Mamdani delivered his first public address as New York City's mayor on Thursday, after being officially sworn in as the city's first Muslim mayor and first mayor of South Asian descent....
Jakarta and its sprawling environs’ 42mn inhabitants are now the most populous conurbation, according to the UN...
Sanaa and Batoul embody Gaza's resilience, facing war, famine, and loss with little hope for a better life....
The year is coming to an end, and many people in Germany traditionally celebrate with fireworks. What looks like harmless fun at first glance has serious consequences for wild animals and pets. German...
Actor Idris Elba is knighted in the New Year Honours. The 53-year old Hollywood star from Hackney, London can now officially be called Sir Idris. Sir Idris, who rose to prominence for playing Stringer...
A battle over land use is unfolding between northern Tanzania's breathtaking Lake Natron and national parks. Mass evictions from ancestral land to accommodate wealthy tourists is driving some Maasai t...
Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383552 Points: 32 # Comments: 2...
Meanwhile, Russia's battlefield gains in Ukraine last year were the highest since 2022, an analysis by the AFP news agency showed....
A strong majority of Americans say they're worried about climate. So why do they hear so little about it in the news?...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI This past weekend, the internet was set ablaze by a post on r/Confessions claiming to be from a software engineer-turned-whistleblower working at a food delivery app . "I...
Mamdani delivered his first public address as New York City's mayor on Thursday, after being officially sworn in as the city’s first Muslim mayor and first mayor of South Asian descent....
Article URL: https://hsu.cy/2025/12/times-new-american/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46432862 Points: 3 # Comments: 1...
A novel approach by South Korea to stop its rural areas from dying by paying people to live there appears to be working. Okcheon in North Chungcheong province saw its population grow by almost 1,000 i...
Article URL: https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-phone-ban-reveals-some-students-cant-read-clocks Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395757 Points: 9 # Comments: 6...
Article URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/26/ice-high-tech-surveillance-lower-privacy-guardrails-00705401 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394228 Points: 15 # Comments: 2...
Rippling's CPO said he prefers to understaff than overstaff all his projects. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Rippling's product chief Matt MacInnis says he deli...
Protesters in Istanbul march after morning prayers, calling for an end to Israel's genocidal war in Gaza....
More than 40 million are on alert as the next winter storm is forecast to bring inclement weather from the Dakotas into northern New England over the coming days....
Looking into age restrictions on social media is "more than justified," Germany's Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger told the dpa news agency, commenting on Australia banning the platforms for childr...
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff, as Christians flocked to Bethlehem after "two years of darkness" during the war in Gaza. Follow for the latest Christmas news....