Sun 23 August 2026: If given the chance to gain thousands of admirers for your work, would you take it? The artists who my colleagues and I interviewed as part of our research on content creators did – and many went on to question whether it was worth it. Mark, an illustrator with millions of followers, revealed […]

Sat 22 August 2026: Australian wildlife authorities are vaccinating thousands of little penguins against H5 bird flu in a major effort to protect the species. The campaign, which began Monday, targets up to 5,000 little penguins on Victoria’s Phillip Island and at St Kilda in Melbourne. The birds will receive two doses of the vaccine, […]

Sun 23 August 2026: Senior Israeli military officials suspect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may seek to escalate the situation in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to disrupt or delay the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections, Israeli media reported. Israeli daily Maariv cited assessments within the upper ranks of the Israeli army that Netanyahu does not […]

Sun 23 August 2026: The PanStar Acro has left Busan for Europe through the Arctic, giving South Korea its first test of whether melting sea ice can support a commercially viable alternative to the Suez Canal route. South Korea has sent its first trial container ship toward Europe through the Arctic, putting the commercial case […]

Sun 23 August 2026: Botswana announced on Saturday that several of its citizens were stopped at airports in Botswana, South Africa, and Ethiopia while trying to travel to Russia to enlist in the Russian military fighting against Ukraine. International Relations Minister Phenyo Butale said 22 Batswana had so far been drawn into deceptive recruitment schemes, […]

Sun 23 August 2026: Six Nordic football associations have delivered a united blow to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, declaring they have lost confidence in his leadership while demanding sweeping governance reforms at world football’s governing body. The six Nordic FIFA members – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands – met in Helsinki […]

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 […]

Sun 23 August 2026: If given the chance to gain thousands of admirers for your work, would you take it? The artists who my colleagues and I interviewed as part of our research on content creators did – and many went on to question whether it was worth it. Mark, an illustrator with millions of followers, revealed […]

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 […]