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The tough childhood and KGB career of Vladimir Putin

A "pocket neighbourhood" in Brandon, Man., aims to make home ownership affordable in the city, wiht 21 houses, all under 920 square feet.

Unter anderem können wir uns auf eine Verfilmung von Sebastian Fitzek bei Prime Video und die zweite Staffel des Apple-TV-Plus-Hits “Severance” freuen.

Democratic digital strategists and creators argue that the party’s influencer outreach was too little, too late—and that without a coherent message, even the best strategy won't matter.

Trump’s return to the White House, accompanied by allies deeply hostile to anything related to reproductive and sexual health and rights, has sparked panic. As in late 2016 during the first Trump transition period, part of the problem is not knowing how far things could go. Checklists and tips are again circulating online, urging people to update the gender listed on government-issued identity documents, get an emergency supply of birth control pills or hormones, assemble an emergency folder of health documentation... Читать дальше...

In May 2021, the French writer Emmanuel Carrère approached the newsmagazine L’Obs with a proposal to cover the trial concerning the terror attacks that occurred in Paris on November 13, 2015. He told his editor that he would “go to court, every day, the way other people go to work.” He wrote a column every week for 10 months, work that has been collected and expanded into a book, V13: Chronicle of a Trial, published in France in 2022 and now out in an English translation by John Lambert.

A short ferry ride from the port city of Yantai, on the northeast coast of China, sits Genghai No. 1, a 12,000-metric-ton ring of oil-rig-style steel platforms, advertised as a hotel and entertainment complex. On arrival, visitors step onto docks and climb up to reach a strange offshore facility—half cruise ship, half high-tech laboratory, all laid…

I'm quite proud of the delights that we packed behind each door of the Advent Calendar this year, to be honest. All my major choices are in there, plus a few more that I haven't played but I'd watched other people play, and had a swell time doing so. Still, there are always a handful that don't quite make the cut, but still deserve a heaped Christmas plateful of praise at year's end. So here's my selection box, my bonus games of the year for 2024. It's an unusually diverse triad this time.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins finished a home-and-home back-to-back set with the New York Islanders on Sunday evening.

Today’s theme: Look both ways.

Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.

Memorialized as the quintessential Brooklyn novel, it is really a book about leaving the borough—and escaping the poverty and brutality of immigrant New York.

You break it, you buy it.

In Wisconsin, many of the Party’s candidates fared well, suggesting that the Presidential loss was not all it seemed.

Vintage Christian Lacroix is having a moment on the red carpet, with Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst and Mona Patel all wearing it on the red carpet.

Offering an ethereal—and frankly bizarre—escape to an otherworldly universe, the 15-track synth-pop record, released in late August, comes, according to Magdalena Bay itself, “straight from the simulation.”

Before the year’s end, acquaint yourself with the depthless talents of Aaron Pierre.

1. Trump on collision course with conservatives over debt limit  The Hill
2. Republicans will still have to deal with the debt ceiling in 2025. Here’s what you need to know  CNN
3. Spending Fight Shows Limits of Trump Power to Change Fiscal Path  The New York Times

Living with cancer is a harsh reality for over 1.7 million people in the U.S., and while many are familiar with its devastating impacts, more voices online are shedding light on lesser-known challenges that come with the diagnosis and treatment.

2024 was a big year for black hole science, and Space.com was on duty all year to bring you every major development in our understanding of the universe's most fascinating entities.

This wafer-thin wooden tablet from a first-century Roman fort in the U.K. includes a heartfelt birthday party invitation.

From impressive moon missions to unbelievable auroras, 2024 was a year that got many of us looking up. How well do you remember the year's top space news stories?

In rural Virginia, a single land transfer is a first step toward correcting a long history of land loss for Black Southern farmers.

From ‘high gloss’ to more craft in the design process, these are what designers want to see more of next year.

From payment giant Stripe to cheeky water brand Liquid Death, these are some of the companies that could see an IPO in 2025.