Nouakchott, Mauritania – Moulay Ould Rais waited to pick up his son and daughter from a government-owned school in west Nouakchott’s Sahraoui neighbourhood. As the closing bell rang at the Abdellahi Ould Nouegued Basic School, streams of pre-teen children rushed out into the hallways with their bulky schoolbags and lunch boxes. Recommended Stories list of…
On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent a command to turn off an instrument on Voyager 1 known as the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or LECP. The spacecraft, powered by a nuclear energy source, is gradually losing power, and shutting down this instrument is the most effective way…
Swipe at US president appears to wipe out year-long effort to establish rapport
Analysts say he is entering a landscape still dominated by the DMK and the AIADMK – a duopoly that mostly appears stable on paper, yet shows signs of fatigue on the ground. That, they argue, is opening space for new political experiments – and for figures like Vijay to test how far star power can…
The second round of the 2026 NBA postseason began on Tuesday, and it gave severe “opposite day” vibes. The first matchup between New York and Philadelphia was supposed to be the start of what most expected to be the most competitive series of the round, a rematch of an epic 2024 series that went six…
Yesterday, we chatted about the Met Gala, which is happening tonight. Page Six claimed that Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez spent $10-20 million to have their name on this year’s Met Gala, as sponsors and co-chairs for the gala itself and the Costume Institute’s exhibition this year. I said yesterday that I didn’t believe the…
French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier discusses the trade relationship between the European Union and the US as President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on cars and trucks from the EU to 25%. EU officials have said all options will be on the table if Trump follows through with the threat as the two sides…
Starmer to host event in Downing Street to discuss tackling antisemitism Good morning. Keir Starmer has declared antisemitism “a crisis for all of us”. This morning he is hosting an event in Downing Street intended to get leaders across all areas of public life to address the problem and, according to the briefing from No…
I’ve been trying to become fluent in Spanish for the last decade. After spending most of my adult life surrounded by multilinguals, I often feel like I’m playing an impossible game of catch-up. Like everyone else, I’ve tried to become regimented with practicing on an in-phone app like Duolingo, which attempts to ‘game-ify’ language learning,…
HSBC has taken a $1.3bn (£961m) hit to profits, fuelled by the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran and fraud in the troubled private credit sector. The London-headquartered bank said profits fell 4% in the first three months of the year, dropping $100m to $9.4bn, compared with the same period in 2025. Revenue increased…
