The World Cup Comes to Canada. But Does Anyone Care?
Staggering ticket prices and lackluster matches have left thousands of seats in Toronto and Vancouver unsold just days before the tournament kicks off...
How did the notion of ‘two-tier policing’ evolve, and does it really exist?
Data discredits claims reawakened by the death of Henry Nowak that UK police actions disadvantage white peopleThe US government has joined criticism o...
What does the UK watchdog’s new Google AI results rule mean for publishers?
Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramificationsThe UK’s competition watchdog has ...
'At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an electric vehicle?'
"At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an EV?" NPR listener Guadalupe Higuera of Phoenix asked this question and worked with Climate...
Trust, even Paul Rudd himself is clueless when it comes to his secret for flawless aging.
Although the 57-year-old is widely known for his eternally ...
The race for oil: will Jamaica be the next country to drill and what does that mean for its green pledges?
With early tests suggesting the presence of crude oil, the Caribbean island has begun to debate whether it could justify becoming a producerJamaica is...
Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ US ally Oman if it does not ‘behave’ over strait of Hormuz | First Thing
President makes comments after reports Iran and Oman have discussed jointly charging a toll for ships. Plus, how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight risi...
Researchers are building AI-powered robot labs. What does this mean for science?
Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions...
‘She does not back down’: the couple seeking to legalise same-sex marriage in Botswana
Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile are going to court for right to wed but face fierce opposition from church groupsBonolo Selelo was at Botswana’s n...
Trump says he does not make bad deals, but even Republican hawks doubt that now
The US has apparently had to agree to unfreeze billions of Iranian assets for a regime more hardline than before the warMiddle East crisis: live updat...
Stephen Hawking’s father worried his son ‘does not study much’, diaries reveal
Exclusive: New biography uncovers Frank Hawking’s papers in which he lamented that his son had ‘little initiative’In exploring the physics and geometr...
Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable’, report says
Researchers from watchdog group glued trackers to chain’s cups and found not one ended up at a recycling facilityIf you attach a GPS tracker to a “wid...
The future of Google is a search box that does everything
Last year, after watching Google's I/O keynote, I wrote that it felt like Google's future was Google googling. After watching this year's I/O keynote ...
Trump threatens ‘a big hit’ if Tehran does not make deal soon
Renewed threat comes after US president said he was ‘an hour away’ from ordering a strike before pulling backMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald T...
