Much of the wellness economy thrives because it offers the illusion that if we just reframe, breathe, manifest and hydrate we can out-think the chaos
It was 8:37am and I was scrolling Instagram with one eye squinting, the other sealed shut in protest. The morning light was harsh; the algorithm harsher. Somewhere between a video of a dog doing taxes and a girl making her matcha, I stumbled upon Mel Robbins, motivational speaker and Ted Talk legend, telling me to high-five myself.
The video had pandemic energy. That quiet, echoey desperation of someone who’s spent too long indoors talking to objects. Mel explained that in her darkest days she looked at herself in the mirror and gave herself a high-five.
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Searchers hope that finding Celine Cremer’s bones, teeth and car key in Tasmania’s north-west will help them solve what happened to her
The Belgian tourist Celine Cremer disappeared in an ancient rainforest during a brutal Tasmanian winter, while it is likely her remains were unearthed during this mild summer.
The 31-year-old backpacker had packed lightly to walk a relatively easy trail through the wilderness of the Tarkine in June 2023. Days later, her family reported her missing.
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© Photograph: Tasmania police
© Photograph: Tasmania police
It can feel overwhelming, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But ask yourself what sacrifices make the biggest proportionate impact
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I’m finding it difficult living up to my morals – where is the line between compromising a little, versus becoming complicit in what I don’t agree with?
I’m one of those people who believes we can each take a role in solving big problems, and that we should try to make things better where we can. For this reason, I’ve ended up working in public service and try to reduce how much meat I eat. I’m vegetarian 60% of the time, which is not perfect, but I believe doing something is better than doing nothing.
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© Illustration: Peter Horree/Alamy
© Illustration: Peter Horree/Alamy
The case of the Palestinian activist, the face of 2024’s US campus protests, could have repercussions for thousands
Despite his grim circumstances, Mahmoud Khalil can’t help but laugh.
Walking through Congress’s hallowed halls, the Palestinian student activist who may be inching toward deportation is not yet ready to waver. He admits he’s in “the scary part” of his ordeal, but he has a new reason to like his odds.
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Report says children born today could earn 51% more over lifetime if their country’s human capital improved
Deteriorating health, education and training in many developing countries is dramatically depressing the future earnings of children born today, the World Bank says.
In a report the World Bank urges policymakers to focus on improving outcomes in three settings: homes, neighbourhoods and workplaces.
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Video of a masked suspect in Arizona spurs a surge of calls as the desert search near Tucson yields little evidence
The search for the missing mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie continued on Thursday as investigators revealed they had received more than 18,000 calls about the case. A search of desert terrain near her Arizona home came up mostly empty.
Almost a quarter of the tips came in during the 24 hours since the FBI on Tuesday released door camera video and still images of a masked and gloved suspect outside Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills area north of Tucson early on 1 February, the Pima county sheriff’s office said.
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At a press conference to open the 76th edition of the Berlin film festival, the jury president said ‘cinema has an incredible power’ but little influence on political decision makers
Veteran director Wim Wenders has hailed the power of cinema to help heal a broken planet as he takes up the jury presidency of the Berlinale, the most politically charged of Europe’s big three international film festivals.
Asked about the role of movies in the current climate of war and social upheaval, the auteur behind Wings of Desire and the Oscar-nominated Perfect Days said he saw film-making as an act of bridge-building and generating empathy.
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© Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA
Continuing extreme weather has caused deaths of 16 people, evacuation of thousands and destruction of homes
Portugal is under pressure to draw up plans to adapt to the climate emergency as the country continues to be lashed by an unprecedented series of storms that have killed at least 16 people and left tens of thousands without electricity.
More than 3,000 people were evacuated from the Coimbra area of central Portugal on Wednesday as the Mondego River reached critical levels, while part of the country’s main motorway, the A1, collapsed after a dyke on the Mondego gave way under the weight of flood water.
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