Word of the Day + Quiz 124; parsimony
This word has appeared in three New York Times articles in the past year. Read more...
Axe falls on taxpayer subsidies to farmers George Eustice to confirm that payments will be stopped
While farmers are currently paid subsidies, new system will see incentives for using sustainable, eco-friendly measures such as restoring habitats and improving animal welfare Read more...
Facebook shares plummet nearly 4 per cent as company's OWN employees dump stock
The social networking giant ended the day down 3.79 percent after 99million shares changed hands. Company stock fell 83 cents to close at .11 Wednesday. The stock is down 44 percent from its IPO price of . Read more...
How a Power 5 Conference University Is Struggling to Have Sports in a Pandemic
At the University of California, Berkeley, athletes, coaches and administrators face the most complicated puzzle in sports the return of college athletics. They are allowing The Times an inside look at their journeys ups and downs. Read more...
Deadly White Island Volcano Eruption Leads to Charges
Government agencies and individuals were among those charged over the roles in the 2019 disaster, which killed 22 people. Read more...
How to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Fake news is actually really easy to spot -- if you know how. Consider this your New Media Literacy Guide. Read more...
Betrayal review Directed with admirable clarity
Bath's exquisite Regency theatre is back in business. Hooray! Read more...
MKR star is replacing Pete Evans in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Channel Ten is tipped to replace Pete Evans with his My Kitchen Rules co-star Colin Fassnidge on this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!. Read more...
Japan's female suicide crisis
The country, which has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, recorded2,153 such incidents for the month of October, marking the fourth month in a row that the figure has increased. Read more...
U.S. Economy Stumbles as the Coronavirus Spreads Widely
Claims for new unemployment benefits and other data suggest that the recent increase in infections is threatening the economic recovery. Read more...
Booker Prize winner John Banville slams 'woke' movement as 'a religious cult'
The Irish novelist, who won the Booker Prize in 2005, said he would not win the acclaimed award today because he is a 'white, straight man.' Read more...
Facebook to Shut Down Parse, Its Platform for Mobile Developers
Facebook is shutting down Parse, a toolkit and support system for mobile developers, which it acquired in 2013. Read more...
Thousands of Thai pro-democracy protesters march on royal barracks wielding rubber ducks
Thousands of protesters marched on Thailand's royal barracks last night holding inflatable rubber ducks - a symbol used by the peaceful pro-democracy movement to ridicule the police. Read more...
Coronavirus UK Foreign travel quarantine cut from 14 days to five
Ministers have approved plans to cut the 14-day travel quarantine to just five days from next week in an effort to get the aviation industry moving again. Read more...
800-year-old Pueblo Indian blanket made out of 11,500 turkey feathers
It took approximately 11,550 soft body turkey feathers wrapped around almost 600 feet of yucca fiber cord to make this 800-year-old blanket, one of the few remaining examples of its kind. Read more...
Uncle Frank review Paul Bettany shines in a classy road trip movie
BRIAN VINER Uncle Frank could be the love-child of a William Faulkner novel and a Tennessee Williams play, were it not for an ever-so-faint resemblance to The Dukes Of Hazzard. Read more...
Missing adventurer, 37, sent boyfriend photo seven days ago during her month-long Pyrenees trek
British Esther Dingley, 37 (pictured left) has been reported missing while on a hiking trip on the Pyrenees during a six-year Europe tour. She was last seen at 16.00 GMT on Sunday, 22 November. Read more...
PlayStation 5 Amazon apologises after some customers receive CAT FOOD instead of new consoles
Unhappy gamers turned to social media with concerns that their orders may have been stolen - replaced with items from fryers and packing tape to foot massagers. Read more...