Rebellion: Prince Harry announces a book about his highs and lows as a royal will be out next year

Rebellion: Prince Harry announces a book about his highs and lows as a royal will be out next year

Prince Harry is writing a book about his life in the Royal Family to be published in late 2022. The Duke of Sussex, aged 36, is said to have been secretly working on the book for almost a year. A statement from publisher Random House said: “In an intimate and...

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A $100,000 birthday gift elicits strong resentment of parents by unemployed son

A $100,000 birthday gift elicits strong resentment of parents by unemployed son

A man who has been unemployed for three years expressed resentment toward his parents for giving him huge loads of money, paying for his college tuition and spoiling him. Qiaochu Yuan in a 35-tweet thread said he had taken a “medium dose of aci” a few days before and explained...

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Grave mistakes by South Africa opposition may allow ANC to retain power despite shambolic performance

Grave mistakes by South Africa opposition may allow ANC to retain power despite shambolic performance

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa may now finally be in a position where he can advance his own agenda. Key to this, of course, would be ensuring the rule of law, the document that he helped to negotiate in the 1990s. As the physical dust begins to settle it is...

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Astronomers call for talks on humanity’s right to ‘dark and quiet skies’ at next month UN meeting

Astronomers call for talks on humanity’s right to ‘dark and quiet skies’ at next month UN meeting

Aerospace companies have launched about 2,000 Internet satellites into orbit around Earth over the past two years, nearly doubling the number of active satellites. This has sparked concerns among astronomers and other skygazers, who worry about interference with observations of the night sky. Now, in what would be the biggest...

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