Myanmar coup Fighter jets flown over protesters as police filmed brutally beating ambulance crew
WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT A UN special envoy said she had seen the video of a civilian being gunned down in the street as well as separate footage of a medical crew being savagely beaten. Read more...
Almost HALF of working class people in medieval England suffered broken bones
Almost half (44 per cent) of people on the lowest rung of society from the 10th to 14th centuries had some form of broken bone. Read more...
Surfs Up. The Temperature Isnt.
Growing numbers of surfers are taking to the Great Lakes even when the weather is well below freezing. Read more...
Is this really the end of our Covid nightmare?
Deeply polarised views in the normally staid and uncontroversial world of epidemiology have led to the academic equivalent of a stand-off in recent weeks. Read more...
For Many Golden Globe Winners, the London Stage Came First
At Sundays ceremony, a whole host of British winners and nominees got their training in the theater before they made it to the screen. Read more...
Justice Dept. Backs Away From Trump Era but Is Still Expected to Test Garland
Several politically charged investigations await Judge Merrick B. Garland, President Bidens nominee for attorney general. Read more...
House Passes Landmark Voting Rights Bill
The omnibus voting, ethics and campaign finance bill would roll back barriers to voting enacted by Republican statehouses, but it faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Read more...
Your Friday Briefing
Myanmars women on the front lines. Read more...
A New York Drugstore Nearly as Storied as the City Itself
C.O. Bigelow in Greenwich Village has helped heal Manhattans ailing for generations, thanks in large part to the work of a single family. Read more...
Finding Refuge, and a Snowy Owl, in Central Park
When pandemic New York seemed at its most surreal, the park, with its abundant wildlife and familiar progression of the seasons, offered a vision of normal life to a book critic who wandered it daily. Read more...
Britain's economy will lose 18 BILLION if international travel curbs remain until the summer
The bosses of some of Britain's biggest airlines and package holiday firms urged Mr Johnson to have a 'can-do' attitude to reopening travel or face tens of thousands more jobs being destroyed. Read more...
NASA39;s Mars Parachute Had a Hidden Code. Meet the People Who Cracked It.
Engineers hinted they had hidden a code in the parachute that landed the Perseverance rover. Within hours, puzzle enthusiasts cracked it. Read more...
Olivia Wilde teases first glimpse of Florence Pugh in her film Don't Worry Darling
The sneak peek reveals the 25-year-old Oscar nominee as 1950s housewife Alice with her hands up in a desert Read more...
Archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic settlement near Skara Brae
Archaeologists discovered signs of the Neolithic village at the north end of the Bay of Skaill, Orkney after costal erosion unearth animal bones and a carved stone. Read more...
Israel says Iran is behind 'eco-terrorism' oil spill in the Mediterranean
The ship was smuggling crude oil from Iran to Syria when it spilled its cargo in early February. Junior ministeron Wednesday claimed this was an intentional attack without providing evidence. Read more...
Irans Judo Ban, Sparked by Order to Avoid Israeli, Is Overturned
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said there was no legal basis to bar Iran from competitions for ordering an athlete not to compete against an Israeli opponent. Read more...
The next Maria Sharapova? Why Amanda Anisimova is the real deal
When Maria Sharapova announced her retirement, it brought to an end the career of one of the most bankable stars in sporting history, a woman who transcended tennis to become a global sports marketing icon. Read more...
Vernon Jordan Is Remembered as a Power Broker
Remembering Vernon Jordan, the civil rights leader turned corporate power broker. Read more...