Lifestyle

Chargers’ Jim Harbaugh to Undergo Heart Operation in Offseason
The Los Angeles Chargers were knocked out of the playoffs after the Wild Card Round, losing handily to the Houston Texans with a final score of 32-12. Now, some...
Toddler has best response to adults trying to mimic how she speaks
A family was left in hysterics when they copied their daughter's vocabulary, only for her to throw it right back at them in the best way.Carson Matranga and his...
Opinion: The case of the missing Hegseth investigation
For folks who have so harshly turned on the FBI for supposedly targeting Donald Trump over the years, Republicans sure are quick to turn to the bureau when they...
What will Mexico do if Trump tries to mass deport non-Mexicans across the border?
MEXICO CITY —  Mexican authorities have repeatedly vowed to welcome back their citizens should the incoming Trump administration proceed with threats of large-scale deportations. “It’s our obligation,” said President Claudia...
Bonnie Blue reacts to video about her having sex with 1,057 men in 12 hours
After Bonnie Blue claimed she slept with 1,057 men in 12 hours, a comedian edited her announcement video, pretending to propose.Blue, real name Tia Billinger, is a high-profile OnlyFans...
Trump era will usher “economic golden age,” Treasury pick Scott Bessent
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Treasury secretary, is expected to declare during his confirmation hearing on Thursday that Trump has the potential to usher in "a...

World

Does One Emotion Rule All Our Ethical Judgments?
On November 28, 1924, Raymond A. Dart, a professor at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, was getting ready to attend a friend’s wedding when a pair of South African...
The New Season of “Severance” Is All Work and No Play
The sci-fi series “Severance” styles itself as a tidy allegory for the misery of the modern office drone. Most of the employees on the “severed” floor of the secretive...
Britain’s Badger Wars
A hundred years after the opening of St. Pancras station, now the flashy London home of the Eurostar, a narrow strip of land opposite the train tracks near Regent’s...
Why Are We Tormented by the Future?
Caught between competing impulses, we praise living in the moment while obsessing about what’s to come. Source link
Roz Chast’s “Game Show”
The cartoonist depicts celebrities of the more ordinary, personal sort. Source link
Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story?
In the autumn of 2010, Lynne Freeman, a family-law attorney and an unpublished author, put the final touches on her first novel, “Blue Moon Rising.” The story revolved around...

Business

Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security
PARIS (AP) — Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week...
Chinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in Europe
Online privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including TikTok, accusing them of "unlawfully" sending Europeans' personal data to China.Prominent...
Frankfurt Airport still well below pre-coronavirus level in 2024
Passenger traffic at Frankfurt Airport, Germany's largest aviation hub, in 2024 was still well below its pre-pandemic record.Operator Fraport said on Thursday that 61.6 million passengers passed through the...
Dr. Mariam Shaikh
A Visionary in Global Education: Dr. Mariam Shaikh’s Journey of Empowerment and Innovation
From Humble Beginnings to Global Leadership Dr. Mariam Shaikh has carved a remarkable path in education, spanning over three decades. From establishing a nursery school to steering the vision of...
Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa...
Video of Chile rail tragedy sparks false reports of train crash in India
India's creaking rail network has seen a string of disasters over the years but dramatic footage of a train pile-up was not filmed in the country's southern Chennai megacity...

News

What Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury Pick, Might Get Asked Today
A test for Trump’s cabinet pickFor businesses and markets, perhaps the most important of the hearings for the incoming Trump administration’s Cabinet picks starts on Thursday at 10:30 a.m....
On TikTok, Users Thumb Their Noses at Looming Ban
Over the last week, the videos started appearing on TikTok from users across the United States.They all made fun of the same thing: how the app’s ties to China...
Trump Treasury Pick Scott Bessent to Face Grilling
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, will face questions from lawmakers on Thursday about how he would manage a department at the center of the...
Amid Warnings About Alcohol and Cancer, the N.A. Drinks Industry Could Get a Boost
Business is booming for Per Se’s drinks.Its nonalcoholic hibiscus margarita can be found on restaurant menus in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. Eight distribution partners are putting its...
What to Know About the E.V. Tax Credit That Trump Might Repeal
Sales of electric vehicles have been rising steadily over the past few years, in part because of a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 that makes buying such...
Meet Japan’s Original Decluttering Guru (No, Not That One)
Before Marie Kondo captured the world’s attention with her exhortations to rid ourselves of items that did not “spark joy,” there was another Japanese guru of decluttering.Her name is...

Beauty

Celina Weil
From Small-Town Beginnings to the International Spotlight: The Inspiring Journey of Celina Weil
In a world where dreams often feel out of reach, Celina Weil’s rise to becoming Miss Intercontinental Europe stands as a beacon of hope and ambition. What started as a spontaneous decision...
MF license aspirant list swells amid bullish industry growth projections
4 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 5:37 PM IST India's thriving mutual fund industry is drawing interest from several firms, with multiple applications submitted to...
Airbus likely to cut up to 2,500 jobs in defence, space divisions: Report
Airbus has also been drawing up a specific turnaround plan for its struggling Space Systems business. | Photo: Reuters2 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 4:32...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino tours Seattle ahead of next year’s Club WC
New FIFA president Gianni Infantino, of Switzerland, waves to delegates after his election, during the Extraordinary FIFA Congress 2016 in Zurich3 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024...
Centre to double Air Marshals on ‘sensitive flights’ as bomb threats rise
Sky Marshals are armed plainclothes security officers who travel on passenger aircraft | (Photo: Company)2 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 2:39 PM IST With...
Chinese stimulus to real estate checks steel price slide, worries persist
Steel prices had been on a downward trend, and experts agree that China’s stimulus has boosted global sentiment | (Photo: Shutterstock)4 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024...

