I’ve always felt a bit pathetic for not having a proper peer group. In dark moments, it feels like a moral failing and an indictment of my social skills. In kinder moments I recognise it’s also partly a product of being sick and sad at university, then successively too pregnant, too preoccupied with babies and…
French police are investigating a series of kidnappings of investors linked to cryptocurrency after a 60-year-old man had a finger chopped off by attackers who demanded his crypto-millionaire son pay a ransom. In the latest of several kidnappings of cryptocurrency figures in France and western Europe, the man, who owned a cryptocurrency marketing company with…
If you were prepping, what should be your top five things to hoard in light of the recent power outages in Spain and Portugal? Alina Ahmad, Johannesburg Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.
F1 sees value in Miami Grand Prix, extends contract until 2041 Safid Deen explains the value Formula One sees in the Miami Grand Prix and how they hope this race will help grow the sports fanbase in America. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The stage is set for another thrilling Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix. New…
Long before it became one of Cuba’s most popular tourist destinations in the 1990s, the small island of Cayo Coco, with its pristine beaches and powdery white sands, attracted a different kind of clientele. Inspired by its unspoiled beauty, and his observations of shack-dwelling fishermen scratching out a meager living, Ernest Hemingway set scenes from…
First came the dogs’ balding – leathery pink patches on otherwise glossy fur coats. The veterinarian told Shenice Copenhaver it was genetic. But it wasn’t long before one of the hairless puppies began stealing blankets to burrow beneath furniture and hide for long stretches. Around the same time, in the summer of 2022, she first…