Backlash Grows to TikTok-Oracle Deal
Senate Republicans and others criticized the latest plan to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States, citing national security concerns. Read more...
Jimi Hendrix died 50 years ago but the beat goes on when you... pop into Jimi's former London pad
Jimi Hendrix's former London flat reopened to visitors last month. It has been restored to look just as it did during the rock guitarist's tenure, with overflowing ashtrays and his vinyl record collection. Read more...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Knew What to Do With Her Time
But she also knew something about the unreliability of happy endings. Read more...
Shrinking sanctuary 90 per cent of protected lands are isolated from one another
Researchers from the University of Queensland studied the location of globally protected areas of land as well as the impact of human activity on these areas. Read more...
Oslo Accords Fast Facts
Read CNN's Oslo Accords Fast Facts and learn more about the series of agreements between Israel and the Palestinians signed in the 1990s. Read more...
William English, Who Helped Build the Computer Mouse, Dies at 91
He was one of the computing pioneers who showed what a computer interface could and should look like, a colleague said. Read more...
The Flight Goes Nowhere. And Its Sold Out.
People who miss flying are rushing to buy tickets for flights that land in the same place they depart from. Read more...
Sasha Swire dazzled men - but can MP's wife behind scurrilous diary survive social Siberia?
How frightfully unfair it is on gorgeous, glamorous Sasha Swire to judge her by her conversations with those famous politicians after she jotted down every detail night after night in her secret diary. Read more...
The wackiest items Unclaimed Baggage in Alabama has come across in its 50-year history
The Unclaimed Baggage Center - a 40,000-square-foot store in Scottsboro, Alabama, that houses millions of orphaned objects - has been sent some truly bizarre objects over the years. Read more...
New Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Dan Rather to Black Lives Matter
A selection of recent audiobooks of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Read more...
Meet Craig Foster, the human star of amazing new Netflix film My Octopus Teacher
My Octopus Teacher is a fascinating account of how filmmaker Craig Foster formed a bond during daily swims with an octopus living in a kelp forest off the 'Cape of Storms' in South Africa. Read more...
Hugh Jackman sports a face mask and cuts a casual figure as he goes for a walk in New York
He's the Australian actor who has been based in New York for years with his family. Read more...
Book a holiday... through a resurrected Thomas Cook
While the sector has been ravaged by travel bans, the company founded 178 years ago has been bought by the Chinese company Fosun Tourism Group following its collapse last September. Read more...
Trent Alexander-Arnold star fills his car with copies of Andy Robertson's 'Our Year, My Story'
The 21-year-old posted a photo on Twitter of his car piled with copies of the Scot's 'Robbo Now You're Gonna Believe Us Our Year, My Story' autobiography that was released this week. Read more...
The 2021 Sony World Photography Awardsreveals stunning early entries
Now in its 14th year, the Sony World Photography Awards 'celebrates the best contemporary photography from the past year' and 'gives vast exposure to photographers worldwide'. Read more...
Angelheaded Hipster review Makes a handsome tribute to Marc Bolan's creativity
Every week, in the album chart, there's a 1970s reunion. Classic releases by Abba and Queen, who have life memberships, are joined by David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John and Bob Marley. Read more...
Germany to take in 1,500 migrants from Greece, after huge fire left thousands homeless
Germany will take more than 1,500 migrants currently sheltering on Greek islands, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesperson Steffen Seibert announced Tuesday. Read more...
Henrietta Boggs, Southerner Who Spread Her Wings, Dies at 102
Fleeing segregated Alabama, she found revolution in Costa Rica and married its future president. She then pushed him to grant women and minorities the right to vote. Read more...