Hamas has said four more female Israeli hostages will be freed this weekend in return for Palestinian prisoners, as the new US president, Donald Trump, said he was not confident that the ceasefire deal that he personally insisted on would hold. The next group of hostages due to be released is expected to include captured…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges Europe to step up and not only look up to the US Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now speaking in Davos, and he is asking the audience to turn the question of “what will Trump do” around and consider what Europe should do to establish itself as a global player instead. In…
When it comes to something as earth-shatteringly important as coffee, everyone has an opinion. Some crave a single perfect shot of espresso, while others seek the milkiest latte; some love Starbucks and others, well, don’t. This is why the idea of there being a single best coffee machine is fanciful – everyone’s idea of the…
In a heavyweight match more appropriate for the final, Novak Djokovic outlasted Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open on Tuesday, keeping him on track for a record 25th Grand Slam singles title. Djokovic, a 10-time champion in Melbourne, needed medical attention while dropping the first set to the third-seeded Spaniard, but he was able to…
Apple’s excellent 15-inch M3 MacBook Air is on sale in a rare promotion that features discounts on more than just a single model. Amazon has cut the price of the 512GB version by 17 percent or $250, making it $1,249 for a limited time. With all four colors — midnight, silver, space gray and starlight…
Hate waiting in line for the bathroom? Chimpanzees have a social solution: Go all at once. A new study shows that peeing is contagious in chimpanzees, making it “the first study to investigate contagious urination in animals, including humans,” says Shinya Yamamoto, an animal behavior scientist at Kyoto University in Japan. While observing a group…