Liam Neeson doesn't steal much more than your time in 'Honest Thief'
By the standards of Liam Neeson thrillers (and there are a lot from which to choose), "Honest Thief" is pretty weak tea, a passable, low-octane action movie that doesn't do much more than steal one's time. Like second-tier John Wayne westerns, Neeson offers enough of what his fans want, but a thin script and stilted dialogue make the battle harder than usual. Read more...
Men increase their bite size when hungry while women show more restraint, study finds
Japanese researchers examined differences between chewing and eating behaviours between genders by feeding them bread and sausages. Read more...
Professor's email claims he has to cancel class because of a gunshot, COVID-19, and a divorce
Twitter user @decentbirthday shared a screenshot of the message that was allegedly sent by an English professor named Patrick Wilson last Monday. Read more...
Chinese State TV to Air N.B.A. for First Time Since Hong Kong Rift
China Central Television, a state-run network, stopped airing N.B.A. games after a team executive expressed support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong last fall. Read more...
New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts
Some reporters withheld their bylines and questioned the credibility of an article that made the tabloids front page on Wednesday. Read more...
What the SAGE scientists REALLY told Boris Johnson 10pm pubs curfew won't work
The UK Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) put forward two dozen suggestions about how to navigate the country through a second wave of the pandemic in September. Read more...
Ivory Coast police rescue 11 children working on cocoa farms
Police on Wednesday rescued 11 children and two teenagers working on cocoa plantations in southwestern Ivory Coast and arrested three farmers on suspicion of people trafficking, the police commissioner said. Read more...
Republicans Clash on Stimulus Package as Trump Says Go Big
The president said he wanted a much larger package than the .8 trillion measure under discussion. The top Senate Republican said his party could not accept a deal anywhere near that big. Read more...
Childhood obesity may be caused by changes in the reward centre of the brain
Researchers from Yale University used a novel MRI technique to take a closer look at the microstructures of the brain to discover links between obesity and reward. Read more...
COVID-19 Your personality influences how likely you are to stay at home during the pandemic
Researchers from Cambridge and the US analysed the behaviours and personalities of more than101,000 people worldwide during the first wave of COVID-19. Read more...
U.S. Diplomats and Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks
American officials in China, Cuba and Russia say U.S. agencies are concealing the true extent of the episodes, leaving colleagues vulnerable to hostile actions abroad. Read more...
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti's advisor faces sexual misconduct allegations second person in three months
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti's top political adviser, Rick Jacobs (left), is again the subject of sexual misconduct complaints, including a lawsuit. The alleged abuse is said to span a period of ten years. Read more...
July Is the New January More Companies Delay Return to the Office
From Ford to Microsoft, white-collar companies are increasingly extending working from home through next summer. Read more...
Wimbledon The original grand slam
Wimbledon is an English tradition - with its strawberries and cream and grass courts - and the original grand slam. But what makes it so special? Read more...
In France, a Festival Delivers the Essential Dance to Audiences
An early highlight in Montpellier was Anne Teresa De Keersmaekers solo Goldberg Variations, which seems to ask What is it to dance? What do our bodies know? Read more...
Coronavirus Ireland How does Ireland's lockdown differ from Northern Irish circuit breaker?
People in the Republic also can only go within three miles (5km) of their home for exercise, with no such rules in Northern Ireland despite 'unnecessary travel' being banned. Read more...
Mystery wolf slayer who leaves the dead animals displayed in Tuscan villages has shot seven of them and STRANGLED one in bizarre vendetta
Eight endangered native wolves have been found dead in the hills of Tuscany since the beginning of November, with three fresh corpses emerging in the last week. Read more...
New York officials put stop to planned 10,000-person wedding due to COVID, Cuomo says
34;You can get married, you just can39;t have 1,000 people at your wedding,34; said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Read more...