Whatsapp and Instagram restored after Meta outages
Over 22,000 people reported issues with Facebook on Wednesday evening and over 18,000 struggled to use WhatsApp, according to Downdetector.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office
Wray, who incurred Donald Trump’s ire, said quitting was “the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray”.
120 Miles of Russian Forest Couldn’t Keep Two Siberian Tigers Apart
Boris and Svetlaya were raised together as orphaned cubs, and then reintroduced to the wild separately. But Boris went on a trek that surprised the researchers who were monitoring him.
Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts’ cyber-security
The hack has left some hungry customers unable to make online orders.
How safe do New Yorkers feel on subway after Penny verdict?
People in New York weigh-in on the conclusion of the fatal subway chokehold case and whether they feel safe on the city’s transit system.
FDA Tries Last-Ditch Move to Slash Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
The agency is asking the White House, in the final days of the Biden era, to move ahead with plans to drastically reduce the addictive substance in traditional tobacco cigarettes.
‘I’m more confident’ despite rise in US inflation
Progress stabilising prices in the US may be stalling, just as public opinion brightens.
The courtroom attack that led to 26 years in prison
A US man has been jailed for at least 26 years after lunging at a judge in Las Vegas in January.
Tell us about your favourite European sunshine break
Share a tip on a great, under-the-radar sunshine escape – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break At this time of year, with the long UK winter stretching out before us, thoughts often turn to sunnier climes and future holidays. We’d love to know where you’ve escaped to in Europe for some sun,…
Coffee, kelims and the call to prayer: an overland journey to North Macedonia
Manageable in scale but crammed with history and nature, North Macedonia is a perfect introduction to the underexplored west Balkans Trains no longer arrive at Belgrade’s riverside main station, at the foot of the limestone scarp that gave the white city its name. Today, the yellow stucco facade faces a gleaming new statue, eight storeys…