Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?
As the summer holidays begin in Australia, parents may feel concerned their children will "forget how to spell their own names" during the long school break.
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Goodbye text fringing: LG's new RGB Stripe panel might solve one of the last remaining issues with OLED gaming monitors
And it's fast at 240 Hz.
Could Settlers of Catan make you a better strategist?
Christmas is just around the corner, and you might be wondering how to spend those long, lazy afternoons. If you're tired of the same old Monopoly, perhaps it's time to try Settlers of Catan.
Global Icons Gather in Doha to Honor Franca Sozzani and Spotlight Arab Creativity
Doha hosted the first Franca Fund Gala, honouring Franca Sozzani and raising over $4M for preventive genomics. Paired with M7’s Threads of Impact exhibition featuring 100 regional designers, the event spotlighted Qatar’s rise as a cultural and creative hub.
The best JRPGs of 2025
2025 was marked by a fantastic diverse list of JRPGs. But some stood out during year, so here are all the best JRPGs of 2025.
Venezuela Is on the Verge of a Major Humanitarian Tragedy
A distinguished Venezuelan economist is warning that the Trump administration’s decision to impose an oil export embargo via a military blockade could cause “the first famine in the modern history of the Western Hemisphere.” Francisco Rodríguez, who teaches at the University of
Trump’s 10 Biggest, Most Shameful Billionaire Toadies
As we are in the season of giving, here is a list of the billionaire businessmen—plus one widow of a billionaire businessman—who gave President Trump everything he wanted this year. Their avarice puts Ebenezer Scrooge to shame and would even make the Gilded Age robber barons
TV’s Antidote to the Year of Men in Crisis
Boys, boys, boys. This year has been the year of the Crisis of Masculinity, or maybe the year of the Male Loneliness Epidemic, or maybe, if we’re getting spicy with it, the year of the Great Feminization . A fascination with the problems of boys and young men is nothing new.
Here’s What Happens Now That We’re Going Over the Obamacare Cliff
Earlier this year, Angelia Hoomes’s back pain was so severe that she couldn’t bend down to put a cookie sheet in the oven. She was hiring others to load and unload her dishwasher. Any time she wasn’t taking care of her now 2-year-old granddaughter, she was lying in bed,
Bari Weiss Has Thrown the CBS News Killswitch
In 1995, 60 Minutes made a decision that nearly destroyed the program. Producers killed an interview with Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower who had evidence that cigarette companies knew their products were addictive and carcinogenic. CBS’s lawyers were worried
Banksy’s Heartbreaking Christmas Mural
Also: Messy Egyptian gods at The Met, the moral weight of nativity scenes, and the British Museum’s latest “decolonizing” stunt.
ChatGPT rolls out Spotify Wrapped-style 2025 recap for millions of users
“Your Year with ChatGPT” tracks your total messages, AI-generated images, chattiest day, and even your em-dash usage.
Japan govt to cut passport application fee by nearly half
The goal is to raise the ownership rate of Japanese passports, which stood at 17.8 per cent in 2024.
Acer Predator Orion 7000 review
Aesthetically it might be an acquired taste, but it's a big, bulky, and powerful PC.
Passive adaptation mechanism reveals how cells balance their protein levels
Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids, but cannot simply accumulate inside the cell forever. Once they have done their job or become damaged, the cell needs to clear them out.
Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travellers in central Nigeria
The victims, including women and children, were ambushed on their way to a religious festival.
Trump’s Fed chair choice could stoke stagflation risks
US President Donald Trump has signaled in an interview with the Wall Street Journal he is close to announcing his pick for the next chair of the US Federal Reserve. With inflation again increasing amid widespread focus on the crisis of affordability, Trump’s appointment will be
Thailand-Cambodia border meeting in doubt over venue row
Cambodia asked to hold talks in Kuala Lumpur but Thailand said the bilateral border committee meeting would go ahead in Thailand's Chanthaburi province as planned.
The 67 best Christmas messages to send on Whatsapp
Although many people spend Christmas with their families, there will be cases in which you can't celebrate it with them in person. Here is a list of the best messages to send to families, exes, and colleagues during the festive season.
No white Christmas: South Korea to brace itself for cold snap from Dec 25 but snowfall unlikely
Snow is only expected in some mountainous areas in Gangwon Province, mainly overnight between Dec 23 and 24.
Taiwan deports mother of Thai girl allegedly forced into Japan sex work
The girl contacted the authorities in Japan for help in September.
US approves pill version of blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy
Availability of oral pills to treat obesity could expand the booming market for obesity treatments by broadening access and reducing costs, experts said.
‘Assassin’s Creed’ Netflix Series to Be Directed by Johan Renck (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix’ upcoming live-action “Assassin’s Creed” series — which has already been building out its main cast, with Toby Wallace (“Euphoria”), Lola Petticrew (“Say Nothing”) recently unveiled as leads and Zachary Hart (“Slow Horses”) and Laura Marcus (“Death by Lightning”) as
Albanian police arrest four after Molotov cocktails thrown at anti-government protest
Police in Tirana arrested four people and opened investigations into seven others following Monday's opposition rally where Molotov cocktails were thrown at officers, injuring three.
Random access
Under each post on my blog there’s a button that says RANDOM. I’ll confess that reading posts I wrote ten or twenty years ago is often a surprise. I wrote each one, but I have no recollection of doing so. We can no longer expect that others will experience an introduction to us
Uzbekistan’s Qanot Sharq receives first Airbus A321neo XLR
With the Airbus A321neo XLR, Qanot Sharq gains the ability to operate long-haul non-stop routes with narrow-body efficiency, enabling new direct connections between Central Asia, Europe and Asia-Pacific destinations.
How Israeli covert activities in Syria seek to thwart its new government
Israel is suspicious of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a longtime Islamist militant, and has provided weapons, intelligence and cash to militiamen at odds with his rule.
Robotic system synthesizes hundreds of metal complexes to find potential new antibiotic
Researchers have used a cutting-edge robotic system capable of synthesizing hundreds of metal complexes to develop a possible antibiotic candidate—offering fresh hope in the global fight against drug-resistant infections.
This Christmas will be even harder for China’s Christians
A wave of arrests targeting Zion Church shows how Beijing is trying to enforce its agenda and control religion, human rights advocates say.
