Health

Zak Crawley keeps cool as Ashes focus shifts from his future to team issues

What began as a referendum on Zak Crawley’s England career has faded as other issues in the side have become more urgent. One notable selection story on the tour is spinner Shoaib Bashir, who has been named in the 12 for Sydney despite not taking a wicket in a

Sports

Sparkler-Topped Champagne Likely Ignited Deadly New Year’s Blaze at Swiss Ski-Resort Bar

Swiss investigators say sparklers attached to champagne bottles were the likely cause of a fast-moving fire that tore through Le Constellation, a popular bar in the Crans‑Montana ski resort, during New Year’s celebrations. The blaze, which began in the basement, killed 40 people and injured 119, many of

Crypto

October’s $19 billion crypto liquidation upends bitcoin’s 2025 year‑end rally

Expectations that ETF inflows, new digital asset treasuries (DATs), and bitcoin’s strong historical year‑end seasonality would push prices higher collapsed into a sharp drawdown after a massive October sell‑off. A $19 billion liquidation cascade on Oct. 10 knocked liquidity and confidence out of the market, sending bitcoin

World

Sparklers and flammable ceiling material linked to fast-spreading Swiss ski-resort blaze

A fast-moving blaze tore through Le Constellation bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least 40 people and injuring 119, Swiss officials said. The fire began at roughly 1.30am local time as guests celebrated the start of 2026. Witnesses described people surging

Sports

Chelsea insist director-led model will remain after Maresca exit

Chelsea say they will stick with a director-led structure after parting company with Enzo Maresca, rejecting claims the club has become unmanageable following his abrupt exit. The club operates with a five-strong sporting director team led by Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart and have sought to avoid concentrating power in

Tech

Apple study: most Apple Watch users keep up New Year exercise beyond Quitters Day

An analysis of roughly 100,000 participants in Apple’s Heart and Movement Study found many Apple Watch users sustained increased exercise after the New Year. Almost 80% of users who raised their exercise minutes kept that level through the last half of January, and 90% of that group maintained

World

Rep. Ro Khanna: DOJ should have prepared Epstein files months ago, says Congress can act

Rep. Ro Khanna of California said the Justice Department should have begun preparing files related to Jeffrey Epstein for release months ago. Khanna told NPR that Congress could intervene to speed up the process. Key Topics World, United States, Us Politics, Justice Department, Jeffrey Epstein, Congress, Ro Khanna

Tech

Bosch to showcase AI-powered car cockpit and partner tech at CES 2026

Bosch will stream its CES 2026 press conference on Monday, January 5 at 12 PM ET via the company's press page. The German engineering group will occupy Central Hall (booth 16203) at the Las Vegas Convention Center and emphasize three themes: mobility, smart home integrations and manufacturing, offering

Sports

Deadly New Year’s Eve Blaze in Swiss Resort; Zohran Mamdani Sworn In as New York Mayor

New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana turned tragic when a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar, killing about 40 people and injuring roughly 115, many gravely, police said. Officials said the blaze produced a flashover and at least one explosion that

Sports

Morocco's football rebound: from 2015 pariah to global host

Ten years after its abrupt withdrawal from hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations amid Ebola fears — a decision that forced the Confederation of African Football to relocate the tournament to Equatorial Guinea with less than 90 days' notice — Morocco has re-emerged as a central organiser of major African

Tech

Samsung debuts Wi‑Fi Music Studio speakers and new Q‑series soundbars ahead of CES 2026

Samsung has unveiled two Wi‑Fi smart speakers and two new soundbars as part of its CES 2026 lineup. Pricing and availability have not yet been announced. The Music Studio Series includes the Music Studio 7 (LS70H) and Music Studio 5 (LS50H). The Music Studio 7 is the higher‑end

World

Southern Yemen separatists announce constitution, deepening Gulf rift

Separatists in southern Yemen have announced a constitution for an independent south. The move is an escalation of a confrontation that has pitted Gulf powerhouses Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against each other. Key Topics World, Middle East, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Politics, Separatism

