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Saunas are having a moment. In the US, we’ve finally cottoned on to what the Finnish have known for centuries—that sweating it out makes you feel good. Sauna-stocked spas and wellness clubs (like Othership) keep popping up all over major cities, and ads for at-home saunas can be spotted on social media pages across the country.But plenty of wellness hotels worldwide have been doing the sauna thing excellently for years. There are high-tech offerings, such as RXV Wellness Village in Thailand, which has a hyperbaric chamber for skin and tissue regeneration, an infrared sauna, and a cryo sauna for extra-speedy muscle…

Host nation Morocco will face Nigeria in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after beating Ghana on penalties.Goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi blocked Comfort Yeboah’s attempt, and the hosts, Morocco, advanced to the championship of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) on a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw with Ghana. Morocco, which prevailed 4-2 on penalties on Tuesday, will face Nigeria in the final on Saturday. The Super Falcons defeated defending champions South Africa 2-1 in the earlier semifinal on Tuesday in Casablanca. Ghana took a first-half lead. Er-Rmichi got a hand on Josephine Bonsu’s header, but it bounced off…

Indian cities will need some autonomy to invest effectively in climate change adaptation and mitigation, according to Auguste Tano Kouame, the World Bank’s Country Director for India. Cities with more decision-making power have performed better than average, he said on Tuesday at the launch of a report on building urban climate resilience.The report, prepared by the World Bank in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, estimates Indian cities will require $2.4 trillion by 2050 to build climate-resilient infrastructure and services. “In order for cities to invest in resilience, adaptation, and mitigation, they need to have some…

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died on Tuesday (July 22, 2025), just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76.Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was often the target of parents’ groups for his imagery and once caused an uproar for biting the head off a bat. Later, he would reveal himself to be a doddering and sweet father on the reality TV show “The Osbournes.”Black Sabbath’s 1969 self-titled debut LP has been likened to…

Washington, DC – Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University protest leader targeted for deportation by President Donald Trump, has met with lawmakers in Washington, DC. The visit on Tuesday comes just more than a month after the 30-year-old, a legal permanent resident of the United States, was released from immigration custody in Louisiana. “I’m here in Washington, DC, today to meet with lawmakers, with members of Congress, to demand the end of the US-funded genocide in Gaza, and also to demand accountability from Columbia University, from the Trump administration for their retaliation against my speech,” said Khalil in a video interview…

Four accused arrested from Kolkata’s Anandapur on Saturday night in connection with the murder of Bihar gangster Chandan Mishra were produced at a city court on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri Advanced automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, CCTV footage, alerts from toll plazas and human intelligence helped Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police nab the four accused behind the murder of Bihar-based gangster Chandan Mishra, officials of the police forces said on Tuesday (July 22, 2025).“The four accused including the main hit man Tauseef Khan, his associate Harsh, Khan’s maternal cousin Nishu Khan, and Nishu’s medical assistant Bhim…

Grandmaster Koneru Humpy held China’s Tingjie Lei to a comfortable draw with black pieces, while Divya Deshmukh’s solid defence frustrated former women’s world champion Zhongyi Tan in the first game of the FIDE Women’s World Cup semifinals here on Tuesday (July 22, 2025).With two Indians and two Chinese making up the final-four, the Asian dominance in women’s chess remains undisputed. But it’s now a battle of nerves for the final two spots.From the look of it, the two Indians have had a great beginning drawing with black and in the return game both will play as white.If the results remain…

After Bharti Airtel announced that it is giving away a free one-year Perplexity Pro subscription to eligible users in India, the app beat ChatGPT to become the number one free app on iOS. Unlike traditional AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini, Perplexity is a web search engine that uses AI to search for information on the internet and present it in an easy-to-understand format. The company says that in order to generate accurate responses, it uses different large language models like GPT-4.1, Claude 4.0 Sonnet and Gemini 2.5 Pro. If you have recently claimed the free one-year Perplexity Pro subscription,…

In Gaza, one of the last relatively safe zones is now under fire, as Israel expands its military ground operation into the central city of Deir al-Balah. And we visit the tiny desert village in Chile that fills with music for Fiesta de La Tirana.

Actor Vidya Balan, known for her commanding screen presence and fearless authenticity, recently opened up about watching Umrao Jaan with veteran actor Rekha, describing it as a “surreal experience”. Vidya also praised Rekha’s performance in the film, saying “she was made for the celluloid.” In an interview with THR India, the actor said, “I just wanted to rewatch certain films that I saw as an actor, just to see how they have aged and what my perception would be now. Last night I watched Umrao Jaan with Rekha holding my hand, and at some points in the film, I would…