Moscow has repeatedly pressed Kyiv to hold elections, calling Zelenskyy an illegitimate ⁠leader (Photo: AP). Russia on Monday said it would cease fire for a day so that Ukraine could hold presidential elections, rejecting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s offer for a 60-day truce.Moscow said it wanted an overall peace deal instead.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said…

PC: Elton John AIDS Foundation’s report The Elton John AIDS Foundation reached 523,000 people with HIV services across 68 countries in 2025. Progress Needs Protecting. Global funding cuts disrupted healthcare services, with clinics closing, prevention programmes stopping and communities facing barriers to essential care. During the year, it tested 230,692 people for HIV, distributed 57,688…

The reopened planetarium will offer public programmes four days a week, with shows scheduled on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, informs the online report. Six programmes will rotate through the calendar, covering subjects ranging from the solar system and Mars exploration to exoplanets and the search for life beyond Earth. For more than two decades,…

Photo: Danielle Steel / Instagram For 11 years, bestselling author Danielle Steel quietly funded an outreach operation that brought practical supplies directly to people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. Every three weeks, a 12-person team set out in four trucks carrying warm clothing, rain gear, sleeping bags, tarps, hygiene products and packaged food that did…

Speaking at the launch, Watson welcomed the initiative but expressed concern that such a service had not been available earlier British actor and activist Emma Watson has helped support the launch of a free legal advice service for women facing sexual harassment at work in England and Wales. The service, introduced by the charity Rights…

Will this be the last daylight saving time in the US on November 1? Yes, daylight saving time is happening in the United States in 2026, with clocks scheduled to fall back by one hour on Sunday, November 1. The annual change will bring an end to daylight saving time for the year, as most…