Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan came together in a frenetic flurry of telephone diplomacy on Monday night, with the US president pressuring Israel to accept a truce while Qatar urged Tehran to sign up. Shortly after Iran’s attack on Al Udeid, a US military base in Qatar, on Monday, Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
For the first 2 billion years of life on Earth, our planet was dominated by single-celled bacteria and their cousins, archaea. It was Slimeball Earth, and it would have stayed that way were it not for the single most important merger and acquisition in the history of our planet. This story is part of our…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has praised Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way” on increased defence spending, in a private message that the US president shared on his social media…
On the eve of the 2025 NBA Draft, let’s run down the top prospects in this year’s draft class with a final Big Board. You can also find this Big Board, plus a full two-round mock draft and scouting reports for every single prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft Guide. Flagg is a do-it-all forward…
As a business founder in the tech space I am spending increasing amounts of time thinking about AI and its impact. Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the beginning of the end of humanity? Or is it our savior? The truth almost certainly lies somewhere in the middle, but that said, I believe there are very…
New research has cast doubts over suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland more than 5,000 years ago. Researchers examined the evidence from burials of individuals at the Newgrange prehistoric monument in Ireland — a large circular mound containing a chamber where cremated and unburnt human remains were placed, the…
Mel Brooks as Yogurt in ‘Spaceballs’ Courtesy of MGM Josh Gad can vividly remember the first time he fell to the floor in a fit of uncontrollable laughter. It occurred more than three decades ago during his first viewing of the Mel Brooks comedy classic, Young Frankenstein — particularly the iconic “Puttin On the Ritz”…
Sam Francis Political reporter PA Media Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “press ahead” with the government’s planned welfare changes, despite a growing rebellion from Labour backbench MPs. More than 120 Labour MPs have signed up to an effort to block plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits payments to save £5bn a year by…
It’s the most dead time of the year in the NFL. Free agency is at a standstill, the draft has concluded, rookie minicamps and organized team activities (OTAs) are done, and there is nothing on the schedule until the middle of July. So, what are we to do while we wait? Soccer matches and baseball…
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that severely impacts quality of life, often leading to reliance on opioid medications with their severe side effects and addiction risks. According to the U.S. Pain Foundation, 51.6 million Americans live with chronic pain. For over 17 million sufferers, their chronic pain is high-impact – frequently limiting their life…
