Optimism after a stroke could ward off life-changing disability by slashing brain inflammation
In a study of 49 stroke survivors researchers at The University of Texas examined the relationship between optimism and recovery for three months after a stroke. Read more...
Kim Clijsters to make comeback at WTA tournament in Dubai
Nearly eight years after retiring, Kim Clijsters says she will make her long-heralded return to tennis at the WTA tournament in Dubai later this month. Read more...
The crowded race of self-driving startups
The race among start ups to win the self driving car billions is heating up and the field is crowded with 75 of them in Silicon Valley alone and more than 240 around the world. Read more...
WhatsApp says that two billion people now use its chat app
WhatsApp revealed on Wednesday that 2 billion people - more than a quarter of the world's population - now communicate via the Facebook-owned messaging app. Read more...
Legend ticks all the boxes
Lovers of British music can now get the complete recorded legacy, on 23 CDs, of Sir Clifford Curzon, the greatest English pianist of the 20th Century, for less than 50 on Decca. Read more...
On Politics Bloomberg Under the Microscope
Political donations, a Nevada poll, Republican turnout This is your morning tip sheet. Read more...
Self-driving electric powered vehicle that changes COLOUR could be on the roads by 2050
Auto Tader revealed its predictionfor what cars would look like in 30 years time based on expert comments and the opinions of more than 2,000 British drivers. Read more...
Warren Gatland warns Wales successor Wayne Pivac not to spoil his legacy
WILL KELLEHER AT THE TOKYO STADIUM Gatland will depart having won three Six Nations Grand Slams and got to two World Cup semi-finals and he hopes his work will not be wasted. Read more...
How China Tracked Detainees and Their Families
A leaked government document shows how people were monitored and selected for internment camps in Xinjiang. Read more...
The Super Bowl in 54 Seconds
All things considered, the game was swift. This summary of how it happened is swifter. Read more...
BBC investigate comments made by Craig Ramage about 'young black lads' at Derby County
EXCLUSIVE The BBC have drafted in one of their senior executives as they continue their investigation into the racist comments about Derby's young black players that led to one of their pundits being sacked. Read more...
Film Club 124; Jay Z The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail
In this short Op-Ed film, Jay Z describes in detail why the United States government's four-decade war on drugs is unjust and ineffective. Read more...
Almost Missing Summer
Metropolitan Diary As the writer awoke in the October chill, she began to romanticize summer, then remembered what it had been really like. Read more...
China Detains Activist Who Accused Xi of Coronavirus Cover-Up
Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese legal activist, went silent over the weekend. His girlfriend, Li Qiaochu, a social activist, has gone missing. Read more...
Risk of pension meltdown grows due to inaction by U.S. Congress
The window is closing on the chance to avert a pension meltdown that will slash the retirement benefits of more than a million U.S. workers. Read more...
My AirPods Fell Through a Subway Grate. Heres How I Got Them Back.
Over 7,000 electronics items were found throughout the subway system last year. Earbuds are the most common thing lost. Read more...
MailOnline reviews the two-Michelin-star Restaurant Sat Bains which refuses to serve vegan food
MailOnline Travel's Ted Thornhill checks into the Nottingham eaterie with rooms for a (meaty) experience that's out of this world. So yes, spoiler alert, he says, it lives up to the hype... Read more...
Pictured Woman, 55, who became fifth victim of Storm Dennis
Yvonne Booth, from Birmingham, became stranded in her car and was carried by fast-flowing water near a bridge which crosses the River Teme, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. Read more...
Why former prime minister John Howard's family had to stop holidaying at Hawks Nest north of Sydney
Former prime minister John Howard had for 19 years holidayed at Hawks Nest every summer. The family tradition ended after BHP announced it would stop making steel in Newcastle. Read more...
Jennifer Hudson delivers powerful tribute to Kobe Bryant at 2020 NBA All-Star Game
Jennifer Hudson delivered an emotional tribute to late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant, three weeks after they were killed in a helicopter accident. Read more...
The Jonas Brothers rock out while taking to the stage in Barcelona
The Jonas Brothers are bringing their whirlwind Happiness Begins tour to a close as they took the stage in Barcelona on Monday night. Read more...