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Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist who studied chimps, passes away at 91

Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called "one of the Western world's great scientific achievements"

Is it ok to use your phone on the toilet? Here's what you need to know

Compared with those who said they had never used a smartphone on the toilet, the researchers found that the smartphone users were much more likely to spend more than five minutes going to the bathroom

'Would you work 996?' Hustle culture trend gains ground in Silicon Valley

The number combination refers to a work schedule - 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week - that has its origins in China's hard-charging tech scene

High-skilled visas have problems, Trump's $100,000 fee won't fix them

Some are strategising how to work with the new rules. Others are making plans to litigate

McNamara at War: Rare later regret over Vietnam worthy of admiration

Robert McNamara's life was defined by a quest for control. A new biography shows how that same drive shaped his Vietnam errors - and his rare, late-in-life willingness to admit them

Trump's new tariffs shake Asian economies still reeling from trade war

On Thursday, Trump announced another round of tariffs, which would go into effect on Oct 1, applying import duties ranging from 25 percent to 100 percent on pharmaceuticals, heavy trucks, etc

Western oil sanctions fuel Russia's growing shadow fleet, illicit trade

The shadow fleet accounts for about 17 per cent of all in-service oil tankers sailing the ocean today, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, a research firm

Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee sparks confusion among companies, workers

The memo said that Goldman was working with its lawyers 'to review the specifics of the order as more detail becomes available to communicate with you accordingly'

Promised 'taste of America', J-1 visa workers faced abuse, exploitation

Every year, tens of thousands of young people are sent on visas to toil as farmworkers, housekeepers and office interns, all in the name of cultural exchange

With calls for retribution over Kirk, some see rise of 'woke right' in US

Conservatives have pressed for consequences for those who make negative comments about Charlie Kirk. But a few on the right say they worry about limits on speech

Trump pressures broadcasters over coverage, escalating attack on speech

The president's suggestion that broadcasters should lose their licenses because of criticism of him indicated that his assault on critics' language is driven in part by personal animus

Larry Ellison: Billionaire Trump ally who will soon reshape US news media

Ellison's Hollywood and Big Media push could outsize Bezos' Washington Post and Benioff's Time buys, which were viewed as costly hobbies rather than transformative media power plays

Disney pulled Jimmy Kimmel show as pressure built on multiple fronts

The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration

The hottest new defence against drone attacks might be here: Lasers

Scientists have for decades sought to harness directed energy beams into weapon systems that would be cheaper and more efficient than missiles or rockets

Robert Redford, legendary Oscar-winning actor and director, dies at 89

His death, in the mountains outside Provo, was announced in a statement by Cindi Berger, the chief executive of the publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK

American soybean farmers face steep losses as China halts purchases

Since President Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese goods in February, Beijing has retaliated by halting all purchases of American soybeans

How China is weathering trade war with Trump amid US economic pressure

Tariffs triggered a plunge in China's exports to the United States, but its global trade surplus is larger because sales to other regions are surging

The fleeting fantasy of a monarch who would return to save Nepal

That turned out to be a brief royalist dream. It is a former chief justice, Sushil Karki who now leads Nepal after last week's protests and arson attacks

World wants more vaccines, but anti-vaccine America isn't helping

Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction

Trump tariffs are uniting two whiskey heavyweights: Scotch and bourbon

Whiskey distillers say their industry is so intertwined that US tariffs will hurt producers on both sides of the Atlantic