2 d. ago Titanic couple’s gold pocket watch sells for record £1.78m at auction

It was the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, the auctioneers said.

Economics

6 d. ago Chef Lidia Bastianich hits the road in search of community in a divided country

Lidia Bastianich is highlighting community togetherness in her 14th TV special

Events

7 d. ago In the violence plaguing Nigeria, many say everyone — Christian or Muslim — is a potential victim

Much of northern Nigeria has been battered by conflict in a longstanding security crisis, and U_S_ President Donald Trump has singled the country out for what he calls “the killing of Christians” by “radical Islamists.”

Events

8 d. ago Voices: ‘England have to learn to deal with genius’: Fans divided on how Thomas Tuchel should manage Jude Bellingham

Our community is fiercely divided over Jude Bellingham’s place in England’s World Cup side, with some seeing a disruptive ego and others defending a rare talent England must learn to harness

Economics

1 week ago Photos of Hasidic Jewish rabbis praying at resting place of 'the Rebbe' in New York

Hasidic rabbis attended the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries and gathered in prayer Friday in the Queens borough of New York City at the resting place of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. He was known as “the Rebbe” and was one of Judaism’s most influential figures of the 20th century.

Culture

2 w. ago Voices: ‘It was inevitable’: Drivers react to reports of pay

Our community is divided over Rachel Reeves’s proposed 3p-per-mile EV tax. While some called it a fair replacement for lost fuel duty, others warned it could risk slowing the transition to electric vehicles

Politics

2 w. ago Voices: ‘I can’t follow a conversation’: Readers lament Americanisms creeping into British English

Our community are divided over whether the spread of Americanisms among British children marks the decline of traditional English or simply reflects the language’s natural evolution through global media influence

Politics

3 w. ago New York's Jewish community divided, anxious as city faces potential first Muslim mayor

New York City’s Jewish community — the largest in the United States — is abounding with anxiety and friction a day ahead of an election that could give the city its first Muslim mayor

Politics

3 w. ago Big trouble in ‘Little Berlin’: the tiny hamlet split in two by the cold war

A new museum in Mödlareuth tells the story of how a settlement of only 50 people straddled Bavaria in West Germany and Thuringia in the eastA creek so shallow you barely got your ankles wet divided a community for more than four decades. By an accident of topography, the 50 inhabitants of Mödlareuth, a hamlet surrounded by pine forests, meadows and spectacular vistas, found themselves at the heart of the cold war. They had the misfortune to straddle Bavaria, in West Germany, and Thuringia in the East, a border that was demarcated first by a fence and then by a wall. American soldiers called it Little Berlin.Months after their own wall was breached, and even before their country had reunified in 1990, a group of local people set about memorialising their history. The work is about to come to fruition: on 9 November, the 36th anniversary of the fall of the (big) Berlin Wall, the German-German Museum Mödlareuth will open. It was officially inaugurated by the federal president, Frank-Wa...

Events

3 w. ago Voices: ‘Tax the wealthy, not the workers’: Readers divided on how Reeves should tackle £20bn Budget blackhole

Our community is divided over reports Rachel Reeves’ is set to hike income tax by 2p, with some supporting higher taxes on the wealthy as fair and necessary, while others warn it could harm low-income earners, pensioners, and overall economic growth

Economics

last month Jewish New York’s reckoning with Zohran Mamdani: ‘He’s become a vehicle for our tensions’

A tour of the mayoral hopeful’s Jewish outreach reveals an electorate fractured over Israel and grappling with his historic candidacy in radically different waysSecuring Jewish votes was never going to be a straightforward ride for Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayoral hopeful who is on track to become the most prominent Palestine supporter to assume elected office in the US – in the most Jewish city outside Israel, no less.The notion that he could sparks outright panic in some quarters. Continue reading...

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