tub and glass shower room overlook rugged green hills. The five-bedroom, open-plan house has a double-height living room with …

Ukraine is targeting 18 to 24-year-olds with a military recruitment campaign to address a manpower crisis on the front lines. The scheme dangles lucrative benefits for would-be recruits but this has already “angered” some long-serving troops, said Politico. ‘Social benefits’ …

Kindness is so over. Since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, it has become apparent that America is not simply moving past the excesses of progressivism — the compulsory stating of pronouns, the hawking of anti-racism books for babies, the …

President Donald Trump has said since the beginning of his political career that his vast wealth insulates him from ordinary political pressures and makes him less likely to engage in corruption. And while he may not be in the same …

It’s a word not often heard in America since the 1970s: stagflation. The term describes a triple-whammy of terrible economic conditions — high unemployment, low growth and supercharged inflation. Now some economists are warning that a new era of stagflation …

‘Is Google eating Reddit?’ John Herrman at Intelligencer Reddit’s “massive growth in recent years has a clear primary cause: Google,” says John Herrman. The “problem is that the web is dying, or at least filling with garbage and slop, in …

Dating is not always easy — and when debt enters the equation, it can throw in a curveball. Whether you are trying to determine how best to tell someone new that you have debt, or the reveal is coming from …

What happened Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service databases with highly personal information about most Americans, including tax returns, bank records and Social Security numbers, The Washington Post and …

What happened A Delta Air Lines regional jet from Minneapolis flipped upside-down while landing at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Monday afternoon, its tail and one wing shorn off. At least 18 of the 80 people aboard were injured, three of …

Elon Musk has set up a website for his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to track cuts to the federal budget — but it appeared to have a lot of trouble getting off the ground. The website went live on …

What happened Pope Francis, hospitalized Friday with bronchitis, has a “polymicrobial respiratory tract infection,” the Vatican said Monday, and his “complex clinical picture” will “require an appropriate hospital stay” in Rome’s A. Gemelli Polyclinic. Who said what The diagnosis essentially …

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Keir Starmer has attempted to curry favour with President Trump ahead of a trip to Washington next week by promising to “spend more on defence”. But where he will find the money to do that is far from certain. The …