In Vigil, a dying oil magnate is visited by ghosts liebre/Getty Images VigilGeorge Saunders, Bloomsbury In general, I am not a fan of novellas (or short novels). Just as I am sinking into them, they finish. However, while interesting people keep writing interesting-sounding works like these, I feel obliged to keep reading them, and this…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Men’s 500m speed skating: 29 skaters going for gold. Ignaz Gschwentner does a sole turn, and will be followed by 14 pairs. Fastest wins. Share Switzerland accuse Canada of “double touch” Curling: the fallout continues from yesterday’s hot-headed game between Sweden…
With Courtside Live, viewers use their phones to effectively be their own camera operator. For decades, tuning into a sporting event at home involved watching a traditional broadcast on your TV. These days, however, many viewers aren’t just watching on their TV—they’ve got the game streaming right to their phones. After more than two decades,…
14 February 2026 Jesy Nelson had one final “awkward” phone call with her Little Mix bandmates after quitting the group following an attempt to take her own life. Jesy Nelson’s ‘awkward’ Little Mix goodbye The 34-year-old singer knew she had to leave the group after the incident but regrets that her lawyer informed her bandmates…
Dating is full of tiny money moments: choosing a restaurant, talking about travel, splitting a check, and deciding whether a gift is “too much.” You don’t need to ask someone how much they make, what their net worth is, or how much student loan debt they carry to learn how they approach money and what…
His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.
MUMBAI: Fresh off captaining India to the Under-19 World Cup title in Zimbabwe and Namibia, Ayush Mhatre was denied a chance to turn out for the Mumbai Under-23 team in their Col CK Nayudu Trophy clash against Odisha, which started on Friday at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana in Kandivali due to the BCCI’s rules that…
Airbnb has taken its time to launch AI features within the app, but CEO Brian Chesky on Friday said the company is now planning to bake in features powered by large language models that would help users search for listings, plan their trips, and aid hosts in managing their properties. Speaking at the company’s fourth-quarter…
PVR INOX, one of India’s leading multiplex chains, has announced its ‘Valentine’s Special Showcase’, a curated re-release of 12 popular romantic films across Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam. The initiative aims to bring timeless love stories back to the big screen, offering both nostalgia for long-time viewers and discovery for younger audiences. The line-up features…
Analysis by the governments of Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands revealed the presence of a toxin found in the poison dart frog, a species native to South America.
