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The first-ever Well Festival, hosted by the Well desk of The New York Times, runs from 9:30 a.m. Eastern to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A livestream is available here.Below is the full schedule and a brief description of each of the 13 panels, covering love and relationships, the quest for joy, facing adversity, protecting mental health, aging well and many other issues that matter to us all.9:35 a.m.‘Building a Life of Joy’Tracee Ellis Ross — the former star of “black-ish,” current owner of PATTERN Beauty and future star of “Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross” — is known for her…

The Trump administration is planning to transport a group of immigrants to Libya on a U.S. military plane, according to U.S. officials, another sharp escalation in a deportation program that has sparked widespread legal challenges and intense political debate.The nationalities of the migrants were not immediately clear, but a flight to Libya carrying the deportees could leave as soon as Wednesday, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the operation.The decision to send deportees to Libya was striking. The country is racked with conflict, and human rights groups have…

An Israeli spyware company is ordered to pay Meta $167 million. A federal jury in California awarded Meta damages from the NSO Group, whose Pegasus software was used to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, human-rights activists and government officials. NSO plans to appeal, but the company has already been blacklisted by the U.S. Commerce Department.Republicans plan to expand a college pressure campaign beyond the Ivy League. Presidents of schools including Haverford College and DePaul University are set to testify on Wednesday before the House Education Committee about their efforts to combat antisemitism, suggesting that Republicans aren’t stopping at…

Oncologist Vinay Prasad, a divisive critic of COVID-19 responses, will be the next top vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, agency Commissioner Martin Makary announced on social media Tuesday. Prasad will head the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), which is in charge of approving and regulating vaccines and other biologics products, such as gene therapies and blood products. “Dr. Prasad brings the kind of scientific rigor, independence, and transparency we need at CBER—a significant step forward,” Makary wrote on social media. Prasad, a professor in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of…

Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist Just because the next game for the U.S. men’s national team is still more than a month away doesn’t mean that the program is idle.It’s quite the opposite, in fact.After a whirlwind first few months in charge for coach Mauricio Pochetttino — the former Chelsea, PSG and Tottenham Hotspur manager was hired in September, debuted in October, oversaw his first competitive games in November and last month convened a two-week-long training camp for MLS players that ended with a pair of exhibition wins — he and his staff have been busy scouting players ahead of the…

In his first broadcast interview since leaving the White House, former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. condemned President Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine and his dealings with global allies, and defended the timing of his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential campaign.Mr. Biden did not mention his successor by name in the interview with the BBC. But in a departure from an unwritten rule of former presidents, he criticized some of Mr. Trump’s actions as president — including his combative meeting in the Oval Office with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in February.“I found it sort of beneath America…

A lack of significant new features in the Apple Watch Series 10 and no updates to the Apple Watch SE or Apple Watch Ultra, is claimed to be behind another year of declining sales. First reports about Apple Watch sales in 2024 had already showed a significant drop, but now new figures from Counterpoint Research say the decline is tied to a lack of updates. Counterpoint says that globally, Apple Watch sales declined 19% in 2024 year on year. That makes the second year that Apple Watch has seen a year on year decline, and Q4 2025 was the fifth consecutive quarter…

Naomi Osaka pulled out of Wimbledon on Saturday, citing a lingering problem with her left Achilles tendon and marking the second consecutive year she’s decided to sit out the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.The four-time major champion and former No. 1-ranked player posted a photo of herself on a grass court and wrote on Twitter: “my Achilles still isn’t right so I’ll see you next time.”Osaka has not played an official match since losing in the first round of the French Open to Amanda Anisimova 7-5, 6-4 on May 24. During that match, for which she said she took a painkiller,…

LONDON :The growth of AI will increase the number and sophistication of cyberattacks on Britain, senior minister Pat McFadden said on Wednesday.British companies, public bodies and institutions have been hit by a wave of cyberattacks in the past few years, costing them tens of millions of pounds and often months of disruption.Over the last three weeks British retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op Group and Harrods have all been hit by attacks, with M&S still unable to take online clothing orders.The companies have not given any details on the nature of the attacks. “Today we are declassifying an intelligence assessment…

Mickey Mouse is headed to the Middle East.In a new test for its singularly American brand, the Walt Disney Company said on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with the Miral Group, an arm of the Abu Dhabi government, to build a theme park resort on the Persian Gulf. The property, the seventh in Disney’s global portfolio, will have a castle and modernized versions of some classic Disney rides, along with new attractions tailored to the climate and local culture.“It’s not just about ‘If you build it, they will come,’” Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, said in brief…