Furney Times

The Bearable Lightness of Not Being

Loss and mourning bring meaning to life, allowing for a new appreciation of the things, and people, around you.

Any hope the Taliban had of being accepted by the international community has been crushed with their erasing of women from public life.

The billionaire innovator and new Twitter owner professes to love free speech, but several journalists have felt his wrath and been silenced.

A new and sophisticated algorithm is challenging the way we write, and may even spell the end of mighty Google — I give it a test drive.

The biggest threat to the Chinese leadership since Tiananmen Square arises from a losing battle with covid, as the rest of the world moves on.

Let’s not let the unsavoury facts get in the way of a meaty dish, as the world cries out for compassion and some tender, loving care.

Self-important delegates are jetting into Egypt to talk about climate change, but the only thing they’re adding to the debate is more CO2.

Nationwide protests, and demonstrations abroad, seek to topple Iran’s regime, following anger over the death of Masha Amini. Will change come?

Welsh is alive and thriving, while the native tongue of the Irish people is mostly unused and fast dying out — why the linguistic disparity?

The celebrated designer drew inspiration from the colours of Morocco, but how much of his exotic getaway was fantasy?

Musk’s new AI home-helper promises to transform our lives, freeing up our time to enjoy, explore and relax even more.

Madman Putin’s calling up of military reservists to help with his floundering Ukraine war suddenly brought the conflict home to Russians.

Putin and dodgy friends want a new “international order”, but the warmongering Russian leader may find himself tried for war crimes instead.

It’s the end of a long era with the passing of Queen Elizabeth, but will the British monarchy endure under King Charles, or crumble?

No country is immune from the devastating effects of climate change — and the global warming facts are there for all to see.