How Your Phone Is Changing Your Body: From Tech Neck to Weak Grip

LONDON — The physical toll of constant device use is becoming increasingly clear, with scientists documenting changes to the neck, eyes, hands, and skin linked to the hours spent looking at screens. The phenomenon often called “tech neck”—the forward head posture adopted when looking down at a phone—can place up to 60lbs (27kg) of pressure […]

Seattle Buys Luxury Apartment Building for Social Housing in US First

The city of Seattle has purchased a 150-unit luxury apartment building in the Belltown neighbourhood for $61 million, the first step in a plan to create a publicly owned social housing system modelled on Vienna. The Seattle Social Housing Developer, a public authority established by voters in 2023, acquired the Elara at the Market this […]

Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order 6-3

WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship by a 6-3 vote, ruling that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to all children born on American soil regardless of their parents’ immigration status. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion in Trump v. Barbara, grounding the decision […]

Trump Made More Than $1bn From Crypto in First Year Back in Office

President Donald Trump made more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency business dealings in his first year back in office, according to his mandatory financial disclosure for 2025. The 927-page report reveals $635 million in royalties from a Trump-branded meme coin that launched days before his inauguration—a token that has since plunged in value—and more than […]

Medicare to Cover Weight-Loss Drugs for First Time From July 1

WASHINGTON — Medicare will begin covering weight-loss drugs for the first time in its history on 1 July through a temporary pilot programme called Medicare GLP-1 Bridge, potentially making medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound available to millions of older Americans at a fraction of their current cost. Eligible enrollees will pay $50 for a […]

WhatsApp to Let Users Chat With Usernames Instead of Phone Numbers

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that will allow its three billion users to connect with each other using unique usernames rather than phone numbers, the Meta-owned messaging platform has announced. The feature will be introduced globally over the coming months, with users able to reserve a name through the app starting this week. […]

How Deschamps’ Half-Time Tweaks Transformed France’s World Cup

Didier Deschamps has once again demonstrated his ability to reshape his France team mid-tournament, making a series of tactical adjustments since half-time of their opening match against Senegal that have transformed the World Cup favourites into a more cohesive attacking and defensive unit. The most significant change saw Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembélé swap positions—the […]

Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Fire Independent Agency Heads

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has overturned a 1935 precedent that protected the heads of independent federal agencies from being dismissed by the president, handing Donald Trump a landmark victory that he called “The Greatest Increase in Presidential Power in the last 100 years.” Monday’s ruling means the president can fire commissioners at the Federal […]

Dame Penelope Keith Dies Aged 86, Tributes Paid to Good Life Star

LONDON — Dame Penelope Keith, the award-winning actress best known for her roles as Margo Leadbetter in the classic 1970s sitcom The Good Life and Audrey Forbes-Hamilton in To the Manor Born, has died at the age of 86. Her family said in a statement on Monday that she “died peacefully whilst living with cancer […]

DR Congo Bans Mass Gatherings in Kinshasa Over Ebola Fears

KINSHASA — The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned mass gatherings in the capital, Kinshasa, and three other provinces to prevent the spread of Ebola, Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani announced on Saturday. The current outbreak has infected 1,274 people and killed 360, concentrated almost entirely in three eastern provinces—Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu—some 1,800 […]