New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has cancelled her own wedding, and expressed her sympathy and understanding for all those affected by restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19. New Zealand is imposing further mask rules and limiting gatherings after a cluster of nine cases of the Omicron variant […]
Month: January 2022
U.S. threatens use of novel export control to damage Russia’s strategic industries if Moscow invades Ukraine
The Biden administration is threatening to use a novel export control to damage strategic Russian industries, from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to civilian aerospace, if Moscow invades Ukraine, administration officials say.Get the full experience.Choose your plan ArrowRight The administration may also decide to apply the control more broadly in […]
The billion-dollar question: Can you be TOO rich? – CBS News
When your last name is Disney, you get to see how the magic is made.Abigail Disney is the granddaughter of Roy O.Disney, who (along with his brother, Walt) started the Disney empire. Correspondent Mark Whitaker asked Abigail, “You went to the parks with him as a child?” “Yeah.When I was […]
raghuram rajan: India’s economy has some bright spots, a number of very dark stains: Raghuram Rajan – The Economic Times
“We need to do more to prevent a K shaped recovery, as well as a possible lowering of our medium term growth potential,” Rajan said.Budget 2022: Complete Coverage The Indian economy has “some bright spots and a number of very dark stains” and the government should target its spending “carefully” […]
Architectural Digest: A century of style – CBS News
Admit it: Most people like to take a peek inside how the rich and famous live, right? It’s an escape, and these days, a needed guilty pleasure after being stuck inside our own homes for the past two years. Well, we’re in luck.Month after month, bold-faced names, like tennis star […]
Adopt Instead of Getting Readymade Babies: Taslima Nasreen’s Comments on Surrogacy Spark Twitter Outrage
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Prices are rising all over the world, and leaders see no quick fix
It probably isn’t much consolation for Americans struggling with the highest inflation in 40 years, but they are not alone.In the European Union, prices are rising faster than at any time since the euro currency was introduced.The annual inflation rate in the United Kingdom hit 5.4 percent in December, the […]
Crypto ‘Ice Age’ May Be Coming As the Fed Hikes Interest Rates in 2022
Prices have slumped, raising fears about a crypto winter.FTiare/Getty Images A crypto “ice age” might be coming as the Fed slashes its support for markets and the economy.Crypto prices have slumped, with bitcoin tumbling to a six-month low below $38,000 on Friday.With the Fed hiking interest rates, and nagging questions […]
Plastic gold: How Lego is attracting the eyes, and wallets, of collectors
FOLLOW ON Advertisement Various Lego mini figures sit for sale, Nov.29, 2021, inside It’s A Block Party in Indianapolis.(Mykal McEldowney / The Indianapolis Star via AP) For decades, Lego has captured the minds and imaginations of children and adults alike from around the world. And as new research has shown […]
Twitter users are comparing Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip implants to a similar device featured in the hit dystopian anthology series, ‘Black Mirror’
Elon Musk is developing a brain implant for humans he formerly said may have the potential to “save and replay memories.” Several Twitter users compared the technology to a similar device seen in an episode of Netflix’s “Black Mirror.” The brain-chip technology is primarily aimed at helping provide more agency […]