Sports

Women’s XI of the year after a World Cup-dominated 2025

India’s quest to build a global women’s cricket dynasty moved forward in 2025, capped by Harmanpreet Kaur’s side celebrating a long-awaited World Cup triumph at the DY Patil Stadium. The year featured only one Test, the Ashes at Melbourne, so the Spin’s cross-format team gives heavy

World

Cheap Chinese Solar Reshapes South Africa’s Energy and Economy

Chinese-made solar panels and batteries have fallen in price so sharply that businesses and households across South Africa are installing their own systems, cutting electricity bills and reducing reliance on the state utility. The shift is visible from suburban Cape Town to factories, shopping malls, gold mines and clinics. Dentists,

Sports

Look awake with little sleep: simple beauty, style and posture hacks

New research finds the UK is in a sleep crisis: the average person in Britain loses the equivalent of 18 days of sleep every year, and one in four people get as little as one hour of rest a night. A beauty editor with more than 15 years’ experience shares

AI

Status update: Engadget's CES 2025 Best-of-Show winners ahead of CES 2026

With CES 2026 slated to start next week, Engadget revisited its Best of Show winners from CES 2025 to check which products actually made it to market and which are still pending. ASUS Zenbook A14 impressed on look and build but fell short in performance and value. Engadget awarded it

Health

Coast Guard Halts Search After 77-Year-Old Goes Overboard From Holland America Ship Near Cuba

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended an hourslong search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from the Holland America Line cruise ship Nieuw Statendam while it was cruising near Cuba. The woman went overboard around 3 a.m. about 40 miles northeast of Sabana, Cuba, the Coast Guard said.

Sports

Great Britain hits record renewables generation as solar output jumps

Renewable electricity production in Great Britain reached a new high in 2025, BBC analysis of provisional National Energy System Operator (Neso) data shows, driven by strong wind output and a large rise in solar generation. Wind was the single biggest renewable source, producing more than 85 TWh and supplying nearly

Sports

Netflix releases trailer for Stranger Things series finale

Netflix has released a trailer for the series finale of Stranger Things, which airs tomorrow. The clip runs about 1 minute 30 seconds but contains roughly 30 seconds of new footage, with much of the remainder drawn from emotional moments in earlier seasons. A voiceover features Jim Hopper telling Eleven

AI

Louis V. Gerstner, the Outsider Who Turned Around IBM, Dies at 83

Louis V. Gerstner Jr., the outsider who revived IBM in the 1990s by shifting the company from a declining mainframe business toward consulting and services, died on Saturday in Jupiter, Fla. He was 83, the executive director of Gerstner Philanthropies, Kara Klein, said. The family did not disclose a cause

Sports

Paul Hunter: snooker's lost great remembered 20 years on

Twenty years after his death, Paul Hunter is remembered as one of snooker's most gifted and popular players, a three-time Masters champion whose short career left a lasting legacy on the sport. Hunter took to snooker aged three and, after early coaching from 1986 world champion Joe Johnson,

Tech

Hacker Claims WIRED User Data Stolen; Ars Technica Says It Was Unaffected

Earlier this month a hacker using the name Lovely claimed to have breached a Condé Nast user database and released a list of more than 2.3 million user records from WIRED. The released materials reportedly contain demographic information — name, email, address, phone and similar details — but do not include

Sports

New Year’s Eve blaze at Crans-Montana bar kills about 40, injures more than 100

About 40 people were killed and roughly 115 injured, many seriously, when a fire tore through Le Constellation, a bar in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana, in the early hours of New Year’s Day, officials said. Smoke was first seen around 1:30 a.m., and witnesses

World

Vondelkerk in Amsterdam Largely Destroyed by Early New Year’s Day Fire

A deconsecrated 19th-century church in Amsterdam was largely destroyed by a fire in the early hours of New Year’s Day, prompting evacuations and extensive damage to the cultural monument. The blaze at the Vondelkerk began at about 12:45 a.m., local authorities said, sending flames through the church’

World

Three teenagers named among those missing after Crans-Montana ski bar fire

More details are emerging after a deadly fire broke out at a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve, with three teenagers named among the missing. Charlotte Niddam, who previously attended Immanuel College in Hertfordshire, has been listed as missing; her nationality has