The rudeness pandemic, the actual pandemic, and all things gray. There’s a lot to leave behind when 2022 ends and uncertainty rules around the world. The health crisis brought on the dawn of slow living, but it crushed many families forced to hustle for their living. Rudeness went on the rise. Crypto currencies tanked. Pete … Read more
Landslides of rock and mud closed roadways Friday across California as heavy rains kicked off what will be a series of storms poised to usher in the new year with downpours and potential flooding across much of the state and several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada. The atmospheric river storm, a long and … Read more
If Google searches are a window into what Americans are really thinking about, then millions of us were focused on a daily online word game developed by a New York-based software engineer. The impact of the term, Wordle, the most-searched term in 2022, is what surprised Simon Rogers, trends data team lead at Google, the … Read more
Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on U.S. television as the first female anchor on an evening news broadcast and one of TV’s most prominent interviewers, has died at age 93, her longtime ABC home network said on Friday. Walters, who created the popular ABC women’s talk show The View in 1997, died … Read more
The National Assembly approved at its ongoing 4th Ordinary Session on Thursday 12 laws including amendments to laws on Lawyers, Court Registry, State Inspection, and Science and Technology. Other adopted included laws on Museums, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, State Audit, Waterways, Military Prosecutor’s Office, Passports, Electronic Transactions, and Enterprises. Vice President of the … Read more
Japan’s transport ministry said Thursday the country will conditionally accept direct flights from Hong Kong to airports in Fukuoka, Naha and one near Sapporo after it had initially planned to ban them. The flights from Hong Kong can arrive at the three airports provided there are no passengers who have stayed in China’s mainland within … Read more