Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Cutting peat is delicious – if you do it, old-style, with a spade, it comes out of the ground in thick slabs as ...

Richmond has unveiled its new Northwoods League baseball team, the Richmond Flying Mummies. The team name combines the city's history as home to Indiana's only two Egyptian mummies and its connection ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced that it has completed drafting the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill, which is currently progressing through the processes leading to consideration by ...

Vancouver Whitecaps FC made it four Canadian Championship titles in a row and booked their 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup spot on Wednesday evening, courtesy of a 4-2 victory over Canadian Premier League ...

Everything was looking perfect for the Florida Panthers and their quest to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup. Not only did they have one of the NHL's best rosters on paper, but they managed to ...

Months before the long-awaited, brand new Rainier Beach High School opened to students last April, engineers on the $297-million project reported problems with the building’s foundation to the city, ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The ...

Streamers of police tape decorated the deserted Offaly bog in central Ireland. Heavy rain poured down on Cathy Moore and Conor McDermott as they trudged through the thick mud. Their boots squelched ...

President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission called President Vladimir Putin of Russia “a predator.” President Emmanuel Macron of France called him “an ogre at our gates.” Chancellor ...

About this time of the year, Jarrod Rhodes should be checking on the vines of cranberries that have grown on his bog for decades in southeastern Massachusetts. Instead, he is watching a backhoe tear ...

But somehow, despite its rather distinguished cast, the drama obstinately refuses to catch fire. Where The Last Kingdom brilliantly evoked the Saxon era with irresistibly-drawn characters and ...