Ikea’s $39.99 pad adds built-in wireless charging to almost any table
Ikea got in relatively early on selling furniture embedded with wireless charging coils, but what if you don’t have one of its powered-up desks or shelving units?…
New trailers: Succession, You, Nightmare Alley, Hawkeye, and more
OK so the latest Ted Lasso spends almost the entire episode on Coach Beard in its most unusual, dream-like episode ever. I didn’t hate it (and I…
BBC ‘hiding’ top presenters’ salaries, say MPs, as they prepare to quiz director-general
Julian Knight, Tory chairman of the DCMS select committee, warned earlier this summer that there was “a concerning lack of transparency because a number of top-earning stars…
Lava pours out of volcano on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands
Authorities evacuating the infirm, farm animals from area Mandatory evacuation ordered for four villages Spanish prime minister delays U.N. trip, heads to islands Last major eruption in…
World leaders return to U.N. with focus on pandemic, climate
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 19 (Reuters) – World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight…
Lufthansa launches $2.5 bln capital increase to repay state bailout
A Lufthansa Airbus A320-200 plane is seen on the tarmac at the Lyon-Saint-Exupery airport in Colombier-Saugnieu near Lyon, France, March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot Subscription period to…
Former Algerian president Bouteflika given state funeral
ALGIERS, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday attended by senior officials…
Red-hot lava spews from volcano on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands
Authorities evacuating the infirm, farm animals from area Mandatory evacuation ordered for four villages Spanish prime minister delays U.N. trip, heads to islands Last major eruption in…
Crowds flock to Champs-Elysees during Paris car-free day
PARIS, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Crowds of Parisians and tourists strolled along the Champs-Elysees avenue on Sunday as a car-free day removed most of the traffic from…
Germany’s Laschet under pressure as final election debate nears
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate for chancellor Armin Laschet holds a news conference in Berlin, Germany, September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi BERLIN, Sept 19 (Reuters) – The…
Stockpiled COVID vaccines must be handed to poorer nations, says former UK PM
Britain’s former Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at an event in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – A vaccine summit…
Canada’s Trudeau hammers rival over COVID-19 stance on last day of campaign
MONTREAL/OAKVILLE, Ontario, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, crisscrossing the country making a last pitch to voters before Monday’s election, said on Sunday only…
Explainer: The Canadian federal election – what has happened and what is at stake
OTTAWA, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Canadians go to the polls on Monday in an election that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called two years early, seeking to turn…
Mystery of the sea birds gathering on Britain’s coastlines and rivers who are starving to death
While the mass deaths of seabirds – known as “wrecks” – are not uncommon, they are very unusual at this time of year, tending to happen after…
Waiters to keep all their customers’ tips under new laws
Waiters are set to keep 100 per cent of their customers’ tips under new laws to stop restaurant owners cheating staff out of any service charges paid…
Bus stops to have heating, changing rooms, Wi-Fi and office space as part of green drive
Bosses hope work on the first of these new bus stops could begin within a year to 18 months, with Plymouth City Council indicating on its website…
Tottenham 0-3 Chelsea: Thiago Silva, N’Golo Kante, Antonio Rudiger on target on day of tributes for Jimmy Greaves
Thiago Silva, N’Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger were on target as Chelsea produced a brilliant second-half performance to beat Tottenham 3-0 in #GameZero at the Tottenham Hotspur…
Prostate cancer trial could see men cured within a week
Men could be cured of prostate cancer in a week using larger doses of precision radiotherapy, scientists believe. A trial will begin this week at the London…
More than 10,000 people will use up life savings or sell their homes to fund social care before cap on costs comes in
Under the current rules, anyone with property or savings must fund their own care until they have only £23,250 left, after which the state will pay for…
Classic or contemporary Vienna? Our writers argue it out
My second Viennese dimension is its fabulous art collections. If you are a fan of old master paintings, the Kunsthistorisches Museum (khm.at), which houses the old Hapsburg…
The hipster US hotel group bringing college campus life to Cambridge
The short menu sings with simple ingredients used creatively: the hollandaise made with dulse on a plate of steamed and grilled veg was so saltily moreish we…
Prince Charles’s charity mired in further controversy over donor linked to Taiwanese arms deal
The Prince of Wales is facing further questions over his charity’s funding after it emerged that a Chinese donor is wanted in Taiwan over a historic arms…
Mont Saint Michel to be ‘rebranded’ in move away from overpriced omelettes and tourist tat
It withstood a 30-year siege by the English in the Hundred Years War and is now the most popular tourist attraction in France outside Paris and a…
Backlash against boosters as top scientists say they won’t take third jab until poorer countries have vaccines
Dr Jake Dunning, an infectious diseases researcher at the University of Oxford and the Royal Free Hospital, told The Telegraph, that he would not accept a booster…
The hidden corners of Greece the Greeks don’t want you to know about
Lured by sun-kissed landscapes, world-class cultural sites and lovely islands lapped by limpid turquoise seas, more than 30 million overseas tourists arrived in Greece in 2019 –…