BEIJING (AP) — Ford, Nissan and BMW unveiled new electric models with more range for the Chinese market on Saturday as the Beijing auto show opened under anti-virus controls that included holding news conferences by international video link. Automakers are looking to China, the first major economy to start recovering […]
CUTCHOGUE, NY — For many, the coronavirus pandemic has been a time rife with anxiety and uncertainty as families struggle to adjust to the new normal. But for Tanya McDowell of Cutchogue, the last months have been a pivotal turning point — and have meant a life shift that sent […]
On Feb. 16, Marissa and Adam Goldstein launched Rafi Nova, a company selling backpacks for adventure travelers. Sustainably sourced, using textiles woven by Hmong women in Vietnam paid at a fair-trade rate, the backpacks might have been a thing. But the pandemic hit and domestic and international travel ground to […]
“To be very frank, Milan is not so sexy right now, it’s empty, it’s very depressing, but it’s like that all over the world,” Philipp Plein said over Zoom from a conference room in Lugano on the eve of the debut of his escapist spring 2021 collection film, a reminder […]
Photo credit: Getty | Katie Buckleitner From Cosmopolitan Is it just us or are things feeling particularly Groundhog Day-ish lately? Nearly every facet of life looks different than it did pre COVID and the state of dating is one of those things that is just entirely supes different now. Sure, […]
African heroes, the plunder of the Amazon, death-defying mountain climbers and 19th-century spiritualists were just some of the subjects filmmakers are tackling in new projects pitched on Thursday at San Sebastian’s Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum. The forum offers the opportunity to present new docs to commissioning editors, potential funders […]
Back in April, when sourdough starters and watercolors ate up our Instagram feeds, and the most fortunate of us still felt like we were killing a few weeks at home, hobbies were a way to fill time. Seemingly everyone bought dried beans and guitars. Anyone with a needle and thread […]
A home burns in Vacaville, CA during the LNU Lightning Complex fire on August 19 A home burns in Vacaville, CA during the LNU Lightning Complex fire on Aug. 19 Credit – Josh Edelson—AFP/Getty Images Early last week, as wildfires approached her neighborhood in Rogue Valley, Ore., Virginia Camberos evacuated […]
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The final stretch of a presidential campaign is typically a nonstop mix of travel, caffeine and adrenaline. But as the worst pandemic in a century bears down on the United States, Joe Biden is taking a lower key approach. Since his Aug. 11 selection of California […]
Maria Cuba was an Airbnb host more than a decade ago in Puerto Rico before she applied to work for the home sharing platform. Today she’s diversity and belonging business partner at Airbnb. She has worked on engaging hosts of diverse backgrounds, and providing resources to employees within Airbnb. “It’s a […]
British artist Sacha Jafri paces barefoot back and forth across his giant canvas stretched across the ballroom floor of a luxury Dubai hotel, listening to a young girl singing. She performed Friday on the almost-completed canvas measuring just under 2,000 square metres (20,000 sq feet), before it is broken down […]
TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With Over 7% Dividend Yield Markets are volatile, there can be no doubt. So far this month, the S&P 500 has fallen 9% from its peak. The tech-heavy NASDAQ, which had led the gainers all summer, is now leading the on the fall, having lost […]
Rowena Howie, retailer at The Revival Retro Boutique Rishi Sunak has unveiled a series of measures to shore up jobs and businesses against a second wave of the virus. But what do small businesses think of the package? The Telegraph spoke to four business owners on the frontline. Rowena Howie, retailer […]
Photo credit: Courtesy From Esquire Some video games invite us into fantastical worlds, where the villains breathe fire, cast mythical spells, or take to the skies in winged flight. Other video games, like Off the Record, invite us to reconsider our own run-of-the-mill reality, where the villains are far more […]
Photo credit: Elaine Chung From Esquire Gone Girl: The Musical would be dark—that’s a given. It would be violent, bleak, and blood-splattered, with the apex of the night occurring when the voice of cool, calculating Amy Dunne soars all the way to the cheap seats during a bring-down-the-house eleven o’clock […]
iceland – Getty Britons can now travel to just nine countries without restriction following the Government’s latest quarantine-list update, which has prompted renewed calls for airport testing. “As the red list gets longer, it makes quarantine redundant because destinations abroad often have more infections than we do,” said Paul Charles, chief executive […]
Tesco has urged customers not to panic buy warning it “creates a tension in the supply chain”. – AFP Tesco, Morrisons and Aldi have reintroduced food rationing as fears of a second wave of coronavirus rise among shoppers. Tesco has today placed limits on toilet roll, with some customers saying there is a […]
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For people around the world, the coronavirus has caused distressing separations and delayed homecomings. But the situation for a group of 25 residents from remote Easter Island stands out. For six months now the group has been stranded far across a vast stretch of ocean […]
LONDON — After taking a long break, staying at a secluded resort in Sir Lanka, attending breakfast with the governor of Tokyo and sailing on the Atlantic Ocean, Claire Chung is ready to make a comeback to the business arena. The former general manager of Yoox Net-a-porter China, who has […]
a pub in Soho 23 Sept 2020, the day new restrictions were announced Industries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic are facing further uncertainty after missing out on help in the chancellor’s new emergency jobs scheme. Some in retail, hospitality and events industries expressed concern, as have those on zero-hours […]
Transit riders wait for the A Line at the 7th Street/Metro Center station in downtown Los Angeles in July. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Pummeled by a plunge in sales tax revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday locked in steep cuts to Los Angeles […]