Ukrainians Brace for a Lonelier Fight as Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Call
President Trump appears to be stepping back from trying to end the war in Ukraine. Many in the country see little choice but to battle on.
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Capuchin monkeys are stealing howler monkey babies in weird fad
A male white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a baby howler monkey Brendan Barrett/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Capuchin monkeys on a remote Panamanian island are abducting babies from howler monkey families, in a first-of-its-kind trend. The wild population of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) living on Jicarón Island has been monitored with 86 motion cameras…
Lipton’s new logo wants to be everyone’s cup of tea
Hellmann’s. Axe. Ben & Jerry’s. Dove. Nutrafol. Pepsodent. Vaseline. When a brand exists within a CPG behemoth like Unilever, it can struggle to get dedicated design attention. So often, it doesn’t—and as a result, its brand can get a bit dusty on the shelf. That’s what happened to Lipton with an identity from 2014 that…
Mets to talk to $765m Soto about hustling out of box after second incident in two days | New York Mets
New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza says he will talk to Juan Soto about hustling out of the batter’s box after the slugger watched his would-be home run bounce off the Green Monster for a single on Monday night against the Boston Red Sox. Leading off the sixth inning on a chilly night at Fenway…
Sebastian Lelio On Cannes Film The Wave About Chile Feminist Protests
Sebastián Lelio’s has touched down in Cannes this year with musical film The Wave (La Ola), inspired by the wave of feminist civil disobedience that swept Chile in the spring of 2018. The mass protests and university rallies, sparked by a collective desire to bring attention to widespread harassment and abuse against women in Chile,…
Chinese Battery Giant Surges in Hong Kong Market Debut
Shares of the company, CATL, surged in their first day of trading. Onshore U.S. investors were blocked from buying its stock as a “decoupling” of finance continued.
Telefonica Outage in Spain Knocks Out Emergency Lines
The outage Tuesday knocked out emergency phone lines in several parts of the country for several hours.
Affiniti’s 20- and 22-year-old founders raise $17M led by SignalFire just 6 months after an $11M seed
Affiniti founders Aaron Bai, 20, and Sahil Phadnis, 22, are building the kind of expense management software for main street small businesses that tech startups have enjoyed for years. Their growth has been so impressive that six months after raising an $11 million seed round, they raised a $17 million Series A, led by Signal…
Wisconsin commits Jackson Ball, Hayden Jones on U19 World Cup team
New Zealand announces their 12 man roster for the FIBA U19 WC Oscar Goodman – MichiganJulius Halaifonua – GeorgetownJackson Ball – WisconsinTama Isaac – UC IrvineCarter Hopoi – ValpoHayden Jones – WisconsinTroy Plumtree – Cal PolyJackson Kiss – Utah PrepKahu Treacher -… pic.twitter.com/DDNK8XCyXe — nbadraftpoint (@nbadraftpoint) May 16, 2025 A pair of Wisconsin basketball commits…
bitchy | Now they’re claiming that QEII told off Duchess Meghan over the wedding menu
Today is the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s seventh wedding anniversary. I’m so happy for them, happy that they had each other’s backs, happy that Harry prioritized his wife and children over his toxic birth family, happy that they got the hell out of there. Meanwhile, the British media has gone especially buckwild around the…