Wed 15 July 2026: Artificial intelligence (AI) companies are increasingly purchasing thousands of used books, digitizing them to train large language models and destroying the original copies, according to media reports, fueling debate over copyright protections. Since early this year, antiquarian booksellers across Europe have reported unusually large orders from the Canadian company Zoom Books, […]

Wed 15 July 2026: Satluj, based on the life and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the government ban. Indian authorities are investigating whether a film based on a separatist insurgency in India’s Punjab state in the 1980s and early 1990s is fit for viewers. Satluj, as […]

Thu 16 July 2026: The Yemeni army said on Wednesday evening that it had repelled a Houthi attack on military positions in Al-Jawf province in northern Yemen. September Net, the official news outlet of the internationally recognized government’s Defense Ministry, said the Houthi attack targeted military positions on the Qanaw front in eastern Al-Jawf province. […]

Wed 15 July 2026: Satluj, based on the life and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the government ban. Indian authorities are investigating whether a film based on a separatist insurgency in India’s Punjab state in the 1980s and early 1990s is fit for viewers. Satluj, as […]

Thu 16 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa to learn fate of Phala Phala interdict bid within a week: Ramaphosa wants the inquiry stopped from commencing its work until the same court rules on his bid to set aside the report behind it. The report found he has a […]

Wed 15 July 2026: Outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered an emotional farewell in the House of Commons, telling MPs that “this is the end of my political journey” as he made his final appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions before leaving office. He was responding to a question from Labour MP Carolyn Harris, whom […]

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 […]

Thu 16 July 2026: The Yemeni army said on Wednesday evening that it had repelled a Houthi attack on military positions in Al-Jawf province in northern Yemen. September Net, the official news outlet of the internationally recognized government’s Defense Ministry, said the Houthi attack targeted military positions on the Qanaw front in eastern Al-Jawf province. […]

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 […]