A general view of Police tape in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 9, 2018. Robert Cianflone/Getty Images A callous man will spend six years behind bars for exploiting a vulnerable woman and keeping her as a slave for nine months. The woman had considered Chee Kit “Max” Chong, 47, like a son, and the 61-year-old followed … Read more
File photo: Princess Diana Almost 30 years after her death, Princess Diana continues to fascinate people around the world.Her clothes, photographs, jewellery and personal belongings still attract enormous interest, but there’s something especially striking about seeing the things she actually owned. From November, hundreds of those pieces will go on public display in California, offering … Read more
Photo: @lizandshiv/ Instagram For many travellers, public transport is often the fastest way to get to know a city in its real sense, as it gives a peek into daily life while making it easier to navigate busy streets.Recently, an American content creator decided to document her very first ride into Mumbai’s metro system, and … Read more
“Is it just skills or is it insanity?” That’s a question Luke Lewis sometimes contends with when people learn about the hundreds of hours he and his students devote to their craft. But for Lewis, the time spent creating works of realism—art that seeks to reproduce a subject with a high degree of accuracy and … Read more
When a child falls sick, one of the first things parents notice is a sudden drop in appetite. It’s completely natural to feel anxious when your child turns away food, but this loss of appetite is actually the body’s smart way of diverting energy away from complex digestion so it can focus on fighting off … Read more
Photo: @yaylagulramazanova/ Instagram The Olympics often bring us some dramatic breakthroughs that leave behind a trail of inspirational stories, but only a few as unusual as this one.At the Paris 2024 Games, Azerbaijani archer Yaylagul Ramazanova stepped onto the field six and a half months pregnant, competing against rivals half her age and twice her … Read more
Rescue team members work to enter the tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station as they search for survivors and retrieve bodies in Rasuwa, Nepal, on Sept. 3, 2026. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters KATHMANDU—Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River, nine days after … Read more
There comes a point in some relationships when you realize you are no longer asking for something special. You are asking for the bare minimum. “Can you make some time for me?” “Can you just tell me what’s wrong?” “Can you please stop ignoring me when we argue?” Communication is normal in a relationship, but … Read more
A digital cover of TIME magazine, published on July 27, featuring the Dalai Lama, caught my attention. It deeply reminded me of Tibet—and, more importantly, of the fate of Hong Kong. Three times in my life, I have had the privilege of meeting His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama—in Australia, Belgium, and Dharamsala, India, where … Read more
Quote of the day by Robert Frost: “For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I knew. I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew.”AI image Robert Frost was an American poet beloved for his conversational verses about rural New England life, ordinary people, and … Read more