From Yaa Gyasi to Hope Adams, Edward St Aubyn and P. R. Black This week's best new fiction
Gifty is a Ghanaian-American neuroscientist studying for a PhD in California. Read more...
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Explore future worlds or get lost in a time loop with these options. Read more...
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden vows the Government will try to kill the rebel European Super League
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden told the Commons on Monday night that the Government would use every tool at their disposal - including changes to competition law - to kill the proposed rebel league. Read more...
Mayan 'embassy' built in the 4th century is uncovered using airborne lasers beams
Airborne laser scans have revealed a complex hidden under the jungle once at the heart of the Mayan empire. The style is indicative of Teotihuacan, a rival city-state located hundreds of miles away. Read more...
Dozen Megadonors Gave .4 Billion, One in Every 13 Dollars, Since 2009
A new study shows the role of the super rich in politics since the Supreme Court loosened restrictions on political spending more than a decade ago. Read more...
A Year After Tiger King, Bill Aims to Protect Big Cats
The Big Cat Public Safety Act has been introduced before, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers hopes the public outcry from the Netflix documentary series will finally help it become law. Read more...
Where are Britons booking holidays this summer and next year?
Britons are pushing back foreign holiday plans for a long-haul 'blow out' in 2022 as they go on staycations this year instead - with UK accommodation already 85 per cent full this summer. Read more...
Walter Mondale, Ex-Vice President Under Jimmy Carter, Dies
Under Jimmy Carter, he was the first V.P. to serve as a genuine partner of a president. His own run for the top position ended in a crushing defeat. Read more...
Paw-fect fit? Hilarious moment German Shepherd squeezes into puppy's pet carrier
Six-year-old German Shepherd Denver from Nashville, Michigan, clearly believes he is a puppy at heart as he climbs into the tiny crate meant for a 10-week-old pup in his owner's car . Read more...
Tell Us if Hes Dead Abductions and Torture Rattle Uganda
Hundreds have been detained, many brutalized, after a bloody, contested election. The government of Yoweri Museveni appears intent on breaking the back of the opposition. Read more...
Earth Day programs come in many shades of green, but this year some seek rays of hope
There's no one way for documentary fare to acknowledge Earth Day, but the programs generally fall into one or more of four distinct buckets in regard to the health of the planet Depressing, vaguely hopeful, star-studded, and celebrating the natural world to highlight what we might be losing. Read more...
Value review Stephen Bayley is a dazzling writer
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Government refuses to back proposals to try and fix Child Trust Fund lockout
Plans to make it easier for the parents of disabled children to access locked CTF and Junior Isa savings suffered a setback after the Government refused to back them in Parliament. Read more...
Woman turns super-sleuth on Facebook and tracks down real owners of 'stolen' Shih Tzu
Anna Taylor, 57, said she turned to social media to see if anyone reported a missing Shih Tzu when she got a weird hunch about a her neighbour's 'new' dog in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. Read more...
U.S. Calls for Pause on Johnson Johnson Vaccine After Blood Clotting Cases
Federal health officials called for a halt in the use of the companys coronavirus vaccine while they study serious illnesses that developed in six American women. Read more...
Liam Scarlett, Choreographer Accused of Sexual Misconduct, Dies at 35
He won acclaim in the dance world with remarkable speed. His subsequent downfall, amid allegations of sexual misconduct, happened just as abruptly. Read more...