USA Update

It’s been labelled “uninhabitable” by a local council, but this rural Aussie property has been snapped up in what might be called the country’s cheapest ever property sale.

South Indian cinema's darling, Keerthy Suresh, has been making waves for her acting prowess and impeccable sense of style.

Mark Rutte, the head of NATO, met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and several other European leaders at his residence in Brussels on Wednesday evening to discuss the deteriorating situation in the war with Russia and how Europe can offer more support to Kyiv. The meeting came at an uncertain moment for Ukraine as […]

A popular social media influencer has issued an apology after a Swedish tabloid published a report saying she created a “work environment filled with fear and psychological pressure” at her fashion brand, Djerf Avenue. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Matilda Djerf said she was “genuinely sorry” to anyone she has “hurt or let down” […]

Among the tens of thousands of college athletes who compete for an N.C.A.A. championship, there is one subset who never get the chance: Ivy League football players. Since the conference began play in 1956, as a bulwark against athletics encroaching on academics, Ivy League football seasons have come to an end on the Saturday before […]

The White House has given the rebel group that toppled the Syrian government a list of former officials who might have knowledge about Austin Tice, an American journalist who was abducted in Damascus in 2012. The list of names provided to the group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is short, officials said, because U.S. investigators believe that […]

Almost immediately after Luigi Mangione was arrested last week in connection with the killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, you could go pretty deep into the rabbit hole of Mangione’s particular internet. At the top of his X feed, I noticed a reference to the work of Tim Urban, the popular blogger, […]

CNN’s chief congressional correspondent, Manu Raju, took a shot from an angry Democratic politician when he questioned the wage raise for members of Congress in the emergency spending bill. Raju asked Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois whether members of Congress deserved the pay raise included for them in the bill when Durbin said he had […]

The walls of Eric Vetro’s studio are lined with keepsakes and mementos. In one corner, Ariana Grande’s first ever platinum record sits not far from a translucent guitar designed by Shawn Mendes. In between hangs a gold record from Sabrina Carpenter. On the opposite wall, platinum records from Mendes and his ex-girlfriend Camila Cabello sit […]

The outlook for U.S. venture capital investments for 2025 looks relatively stronger than what the market has produced in the past few years, according to a report by Pitchbook. In the year-end VC report, Pitchbook said exits (startups being bought or going public) are projected to increase, and a moderate uptick in the number of […]