Sat 24 October 2026: The deadly Tumbler Ridge shooting in Canada raises questions about when AI companies should report threats of violence to police, and the potential risks to an individual’s privacy. For months before carrying out Canada’s deadliest school shooting in almost four decades, Jesse Van Rootselaar was consulting an unlikely adviser on how […]

Sat 24 October 2026: New assessment classifies 96% of systems as critically endangered amid rising ocean temperatures Almost all of the world’s shallow-water coral reefs face an extremely high risk of collapse within the next 50 years, according to a new global assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In a report […]

Sat 24 October 2026: Within hours of the ink drying in Doha, the label arrived: another “Muslim NATO.” It is the wrong label for the wrong agreement. On Wednesday, Turkiye, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia signed “Badr,” a defence-industry memorandum covering joint production, research and development, and military training. The defence ministers of Qatar, Pakistan and […]

Sat 24 October 2026: More than 146,000 households across Taiwan experienced power outages as Typhoon Champi brought strong winds and heavy rain, local media reported Saturday. Electricity was restored to over 122,000 households by Friday night, while repair crews began work early Saturday in parts of New Taipei and northern Keelung, which experienced strong gusts […]

Sat 24 October 2026: Interpol arrested at least 1,462 people across Africa in an operation which led to the recovery of $105 million in illicit funds, it said Thursday. “Cybercrime networks operate without regard for borders, exploiting technology to target victims on an unprecedented scale,” Interpol’s Director of Cybercrime Neal Jetton said in a statement. […]

Sat 24 October 2026: Tech Billionaire Becomes Year’s Largest Single Donor Elon Musk, the trillionaire technology executive and supporter of far-right causes, has spent $366 million since last year to aid the Republican Party in the United States midterm elections, according to reports. The New York Times reported Monday that Musk has poured $276 million […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Sat 24 October 2026: Within hours of the ink drying in Doha, the label arrived: another “Muslim NATO.” It is the wrong label for the wrong agreement. On Wednesday, Turkiye, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia signed “Badr,” a defence-industry memorandum covering joint production, research and development, and military training. The defence ministers of Qatar, Pakistan and […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]