Mon 17 August 2026: A one-of-a-kind version of Ferrari’s first fully electric car has sold for $40 million at a charity auction, setting a record for a new car sold at auction. The bespoke 2026 Ferrari Luce “Tailor Made” was sold by RM Sotheby’s during Monterey Car Week in California. Known as “Chassis 0,” the […]

Mon 17 August 2026: Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in a landmark US trial that could force Meta to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook over allegations that it deliberately designed the platforms to encourage compulsive use among children and teenagers. An eight-member advisory jury has been selected for the trial in […]

Mon 17 August 2026: Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, has become the longest and most expensive war in Israel’s history, with costs reaching about 420 billion shekels ($142bn) and national debt rising by roughly 400 billion shekels ($135bn), Haaretz newspaper reports. The report said Israel entered its ground offensive […]

Mon 17 August 2026: Myanmar has, for the first time, acknowledged nearly 309,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as former residents of Rakhine state, saying they would be allowed to return once security conditions improve in the conflict-hit region. The Foreign Ministry said 308,975 displaced people had been verified as former residents of Rakhine, marking a […]

Mon 17 August 2026: Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema holds an early lead in the general election and appears headed for a possible first-round victory, though the process has been clouded by opposition allegations that armed personnel raided the home of his main challenger. Polls closed on Thursday, and by Sunday more than half of the […]

Sun 16 August 2026: At least one person was killed and three others wounded in a Ukrainian drone barrage targeting Moscow, a local official reported, as Russia simultaneously bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces destroyed 822 drones across the country overnight. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated on social media […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Mon 17 August 2026: France’s Constitutional Council on Friday struck down the government’s effort to ban under-15s from using social media, dealing a significant blow to President Emmanuel Macron. The council – the highest constitutional authority in the country – said the bill constitutes a disproportionate interference with freedom of expression and communication. The bill passed […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]