A Top Democrat Warns Against a Hasty Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Afghanistan
Senator Jack Reed said he favored seeking an extension of the May 1 deadline for withdrawing troops that President Donald Trump and the Taliban negotiated last year. Read more...
What We Learned From Apples New Privacy Labels
Requiring that app makers list the data they collect reveals a lot about what some apps do with our information (ahem, WhatsApp) but creates confusion about others. Read more...
Covid US 6,994 react badly to vaccines, 9.2% 'seriously'
Of more than 13.7 million coronavirus vaccine doses administered between mid-December 2020 and mid-January 2021, there were 6,994 reports of adverse events submitted to the CDC's reporting system. Read more...
NASA's Perseverance's most stunning shots of the Red Planet from its first week on Mars
NASA Perseverance landed in the Jezero crater on Mars just before 2100 GMT on Thursday, February 18 after a hair raising '7-minutes of terror' and has already sent back thousands of photos. Read more...
Mesut Ozil's NIGHTMARE start to life at Fenerbahce since his 'dream' arrival from Arsenal in January
The former Germany international could not have hoped to join a side more in form, with the Turkish outfit having won all but one of their nine games since December 23 before he joined. Read more...
For movie awards season, February is beginning to look a lot like Christmas
The pandemic has upended the calendar in a variety of ways, and the movie awards "season" is no exception. That explains why this year, February is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Read more...
Australia's submerged whale-shaped marine observatory that will offer epic underwater views
It will be built at the end of the Busselton Jetty, 1.2 miles from the shore in Geographe Bay, Western Australia,a popular spot for watching southern right, humpback, pygmy and blue whales. Read more...
Fashion Yes YOU can...
...look brilliant in brown. Shelly Vella shows you how Read more...
Barcelona presidential candidate Toni Freixa claims he has an agreement to sign 'two top players'
Toni Freixa, one of the three candidates for the Barcelona presidency has confirmed he has an agreement in place with two 'top players' to join the club. Read more...
Search for missing three-month-old baby Buddy missing near NSW/Victoria border
Buddy was last seen inTocumwal, on the New South Wales/Victoria border at about 6pm on Thursday. Read more...
New Noteworthy, From Isabel Allende to Robert Walser
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Read more...
Tiny Love Stories I Remove My Wedding Ring
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Read more...
Harvard Professor39;s 39;Comfort Women39; Claims Stir Wake-up Call
The professor was widely criticized for writing that the women served Japanese troops willingly during World War II. A Korean survivor called the uproar a blessing in disguise. Read more...
A Director Returns to the Home He Longed to Leave
With Minari, Lee Isaac Chung tells a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up Korean-American in the heartland. Read more...
NASA39;s Mars Parachute Had a Hidden Code. Meet the People Who Cracked It.
Engineers hinted they had hidden a code in the parachute that landed the Perseverance rover. Within hours, puzzle enthusiasts cracked it. Read more...
First travellers to be released from 1,750 10-day hotel quarantine are reunited with loved ones
Wagner Araujo, 43, and his wife Elaine, 40, were among the first group of travellers to go into a quarantine hotel after they arrived from Brazil last Monday. Read more...
Two Memoirists Explore Abuse and Survival
Tanya Selvaratnam and Vanessa Springora both survived powerful, manipulative men. Now theyre telling their tales. Read more...
Cutest dog breeds according to ancient Greek mathematical formula are revealed
The Golden Ratio was devised by ancient Greeks as a formula to determine 'physical perfection'. Now the mathmatical equation has been applied to dogs to determine what breed is the most beautiful. Read more...
Horoscopes It's time to move on this week, Pisces
Pisces 20 Feb-20 March Doubts and worries of the past weeks will evaporate as mind planet Mercury turns direct in the most sensitive area of your chart. Read more...
AstraZeneca expects FDA O.K for its COVID shot in April and will ship 30M doses
Firm president Rudd Dobber told members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Tuesday that AstraZeneca could deliver 'up to 50 million' doses by the end of April. Read more...
Leicester sensation Youri Tielemens 'ready to pledge his long-term future' to the club
Youri Tielemans has impressed since joining Leicester City from Monaco two years ago and his form has seen him turn heads, but he looks set to stay put at the King Power Stadium. Read more...