WE’VE HAD TWELVE months of compiling excellent longreads every week for Sitdown Sunday – and now it’s time to pick the best of the bunch. Here were the highlights from across 2024, month by month.

Two thieves donned diving gear to pilfer hundreds of ancient Greek and Roman artifacts from the bottom of the sea in Egypt, according to the country’s interior ministry. Egyptian authorities say ...

Sections of two telecom cables were cut on November 17 and 18 in Swedish territorial waters of the Baltic Sea. Suspicions have been directed at a Chinese ship - the Yi Peng 3 - which ...

To celebrate the artist’s enduring legacy, we surveyed 10 of Raphael’s most popular paintings (determined by their presence on Google Images, the number of reproductions created, and our own a ...

An injured researcher who was trapped deep inside a cave in northern Italy for more than three days has been carried to safety. Ottavia Piana, 32, reached the surface strapped to a stretcher early ...

Down in the depths of the ocean live all sorts of rare and unusual beasties – from squids with tentacles that stretch for days and seals picking up good vibrations, the sea bed is home to all ...

The first ship loaded with BYD Shark 6 dual-cab utes has left China headed for Australian showrooms ahead, of customer deliveries of the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux rival in January 2025.

New day, new hustle. Pledge allegiance to the United States of thieves: Hopalong Cassidy, schlep-along Biden, congressional temp George Santos, Jersey’s Sen. Menendez and East Side West Side all ...

The owner of a house with a 25ft shark sticking out of the roof has been told by a Labour-run council that he must stop renting it out as an Airbnb. For the past several years, Dr Magnus Hanson ...

Kevin O’Leary, investor, entrepreneur, and Shark Tank personality, identifies a common quality among successful managers, investors, and entrepreneurs. In a video interview clip posted to his ...

Photo: Thomas Wielecki Priced from $57,900 plus on-road costs (about $61,000 drive-away), the Shark represents sharp buying. Standard kit includes heated and cooled seats, dual-zone climate ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Emergency cervices attend a rescue operation to free Ottavia Piana, an expert spelunker who was trapped ...