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Every journey begins with curiosity, and for Qing Yu, that curiosity has always been about making the world better. From her early years in Beijing to her studies in Australia and new beginnings in ...

The instructor pushed the boat off the dock with her oar. I rowed as hard as I could but did little more than splash the water’s surface, alternating between saying prayers and holding my breath for t ...

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A sperm donor with a genetic mutation which increases the risk of cancer by up to 90 per cent has fathered at least 197 ...

The actress, 76, became an overnight star when she starred as Ellen Ripley in the 1979 sci-fi, which focuses on a space crew ...

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From the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire Luana Lopes-Lara to Temasek CFO Png Chin Yee and Waymo co-CEO Tekedra ...

Publishers will release as many as 1 million books this year, so good luck summarizing that. But if what I read and loved in 2025 is any indication, writers have ...

Two years after an anti-homosexuality law passed that makes some acts punishable by death, LGBTQ Ugandans reconsider how to ...

I worry that by pointing out how insane these movies are, for years on end, I have accidentally bullied Netflix into making ...

You’re sitting there, wondering if love still happens the old-fashioned way — maybe over coffee, maybe after a conversation that doesn’t feel like work. But here you are, a queer […] ...