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2026-02-26 07:02:06 (4 days ago)

First writing may be 40,000 years earlier than thought

Scientists believe they have found evidence of written thoughts of Stone Age people on ancient objects.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-26 07:00:55 (4 days ago)

Prince William thought former Prince Andrew was an ‘ignoramus’ before King Charles took action: author

Prince William reportedly felt that the former Prince Andrew was an "ignoramus" and urged King Charles to banish him from the royal family years before action was taken.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-26 07:00:34 (4 days ago)

It’s taboo to admit it, but voters bear some responsibility for the frayed state of Britain | Andy Beckett

Populists blame an ever-expanding list of enemies for social ills – many of which are in fact caused by changes in our habits and social norms

One of the great strengths of populism, in all its rightwing and leftwing varieties, is its readiness to blame people. When democracies are discontented, as most are now, the old early 21st-century politics of relative consensus and moderation is seen by many voters as insincere and inadequate, as many unpopular centrist leaders have discovered. Societies are always divided between clashing interests, especially under the current, ultracompetitive version of capitalism, and populism recognises that. In some ways, it is more honest than conventional politics.

But only in some. Rightwing populism in particular relies on an ever-expanding list of enemies – from urban elites to benefit claimants, immigrants to deep-state bureaucrats, diversity officers to leftwing radicals, net zero “zealots” to mild liberals – yet this list always contains a striking omission. In Britain as in other countries, many of the social trends that rightwing populists and their supporters say they hate, and want to reverse, are partly being driven by populist voters themselves.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-26 07:00:34 (4 days ago)

‘Really a lot of amazing beauty’: emails show how model scout connected Epstein with young women

Daniel Siad, facing allegation of rape in France, appears in more than 1,000 documents in latest declassified files

“In This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick, some time no fish,” Daniel Siad, a model scout, wrote to Jeffrey Epstein in July 2014, explaining the frustrations of his work scouring the world for future models.

In this exchange, released in the latest batch of US Department of Justice documents, Siad was annoyed with Epstein, who had failed to turn up for a planned meeting.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-26 07:00:33 (4 days ago)

The third stage: what to expect from Emma Hayes’s USWNT with World Cup in sight?

SheBelieves Cup campaign that starts against Argentina will show coach is now refining rather than experimenting

When the whistle blows to start USA v Argentina on Sunday in Nashville, a new period of the Emma Hayes era will begin in earnest. The team preparing to play La Albiceleste in Tennessee for the 11th SheBelieves Cup, followed by Canada and Colombia, is the first in more than a year to feature no uncapped players.

For a head coach who spent 2025 setting, challenging or matching all-time USWNT records for capping players, that is a notable shift and it marks the next phase of the team’s World Cup preparation.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-26 07:00:33 (4 days ago)

Gorillaz: The Mountain review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

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Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon band mark 25 years with an album inspired by India and shaped by loss, featuring collaborators living and dead

It is 25 years since Gorillaz released their eponymous debut album. A project you might reasonably have assumed was a jokey one-off on the part of a Britpop star has instead lasted a quarter of a century, long enough for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s concept of a “virtual group” to seem less like a snarky gag at the expense of manufactured pop than oddly commonplace: their latest release is launched into a world where cartoon K-pop bands Huntr/x and Saja Boys have collectively spent 100 weeks and counting on the UK singles chart, where the anime “vocaloid” Hatsune Miku is playing the O2 Arena and where celebrated producer Timbaland has launched an AI-generated singer called Tata Taktumi. Meanwhile, Gorillaz’s oeuvre has sprawled to nine albums, involving something like 100 guest artists; they are the thread that links Carly Simon to Shaun Ryder, Skepta to Lou Reed and Bad Bunny to Mark E Smith.

Perhaps inevitably, marshalling so many eclectic contributors has proved a challenge, even for someone as undoubtedly talented as Damon Albarn. Gorillaz albums are seldom concise affairs and are of variable quality, thus tricky to navigate. The best ones are those unified by a strong underlying concept, as on Demon Days’ glum survey of “the world in a state of night” post-9/11, or the ecological satire of 2010’s Plastic Beach.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-26 07:00:32 (4 days ago)

Riding the wave: can surf tourism save Peru’s ancient reed-boat fishing culture?

As fish stocks dwindle, surf tourism may offer a lifeline to traditional caballitos de totora fishers, whose vessels are thought to be among the first ever used to ride waves

Just before dawn, in a scene that has repeated itself over thousands of years on the north coast of Peru, fishers drag boats made of bound reeds to the water’s edge and, kneeling on them, use paddles shaped from split bamboo to row out into the Pacific Ocean to catch their breakfast. A few hours later, these surfer fishers return with netfuls of their catch, riding waves on the final stretch back to the shore. From the main beach in Huanchaco – a seaside town near the city of Trujillo – the fish are taken to sell at the market or to beachfront restaurants preparing meals for tourists.

The four-metre-long reed vessels – known as caballitos de totora in Spanish, or “little reed horses” – are placed upright on their ends by the promenade on El Mogote beach so that the seawater drains away and they are ready to be used the next morning.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-26 07:00:29 (4 days ago)

Some 80-year-olds still have razor-sharp brains — and now scientists know why

SuperAgers over 80 generate twice as many new brain cells as typical older adults, explaining their exceptional memory that rivals people decades younger.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-26 07:00:11 (4 days ago)

Power play: How US-Canada cooperation can skip the games and secure our borders

U.S.-Canada partnership could reshape global energy markets through cooperation in oil, gas, and critical mineral extraction amid growing opportunities.

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-02-26 07:00:00 (4 days ago)

First Nations cancelling medical travel to Vancouver due to FIFA World Cup hotel costs

Indigenous health-care providers in northwest B.C. say they are unable to book patients' medical appointments in Vancouver during the FIFA World Cup events this summer because of the high cost of hotel rooms and travel.

RT News - Top Stories

2026-02-26 06:57:43 (4 days ago)

India’s ties with Israel ‘unfortunate’ – Iran

 Iran doesn’t find it appropriate to deal with a “genocidal regime,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said
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Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-02-26 06:56:17 (4 days ago)

South Africa: A year after USAID cuts

Health workers and their patients are still reeling from the impact from last year.