Wed 17 June 2026: Switching off can be surprisingly expensive. Much like the smoking cessation boom of the 1990s, the digital detox business – spanning hardware, apps, telecoms, workplace wellness providers, digital “wellbeing suites” and tourism – is now a global industry in its own right. People are increasingly willing to pay to escape the technology they […]

Wed 17 June 2026: France’s Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, is “at breaking point” due to deteriorating infrastructure and growing funding demands, its new head said Wednesday. “We can say it without ambiguity … the Louvre is at breaking point,” Christophe Leribault told the French Senate’s Culture Committee. He noted that the institution was facing […]

Wed 17 June 2026: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the deal announced with Iran this week is a “Memorandum of Understanding” and remains subject to change. “If I don’t like it, we’ll go back to shooting at them,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines […]

Wed 17 June 2026: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov alleged that Reliance was disrupting access to Telegram through “BGP hijacking” and claimed the company may have been involved, alongside Meta-owned WhatsApp, in lobbying for the platform’s temporary ban in India, ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination. In a post on X on Tuesday, Durov alleged that […]

Wed 17 June 2026: African leaders on Tuesday convened a high-level virtual summit to rally support for the continent’s $518 million response plan to curb the Ebola outbreak in East Africa. Noting that the outbreak had 800 cases and 200 new deaths, the summit emphasized the importance of improving national and regional response plans, strengthening […]

Wed 17 June 2026: France’s Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, is “at breaking point” due to deteriorating infrastructure and growing funding demands, its new head said Wednesday. “We can say it without ambiguity … the Louvre is at breaking point,” Christophe Leribault told the French Senate’s Culture Committee. He noted that the institution was facing […]

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 […]

Wed 17 June 2026: Switching off can be surprisingly expensive. Much like the smoking cessation boom of the 1990s, the digital detox business – spanning hardware, apps, telecoms, workplace wellness providers, digital “wellbeing suites” and tourism – is now a global industry in its own right. People are increasingly willing to pay to escape the technology they […]

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 […]