The boss of Sainsbury’s has called on the government to help ease the rising cost of energy for farmers, food producers and retailers caused by the conflict in the Middle East to prevent further price rises. Simon Roberts, the chief executive of the UK’s second largest grocer, said: “The single biggest thing the government could…
April 23, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm A passage from Homer’s Iliad has been discovered inside the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy A snippet of text from Homer’s famous epic recounting the siege of Troy was apparently placed inside this body as part of the mummification process By Adam Kovac…
England’s new head coach Brian McDermott has offered Man of Steel Jake Connor a path back into the national squad for this autumn’s Rugby League World Cup. McDermott, confirmed in the role on Thursday, has described the Leeds Rhinos half-back as a “game-breaker”. Connor, 31, was controversially left out of Shaun Wane’s squad for last…
NewsFeed Israel has created a military zone several kilometres into southern Lebanon, behind a so-called ‘Yellow Line’. Despite a ceasefire, Israeli forces’ control of the area makes it highly dangerous, as Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports. Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera…
I’ve recently introduced a few friends to the power of a great robot vacuum. One of my friends calls hers a marriage saver, while the other was both thrilled and horrified by how many stains the vacuum’s AI found on her floors. Personally, my robot vacuums keep me from wanting to set the litter box…
Julianne Moore will be awarded Kering’s Women In Motion Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Previous Women In Motion Award winners include Donna Langley (2025), Jane Fonda (2015), Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (2016), Isabelle Huppert (2017), Patty Jenkins (2018), Gong Li (2019), Salma Hayek (2021), Viola Davis (2022), and Michelle Yeoh (2023). Recipients…
Spain’s opposition conservatives are rekindling their regional pacts with the far-right Vox party by adopting the latter’s hard line on immigration less than two years after disagreements over the issue led to the collapse of coalition administrations in five of the country’s self-governing regions. The renewal of the regional deals between the People’s party (PP)…
The justices sided with Michigan officials, who have raised environmental alarms and pushed to decommission an aging section of the pipeline.
The German airline says 20,000 short-haul flights would be removed from its schedule through October. Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 German aviation company Lufthansa Group says it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights up until October as the Iran war drives up oil prices and deepens worries that some countries may run low on…
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.