Celebrity

Anissa Asabban Lofficiel
Anissa Asabban: Turning Childhood Dreams into Global Success
From a young girl in Frankfurt with a passion for fashion to an international powerhouse managing global talent, Anissa Asabban’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary. As the founder of...
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Anissa Asabban presenting the persian Couture Brand Zima Maison in Hollywood.
Anissa Asabban crowned with dreams in a majestic gown and presents the couture brand Zima Maison in Hollywood. She sets an example with her personality. This entire couture design is...
Bozena Mailloux
Bozena Zag: Redefining Success through Resilience and Reinvention
At 36, Bozena Zag faced a life-altering crossroads—newly separated, raising three children on her own, and grappling with the crushing weight of depression. The comfortable routine of her past was...
Sebi decides to make sales proceeds available to FPIs on settlement day
Sebi believes these steps will reinforce the country's position as a preferred destination for FPIs. | Photo: Shutterstock2 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 5:37 PM...
Cabinet approves 3% hike in Dearness Allowance; now stands at 53%
2 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 4:36 PM IST Ahead of the festive season, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an additional instalment of Dearness...
PKL 2024: Telugu Titans full schedule, SWOT analysis, live streaming
India's Kabaddi team captain Pawan Sehrawat. Photo: @pawan_kumar174 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 3:40 PM IST One of the two teams who are going...

Culture

Mapletree Logistics Trust to sell Tuas property for S$11.18 million, 39.8% above valuation
The property comprises a three-storey cargo lift warehouse and factory building with an ancillary officeMapletree Logistics Trust’s (MLT) trustee HSBC Institutional Trust Services has entered into a purchase agreement...
HSBC warns of bonus cuts as cost of restructuring looms
HSBC Holdings is set to buck an industrywide trend of higher banker bonuses as it gears up for a multibillion-US dollar cost reduction from an ongoing restructuring. Some employees in...
BP cuts over 5% of workforce in CEO cost cut drive
BP announced on Thursday (Jan 16) that it will cut around 4,700 staff, or over 5 per cent of its total workforce, as part of CEO Murray Auchincloss’ efforts...
Alliance Bank’s top shareholder Vertical Theme is said to consider sale to DBS
INVESTMENT management firm Vertical Theme is planning to seek approval in the coming weeks to start talks about selling its stake in Alliance Bank Malaysia, according to people familiar...
Sias questions Fu Yu board on controlling shareholder’s bid to remove IDs due to company’s performance
THE Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias, has asked precision plastics manufacturer Fu Yu Corporation’s board to substantiate the claim by the largest shareholder Victor Lim that the company’s...
Simba gains ground against incumbent telcos in 2024: Opensignal
SIMBA has gained about two subscribers from incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs) for every subscriber lost, suggesting that the latest entrant has been competitive in Singapore’s crowded wireless market....

Style

What Happened When an Extremely Offline Person Tried TikTok
For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Cal Newport is filling in for Kyle Chayka.In 2013, I wrote a blog post titled “Why I Never Joined Facebook.” Social media had...
How Do You Know When a System Has Failed?
At some point in the past decade or two, dance-music d.j.s discovered a way of punctuating their sets with a prank. Just as the music was reaching a crescendo,...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era
In the faux aristocracy that is Hollywood, a Blake Lively should not have reason to meaningfully cross paths with a Justin Baldoni. Lively, best known for playing Serena van...
The Enigmatic Artistry of Terrence Malick
Biographies of great artists are of inherent interest, but in the case of Terrence Malick, one of the greatest living filmmakers, there’s an extra fascination because of the great...
Why Zora Neale Hurston Was Obsessed with the Jews
Zora Neale Hurston was a philosemite. She believed that the Jews had been victims of stereotyping that started with Moses and that was promoted by the Bible and fed...

Fashion

Honda seeks to buy out Renault’s stake in Nissan, Kyodo reports
HONDA Motor has asked Nissan Motor whether it would be able to acquire Renault’s shareholding, according to a Kyodo News report, as the two Japanese automakers prepare to combine...
China to probe US chip dumping and subsidies in response to tech sanctions
CHINA will start an investigation into whether the US dumps lower-end chips and unfairly subsidises its own chipmakers, one of Beijing’s strongest retaliatory moves so far against American technology...
CDL divests over S$600 million of assets in 2024, including Suzhou project
City Developments Ltd (CDL) achieved total divestments of more than S$600 million in 2024 as part of its capital recycling initiative, announced the real estate company in a bourse filing...
Alliance Bank Malaysia’s top shareholder Vertical Theme said to be mulling sale to DBS
INVESTMENT management firm Vertical Theme is planning to seek approval in the coming weeks to start talks about selling its stake in Alliance Bank Malaysia, according to people familiar...
Bezos’ Blue Origin reaches orbit in first New Glenn launch, misses booster landing
BLUE Origin’s giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday (Jan 16) morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit for Jeff...
DBS could declare special dividend of S$0.50, raise ordinary DPS to S$0.60: CGSI 
DBS may declare a special dividend of S$0.50 for the fourth quarter of FY2024 as well as raise its ordinary dividend per share to S$0.60, said CGS International in...