What Travelers Need to Know about Delaying Vacation Payments with B.N.P.L.
[The pros and cons of buying travel on a layaway plan.
Month: September 2025
Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing
One year after Hurricane Helene, people in the hard-hit western region of North Carolina can no longer rely on a successful program that helped keep them afloat.
No Woman Could Have Painted This, They Said. They Were Wrong.
For years, Michaelina Wautier’s paintings were attributed to men. Then a chance discovery in a Vienna museum helped bring the truth to light.
Siwelele end 702-minute goal drought in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG: South African club Siwelele ended a 702-minute league goal drought on Sunday when Tebogo Potsane scored in a 1-0 Bloemfontein derby victory over Marumo Gallants. Marumo conceded possession just inside their half and a swift counterattack ended with Potsane firing past 40-year-old Zimbabwe goalkeeper Washington Arubi from close range on 39 minutes. Siwelele are … Read more
Data centre fire disrupts South Korea’s digital infrastructure
Hundreds of South Korean public services remained offline on Monday after a fire at a data centre disrupted government websites and exposed vulnerabilities in the country’s digital infrastructure. Authorities said 62 government services had been restored out of about 647 systems affected by the fire which broke out during routine maintenance in a server room at the state-run National Information Resources Service in Daejeon on Friday. President Lee Jae Myung has apologized for … Read more
Typhoon Bualoi Slams Into Central Vietnam, Bringing Storm’s Death Toll to 22
It left an additional 21 people missing in Central Vietnam, which is still recovering from another storm. Bualoi’s deadly path started in the Philippines over the weekend.
Beetled linen: Old craft, new luxury
UPPERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM: The noise is deafening and the work can be lonely, but to William Smyth, who toils in the world’s last commercial linen “beetling” mill, his job is unique. “There’s nothing modern about it, I’m doing the same now as they were doing 100 years and more ago,” said Smyth, 59, at the … Read more
Lyon win at Lille to stay level at top of Ligue 1 with PSG
LILLE: Lyon continued their fine start to the season with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Lille on Sunday, sending them level on 15 points with champions Paris Saint-Germain at the top of Ligue 1. Summer signing from Liverpool Tyler Morton struck early to give Paulo Fonseca’s side their fifth win from six outings to start … Read more
Barca beat Real Sociedad to top Liga as Yamal returns
BARCELONA: Lamine Yamal returned from injury to help Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 2-1 on Sunday and move top of La Liga by one point. After Real Madrid were thrashed 5-2 by rivals Atletico Madrid in a derby on Saturday, Hansi Flick’s side had the chance to claim pole position above Xabi Alonso’s side. Alvaro Odriozola … Read more
Bugs go bionic while Pakistan plugs into AI
Pakistan’s future is in data Mari Energies Limited (MARI), one of Pakistan’s top oil and gas explorers, has created a new subsidiary dubbed Mari Technologies. They plan to make a 5MW data centre in Islamabad and plan to make another one in Karachi. It’s definitely an exciting time to be a Pakistani. We’ve got the … Read more
