The sloth family tree once sported a dizzying array of branches, body sizes and lifestyles, from small and limber tree climbers to lumbering bear-sized landlubbers. Why sloth body size was once so diverse, while today’s sloths are limited to just two diminutive tree-dwellers, has been a long-standing question. Scientists have proposed that sloths’ body size…
Donald Trump has said he will impose a 50% tariff on all EU imports to the US from 1 June after saying trade talks between the two trading blocs were “going nowhere”. In a surprise announcement, the US president posted on his Truth Social platform that his long-running battle to secure concessions from the EU…
Monday Another dream dies hard. I was not invited to Lauren Sánchez’s hen do, and Jeff Bezos’s bride-to-be and her gang of close personal brunettes have now returned from their £500,000 jaunt and are recovering – I imagine in solid-gold flotation tanks in a mansion’s solid-gold flotation tank room – without me. They took a…
Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tears up in MVP speech NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s acceptance speech turns emotional as pay tribute to his wife The MVP is rolling. The second star is producing. Role players are excelling, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are two victories from their first NBA Finals appearance since 2012. The Thunder toppled the…
There will be a full recount in the Sydney seat of Bradfield after the Liberal candidate, Gisele Kapterian, led the independent, Nicolette Boele, by just eight votes at the end of the final distribution of preferences. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) immediately announced a recount, as is the longstanding practice in any seat when the…
The perfectly hewn rocks, babbling brooks and exquisite drifts of flawless flowers of the Chelsea flower show are an out-of-reach dream for anyone without a big-budget sponsor. But this year, tucked away on a short, shaded stretch away from the elite show gardens, were 10 Chelsea newcomers demonstrating what can be achieved in even the…