The darkest side of online dating There are lots of perks to online dating – but it has a worrying dark side that can leave some shaken. This piece is a text reversion of a Business Daily piece from BBC World Service, presented by Tamasin Ford and produced by Szu Ping Chan and Nisha Patel. Adapted […]
(Image credit: Surf Simply) Although our ability to easily pick up a new skill declines with age, harnessing a specific type of mindset can help you learn effectively as an adult. T Tom Vanderbilt’s fascination with the process of life-long learning began with his daughter’s hobbies: piano, soccer, Tae Kwon Do. He wanted to encourage […]
Jeff Mason MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday accused “angry mobs” of trying to erase history with efforts to remove or rethink monuments to U.S. historical figures and used a speech at Mount Rushmore to paint himself as a bulwark against left-wing extremism. On a day when seven U.S. […]
The Emmy-award winning director, who helmed two episodes of the Netflix hit ‘Never Have I Ever’ unpacks the show’s identity politics. By Ankur Pathak HUFFPOST INDIAA still from ‘Never Have I Ever’ Among the many things that director Kabir Akhtar did not anticipate about Never Have I Ever’s global success was the fact that it would be […]
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s mosques opened their doors to worshippers on Sunday for the first time in more than two months as the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, eased restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus. “It is great to feel the mercy of God and once again call people for prayers at mosques instead […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the country on Sunday to remain vigilant against the spread of coronavirus as the country prepares a phased re-opening of activities even as daily cases rise to record highs. People wearing protective face masks exercise inside a park after few restrictions were lifted, during an extended […]
Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center […]
After days of unrest, the white officer who knelt on the Black man’s neck was charged with third-degree murder. Floyd’s family wants the other officers arrested, too. By Lydia O’Connor Lee Moran Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, HuffPost US Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police […]
Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India extended its coronavirus lockdown until June 30 in high-risk zones but permitted restaurants, malls and religious buildings to reopen elsewhere from June 8 despite a record high number of cases detected nationwide on Saturday. The home ministry ordered state governments and local authorities to identify “containment zones”, or […]
Brendan O’Brien, Carlos Barria MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Violent protests flared overnight in several U.S. cities as demonstrators vented their anger over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis this week after a white police officer knelt on his neck. From Minneapolis to New York City, Atlanta and Washington, protesters clashed with […]
