Новости за 06.12.2024

A busy but not too relaxed week, so I'll take it as a win. I hope that you had a good week, and that you will have a less busy weekend than I. We'll see you on Monday!

2024 W.N.B.A. Rookie of the Year Caitlin: five letters.

What does “skibidi” mean?

RaMell Ross’s first dramatic feature, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel, gives the bearing of witness an arresting cinematic form.

Fanfestive capsuleers,  

Fanfest is where the EVE community comes together to celebrate our shared adventures, challenges, and victories. It’s a time to connect with fellow pilots, uncover exciting updates, and immerse yourself in all things EVE. Likewise, this time of year is when we look back and bask in the warm glow of great memories. 

To capture the spirit of Fanfest 2023, we’ve compiled a collection of amazing photos showcasing the energy, camaraderie, and excitement that make this event truly special. Читать дальше...

Michael Gordon Jackson, the Saskatchewan father who withheld his then seven-year-old daughter from her mom for nearly 100 days to prevent the girl from getting a COVID-19 vaccine, was handed a 12-month prison sentence and 200 days probation on Friday, but credited with time served.

The United States is looking to shoot down a case being heard in front of the International Court of Justice, or ICJ. No, it’s not the one launched late last year by South Africa, arguing that Israel is committing genocide—although the White House also opposes that one. This case is being championed by Vanuatu and other climate-vulnerable Pacific island states. At their urging, the U.N. General Assembly last March asked the ICJ to deliver its opinion on two questions: whether international law... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump is flooding the zone with so many terrible nominations that you may have missed that the president-elect recently picked former Representative Billy Long of Missouri to be the next commissioner of the IRS. Here’s another instance of choosing a fox to guard the chicken coop.

“Giving Tuesday”—the nonprofit answer to Black Friday and Cyber Monday—is supposed to be a reprieve from the crass commercialization of this holiday period, or at least a way to make yourself feel better after spending hundreds or more on Wirecutter-approved deals. But I find it exhausting. Thanksgiving now heralds a multiweek stretch of increasingly frenetic marketing emails from people trying to destroy your budget, and “Giving Tuesday” just means that nonprofits join the fray, each competing... Читать дальше...

Cancer-stricken King Charles is spending lonely hours in front of an easel painting away his days creating melancholy watercolor pictures of his sprawling country estate.

Spoon-like metal objects attached to Roman-era belts may represent drug dosing equipment, researchers suggest.

Five years, 2,500 trees, and $740 million later, a gleaming Notre Dame Cathedral is reopening to the public in Paris.

Most major AI companies now have a search function. You.com built the market—and its founder insists it’s still the best option out there.

It's been 30 years since Harry and Lloyd were brought so low their pets' heads were falling off. And while it can't exactly be said that the best buds, played by Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey, were...

With anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the nation's biggest health agency, it wouldn't take much tampering to enable vaccine-preventable diseases to make a comeback.

Dec 4, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Jared McCain (20) shoots the ball against the Orlando Magic during the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center. | Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

And why Philadelphia is glad it didn’t.

Emily Blunt has heard rumblings about a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada.

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Eredivisie clash between Almere City and FC Utrecht, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Live sets from Tori Amos and Katie Melua, CHVRCHES star Lauren Mayberry goes solo, Kendrick Lamar releases surprise LP, and country duo Brooks & Dunn are back

A Vox reader asks: Why is some soap labeled antibiotic? Is there a soap that is friendly to germs, viruses, etc.? I thought the whole idea was to get rid of germs and viruses. There really are too many varieties of soap out there. Too many brands, too many fragrances and colors, too many claims […]

"I did a bunch of 360 flips in the air, upside down, hitting various body parts, trying to arrest myself, but everything was covered in ice," Brooklyn resident Martynka Wawrzyniak recalled.

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street is the latest moment to shine a light on the tensions roiling American life. On social media in particular, some users gloated about the killing — a reaction they framed as rooted in their enmity for the health insurance industry. That, in turn, brought...

After years of decline, cervical cancer rates are rising in some demographics in the United States — primarily low-income women and those in their 30s and 40s. If the disease spreads in the body, it can prove fatal: Cervical cancer has a five-year survival rate of just 19 percent once it reaches distant organs....

Aritizia founder Brian Hill has retail in his blood. His grandfather, an Irish immigrant, bought a dry-goods store in Vancouver in 1945, and his father later opened a department store, Hill's of Kerrisdale.

Starting a business can be expensive, so many look to outside funding sources to get their start.