“Think we can cross it?” I asked Kasia.She nodded.We strapped on our enormous backpacks and clung to that rope for dear life as we battled the current. When we emerged on the far side, the backpackers cheered. I pumped my fist triumphantly. We raced to the wedding, hearts pounding, eyes gleaming.Some two decades later, deep in the Adirondack woods, there we stood, at the edge of the jagged ice. These two moments felt like the beginning and the end of something, with our lives in the middle. Now our kids, ages 16 and 18, were almost grown. The oldest boy,…
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Mars appears light blue in this near-infrared image taken by the Hera spacecraft. Its moon Deimos is the dark mark towards the centre of the imageESA A space exploration mission to study an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into three years ago has taken stunning bonus images of Mars and its moon Deimos en route to its final destination. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) in 2022 was an attempt to show that bodies on a collision course with our planet could be deliberately redirected to avoid catastrophic impact. Observations from Earth showed that by smashing the craft,…
The arrest warrant was delivered to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines in Manila at 3 a.m. Monday. The person named on it: his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, the firebrand whose war on drugs left thousands of people dead.But acting on the warrant from the International Criminal Court was not straightforward, since the Philippines is not a member of the court. So at 6:30 a.m., Mr. Marcos’s government received another warrant for Mr. Duterte, this time from Interpol, which was acting on the court’s behalf and of which the Philippines is a member.Mr. Marcos recalled his next step in…
To win the artificial intelligence race, Google not only has developed its own technologies, but has also pumped money into prominent A.I. start-ups. And to preserve its competitive edge, Google has kept its ownership stakes in those start-ups a secret.Court documents recently obtained by The New York Times reveal Google’s stake in one of those start-ups, Anthropic, as well as how its investment in the young company is set to change.Google owns 14 percent of Anthropic, according to legal filings that the A.I. start-up submitted as part of a Google antitrust case. But that investment gives Google little control over…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Wall Street stocks fell on Tuesday, deepening a recent selloff sparked by investor concerns over the health of the US economy.The S&P 500 resumed its declines after briefly steadying at the market open and was down 0.8 per cent in morning trading. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.6 per cent, following its worst day in two and a half years. In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was down 1.3 per cent, while Germany’s Dax was 0.8 per cent lower.The Nasdaq fell 4 per cent…
Credit: Screenshot via Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan Youtube Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: leftwing Americans are very angry over their own political preferences again. You may be aware that “protesters” have been “protesting” Tesla dealerships, that celebrities are getting rid of their Teslas, or that some psychos are even shooting at Tesla dealerships. All very normal, very sophisticated behavior from our cultural betters, obviously. But what accounts for this sudden rage at the guy who formerly was the leftwing technowizard who was going to save the planet from Global Warming? Are they just confused and clueless?…
Olivia Culpo is all about “Motherhood,” as she and Christian McCaffrey are expectant. The former Miss Universe and her NFL star husband took to Instagram to share a major life update in a joint post.Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey tied the knot in June last year in Rhode Island. The model said “I do” in a tastefully designed Dolce & Gabbana dress.Article continues below advertisementOlivia Culpo & Christian McCaffrey Drop Pregnancy Announcement In StyleThe pageant queen finally shared her joy with the world today, Monday, March 10th, 2025, with new sets of ethereal posts showing off her baby bump.Culpo uploadeda first…
“ANXIETY AND FEAR” In some areas, residents began tentatively venturing out but many were still afraid to leave home after dark and complained of a lack of basic supplies. “Today the situation in Latakia is a little calmer, people are out and about after five days of anxiety and extreme fear,” said Farah, a 22-year-old university student who gave only her first name. But with the situation still “very tense”, she said that “after six o’clock, you do not see anyone in the street … the neighbourhood turns into a ghost town”. Clashes broke out on Thursday after gunmen loyal…
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Afiya’s* frail fingers pick at the loose threads of her worn dark-brown sweater. She sits at the edge of her bed in the rehabilitation ward of Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. As the faded and stained clothes hang loosely on her thin frame, and with down-cast eyes, she says: “I used to dream of flying high above the mountains, touching the blue sky as a flight attendant. Now, I am stuck in a nightmare, high on drugs, fighting for my life.” Afiya, 24, is only one among thousands…