Thursday briefing: Thanks to an erratic Trump, peace in Ukraine is still far away
In today’s newsletter: As Russia resists a ceasefire and Trump’s shifting priorities unsettle allies, an end to the conflict isn’t getting any closerG...
Raise a Gold Goblet to These Still Strong Love Is Blind Romances
Love may be blind, but the crop of contestants signed on for season 11 of the Netflix hit are entering the Love Is Blind pods with eyes wide open.
Be...
Leo XIV’s Lung Cancer Diagnosis Tests a Papacy Still Taking Shape
For a pope who appeared to have time on his side, cancer has raised questions about his longevity and brought a new urgency to his plans for the Churc...
Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex
Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia's...
He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.
In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting t...
People smugglers are still profiting from small boats. Can the UK fix the crisis?
As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomesThe smuggler works qui...
A Trump impersonator and opera singers: CPAC was a spectacle, but the right still can’t agree how to take down Labor
Preferences proved the sticking point at the conference as conservatives face the prospect of a third successive election defeatGet our new political ...
‘My body is still peaking’: Eliud Kipchoge wins first marathon in three years
Kenyan breaks Melbourne Marathon record by two seconds‘I’m happy to run with the gen Zs,’ 41-year-old saysMarathon’s greatest competitor, Eliud Kipcho...
I only bought Pokémon Legends: Z-A during Prime Day, and it’s still on sale
After covering Amazon’s October sale for the last few days, only one item found its way into my shopping cart, and, lucky for you, it’s still on sale ...
75 great October Prime Day deals are still happening
It’s always a little awkward when this many deals survive what was supposed to be the “end” of a big Amazon sale. Nevertheless, I’m happy to say that ...
Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year
Hundred-and-fifty-year-old Wych elm in Newcastle, Co Down has grown sideways owing to strong windsThe “astonishing and bizarre” Bendy Tree in Northern...
Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal
It isn’t hard to see a contradiction between the PM’s message in Fiji and his opposition to legal action to stop a NSW coalmineGet our new political e...
OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude
Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason K...
2003 Beauty Staples You Forgot About (& Can Still Buy Today)
The Y2K renaissance isn't over yet, and it's spilling into beauty, as proven by Maybelline's revival of their iconic Baby Lips balms and TikTok's obse...
Separatists Are Poised to Win Quebec’s Election. Independence Is Still a Hard Sell.
The Parti Québécois has vowed to hold a referendum on independence, three decades after Quebec voted “no.” Voters want change, but maybe not that much...
