Ukraine delaying restart of oil pipeline: Slovakia
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused Ukraine of delaying the restart of a pipeline carrying Russian oil to Eastern Europe via Ukraine in order to pressure Hungary to drop…
More people taking adult gap years and mini-sabbaticals
Mini-sabbaticals. Adult gap years. Micro-retirement. Extended career breaks go by many names and take many forms, from using the time between jobs to explore or taking an employer-approved leave to…
Big businesses getting bigger amid two-speed recovery
While larger businesses are increasingly seeking credit to fuel growth, some companies are struggling just to keep the lights on, new data shows. Overall business credit demand grew 2.3 per…
Big measles outbreak affecting London children under 10
A “big measles outbreak” in parts of London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, the UK Health Security Agency has confirmed. It said the outbreak in schools…
Fall of the Quad God: Ilia Malinin finds he is all too human under the Olympic spotlight
The brilliant American was expected to glide to a gold medal on Friday. It was tough to watch such a gifted athlete discover the ruthlessness of his sport By the…
Canada’s curling war of words with Sweden escalates after warning over ‘F-bomb’
Kennedy insists he is innocent of any wrongdoing World Curling says officials will clamp down on violations The Canadian curler at the centre of a cheating row at the Winter…
‘We are Europeans’: Fans fly Greenland flag during Olympic US-Denmark ice hockey game
Greenland flag raised in crowd after Danes’ opening goal Fans say gesture is sign of support amid Trump rhetoric Americans pull away after slow start for 6-3 win Two fans…
Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen wins gold – and South America’s first Winter Olympics medal
Norwegian-born skier storms to historic slalom gold ‘Your difference is your superpower,’ says 25-year-old As the snow fell in Bormio, and the fog settled in, Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made history…
I took up paddleboarding in my 60s. In the water I feel calm; on land I feel strong
It was a wobbly start. But each day I haul my paddleboard out on the water, I feel my balance and confidence improving At 66, I don’t feel old, but…
From cigarette-smoking orangutans to lavender for lions: Melbourne zoo’s dark history gives way to progressive animal care
Tackling the tension between promoting conservation, keeping animals in captivity and its heavy history, the zoo has been reshaped around environmental awareness On the other side of wire mesh, two…