Gabby Thomas is as smart as she is fast, a three-time Olympic champion sprinter who graduated from Harvard and then went on to get a master’s in epidemiology. Yet over the weekend, racist trolls flooded her X page with nasty comments belittling her intelligence and achievements. This is what X has become: a toxic cesspool…
Rafah mayor urges displaced civilians not to return to areas of the city as it remains ‘extremely dangerous’ As per the terms of the fragile ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. which came into effect on 19 January, Israeli forces have withdrawn from Rafah’s city centre in the southern Gaza Strip. However, the city’s mayor…
There’s a slight change at the top in our latest edition of bracketology. Two SEC squads still project as No. 1 regional seeds, but it is now Alabama joining Auburn on the first line. But fret not, Tennessee fans which saw their team drop after a loss to Auburn. The Volunteers remain a solid second…
A new chatbot created by the Chinese company DeepSeek is the talk of the A.I. world, and has sent a jolt through the U.S. stock market. Not only does it seem to be comparable to those of leading companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, but it was seemingly created with a fraction of the resources. Throughout…
Serbian prime minister Vučević resigns Serbian prime minister Miloš Vučević (right) at a press conference alongside president Aleksandar Vučić (centre) and speaker parliament Ana Brnabić (left) last night. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Serbian prime minister Miloš Vučević has resigned in the last few minutes. His resignation comes just a day after Serbian students have staged a…
It was Paula Doyle’s best friend who suggested that her husband walk Doyle home. This was a Friday night in September 2019, and Doyle, then 46, a mother of five, had been at their house for a family party. Doyle had helped clear up at the end. It was 1am and she was the last…