Today’s rumours know a P45 when they see oneThe big plan to turn West Ham’s season around is well under way. The forwards Pablo Felipe and Taty Castellanos have checked in, allowing the focus to shift backwards. An offer has been made for the Al-Nassr goalkeeper Bento. The 26-year-old Brazilian, who…

I was running an hour late and couldn’t think clearly. I was in despair that I might miss my plane homeRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesTwelve years ago, I was in Queanbeyan to see a specialist for my chronic health condition. I was headed home to Queensland early the next morning and ha…

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While it's nice to see desktop support in AMD's new Ryzen AI 400 chips, demanding gamers and enthusiasts will likely be more intrigued by the company's next batch of Ryzen AI Max+ chips, as well as the new Ryzen 7 9850X3D with 3D V-Cache. The former will make its way into small desktops and a handfu…

A woman's body has been found to consist of varying proportions of male and female cells because of an extremely rare form of chimerism

Valerie and Max have discovered the secret of maintaining an active sex life in your 70s – and are happy to pass on their tips• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyI’ve actually found that age has affected sex in a very positive way. Now I can have five orgasms in a row Co…

This quietly satirical speculative novel tells a story of metamorphosis, but feels insulated from real ecological crisisIn the book-length essay Death By Landscape, Elvia Wilk gives a potted history of fiction in which humans turn into plants. There is Daphne, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, who is so afra…

When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by surprise. Forecasters had warned about high winds and exceptionally dry conditions, but few people expected to see smoke and fires for weeks in one of America's largest metro areas…

Not all microbes are villains—many are vital to keeping us healthy. Researchers have created a world-first database that tracks beneficial bacteria and natural compounds linked to immune strength, stress reduction, and resilience. The findings challenge the long-standing obsession with germs as thre…

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” continued to dominate the Korean box office over the Jan. 2–4 weekend, grossing $5.2 million from 630,640 admissions. According to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the latest installment in James Cameron’s sci-fi franchise has now amassed $44.4 …

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV will reacquire a 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants from a consortium of institutional investors led and advised by Apollo Global Management Inc. in a deal estimated to be around $3 billion.

After Little Mix star Jesy Nelson's revelation that her twins have SMA, parents speak about their children's late diagnoses.

FDA-approved semaglutide drug is the first GLP-1 pill for weight loss available in the U.S., according to drugmaker Novo Nordisk.

U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after a military operation in the country’s capital on Jan. 3

Top congressional leaders emerged from Monday's 2+ hours classified briefing with radically different interpretations of the Trump administration's short- and long-term goals for Venezuela.Why it matters: The two parties are deeply split on legal and constitutional justifications for the action.Repu…

ICE is putting worksite enforcement on the front-burner amid viral uproar over fraud allegations at government-funded child care centers in Minnesota.Why it matters: Throughout 2025, the administration downplayed the potential for broad worksite raids and labor enforcement. It received public pushba…

A judge has ordered the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to pay $115,220 in attorney's fees to a retired Anchorage lawyer and wildlife advocate who successfully sued the state over a wolf-killing policy on the southern Kenai Peninsula.

Forecast of Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’ was part of call for pro-growth reform, says Trump officialDonald Trump’s administration has doubled down on its recent criticism of Europe, saying last month’s US national security strategy was an attempt to “jolt” an ally back to economic life.The docu…

The firm plans to deploy the technology at the same plant that was involved in a huge immigration raid in 2025.

The RayNeo Air 4 Pro have launched at CES 2026, with a feature set that we've yet to see from XR glasses.