Teachers say devices are hurting focus and driving classroom distractions. Los Angeles just became the first major school district to put limits on screen time at school.
A test verified by The New York Times found that clothes for some of the viral dolls contained cotton from the Xinjiang region of China, which is banned in the United States.
Olly Robbins refused to hand Peter Mandelson’s vetting summary to the Cabinet Office, the civil servant who leads the department has said. The summary – which would have revealed that Robbins, the now-sacked Foreign Office head, had granted Mandelson clearance against the advice of security officials – was instead provided to Cat Little by UK…
Maps4Media processed and enhanced Sentinal-2 satellite imagery shows a broad view of the Strait of Hormuz between southern Iran and Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, including surrounding islands, coastal terrain, and turquoise shallow-water zones at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. Maps4media | Getty Images News | Getty Images Middle Eastern oil and gas producers are still…
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has accused Israel of crimes against humanity for killing journalist Amal Khalil and wounding her colleague Zeinab Faraj in an air strike in the village of al-Tayri in southern Lebanon. Khalil and Faraj were reporting on an earlier Israeli attack on a vehicle on Wednesday, when they were targeted while fleeing…
A fuel crunch tied to the war in Iran is starting to ripple through air travel. German aviation group Lufthansa is cutting back on flights amid fuel price surges related to conflicts in the Middle East. On Tuesday, the company announced plans to eliminate 20,000 short-haul flights through October, a decision expected to save around…
Snooker 15/04/26 7:00am A snooker genius – The good, the bad and the ugly of Ronnie O’Sullivan He is the most decorated snooker player in the history of the game and fans’ favourite, yet Ronnie O’Sullivan, like other legendary sportspeople, seeks ultimate perfection.
Retailers flag weak outlook as consumers rein in spending
An injured axolotl is on the road to recovery after being rescued from a river in Wales. “Dippy” was found under Dipping Bridge on the River Ogmore near Bridgend, south Wales, by a family who had stopped for a break while travelling on holiday last week. Evie Hill, 10, told the BBC she lifted up…
The global economy just endured a second month of renewed price pressures but with less synchronized fallout on growth, according to the first take of business surveys for April.
