Helsinki Makes Sustainability a Guiding Principle for Development
Co-housing is on the rise, as is solar power and geothermal heat. In one neighborhood, trash is collected via pneumatic tubes. Read more...
Airbnb Offers Accommodations in Cuba
Airbnb, the home and room rental company, has added properties in Cuba for U.S. travelers. Read more...
Paleontologists See Stars as Software Bleeps Scientific Terms
When their annual conference was moved online, they were amused to find seemingly benign words blocked and replaced with asterisks during virtual sessions. Read more...
This Star Looked Like It Would Explode. Maybe It Just Sneezed
The mysterious dimming of the red supergiant Betelgeuse is the result of a stellar exhalation, astronomers say. Read more...
Ban on AFL Grand Final gatherings is perhaps the meanest, most unforgivable slap in the face yet
AFL Grand Final day in Melbourne has always been more than just another game of footy. Read more...
Royal Australian Mint releases AC/DC coins
Special edition AC/DC coins will be released by the Royal Australian Mint to celebrate six of the rock band's albums. Read more...
Louis Theroux Alcoholic medical worker, 32, who reduced viewers to tears in documentary relapses
Joe Walker, 35, from Brighton, was among several alcoholics featured on Louis Theroux's BBC film 'Drinking to Oblivion' in April 2016. Read more...
Lily James discusses male-female power dynamics and finding comedy in trauma
In an interview with Ali Plumb on Radio 1's Movies podcast, the actress, 31, mused over the 'addictive thriller romance love story' they have starred in Read more...
Alanis Morissette new album review Such Pretty Forks In The Road is full of likeable melodies
A quiz question for you. Alanis Morissette's last album, released in 2012, was called... what? The answer turns out to be Havoc And Bright Lights. It reached No. 12 in the UK chart. Read more...
Barista, 24, is charged with murder after male cyclist's body found in bushland east of Melbourne
Samantha GraceGuillerme, 24, was arrested on Tuesday morning and charged over the death of eastern Victorian man Jarrad Lovison - whose body was found in bushland in May. Read more...
Jilted mother faces jail after posting 'revenge porn' pictures of ex's 'little d***' online
Yasmin Walker, 29, from Scarborough, shared naked photo of ex on Instagram A mother-of-two, Walker told magistrates she had shared the image accidentally. Read more...
Swedish cites finally face coronavirus lockdowns but authorities say they will be VOLUNTARY
Authorities are drawing up guidelines which include advising Swedes not to go to bars, restaurants and non-essential shops. Read more...
Israel is winning on the world stage, but losing the plot at home
Last week's signing ceremony on the south lawn of the White House was the celebration Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted -- and the distraction he needed from mounting problems at home. Read more...
In Shaping Her Own Story, She Upends a National Epic
Gabriela Cabezn Cmaras novel The Adventures of China Iron spotlights a female character relegated to a bare mention in an Argentine classic. Read more...
Why These Millionaires Are Staying Put Despite a New Tax on Them
The reason has little to do with money. Family and community ties keep them from leaving their state. Read more...
Le Football Franais branl par une Culture Toxique au Sein de sa Fdration
Forte de ses succs dans les stades mais mine par des plaintes visant certains hauts responsables, la Fdration Franaise de Football a engag un consultant extrieur. Il a relev des accusations de harclement, de comportements dplacs et de sexisme. Read more...
Belgian King meets with once-secret half-sister for first time
Belgium's King Philippe finally met with his once-secret half-sister, Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg, after years of royal denials surrounding the princess' paternity. Read more...
Hello iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
The newest iPhones have 5G capability and improved design features. But Apple was vague about just how much faster the phones would be. Read more...