NEW YORK — The R&B singer Cassie is being cross-examined after two days of testimony recounting tumultuous details of life with her ex-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs. Prosecutors allege Combs used his fame and fortune to orchestrate an empire of exploitation, coercing women into abusive sex parties. His lawyers argue that all the sexual acts were…
The cries of sick children echoed down the hallway as Gilbert Handal walked into the measles ward for the first time. It was 1964 in Chile, and the young medical student had been assigned to Manuel Arriarán Hospital’s pediatric infectious disease unit. Dozens of beds were crammed into the building, each holding a small, feverish…
The leader of Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, addresses a crowd at the capital’s landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. Abdulaziz Ketaz | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in…
In the face of U.S. tariffs, Honda said on Monday that it would shift production of one of its popular vehicles from Ontario to a U.S. factory and postpone an $11 billion plan to make electric vehicles and batteries in Canada. The announcement came less than a month after Honda denied a report in the…
For centuries, gold has been the stuff of dreams. From ancient kings to medieval alchemists, the idea of turning base metals into gold symbolised ultimate power, wealth, and mastery over nature. Now, in the age of particle physics, that fantasy has brushed reality. At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists have done the impossible, transformed…
(Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures slipped on Thursday as a rally fueled by the U.S.-China tariff truce appeared to ease, while UnitedHealth fell after a report of a DoJ investigation into the health insurer. Investors will also focus on comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell due later in the day, while earnings update from…
Our Complete Guide to the Best Creatine Supplements of 2025 Read more supplement reviews from Men’s Health Sure, you could eat meat daily, but not everyone wants to devour massive portions of steak or salmon every day. (A 1kg steak has around 5 grams of creatine, for reference.) That’s where supplements come in. Creatine is…
After a wildfire decimated a California high school’s newsroom, destroying its cameras, computers and archived newspapers spanning six decades, one of the first offers of help that its journalism adviser received came from the other side of the country. Claire Smith, founding executive director of Temple University’s sports media center, had known Lisa Nehus Saxon…