In a year when most decisions have been shaped in one form or another by the coronavirus pandemic, Laguna Beach felt the impact in multiple ways. Beach and school closures, cancellations and modifications of arts programs and annual festivals and changes to restaurant dining are just some of the issues […]

The world ushered in the New Year with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid farewell to a virus-ridden 2020. After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.7 million people die from Covid-19, fresh waves of infection have sparked renewed lockdowns and forced would-be […]

The world began ushering in the New Year Thursday, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid farewell to a virus-ridden 2020. After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.7 million people die from Covid-19, fresh waves of infection have sparked renewed lockdowns and […]

The last year has been one for forget for millions given the coronavirus pandemic, an economic meltdown and the social cost of being away from friends and family amid national and local lockdowns.  It was also a year that featured a divisive presidential election and nationwide protests for racial justice […]

Bloomberg Wrong-Way Bet on Covid Is Changing Oil-Trading Industry Forever (Bloomberg) — In January, as a mysterious illness ripped through the Chinese city of Wuhan, global oil prices plunged. Two thousand miles away in the island state of Singapore, one of the most powerful men in the world of commodities trading, Lim […]

Collage: Marta Parszeniew Like many other wellness practitioners, Stuart Sandeman realised something in the midst of the global pandemic: he could help people. Not in a worthy sense, in a “I have the literal skills to help people” kind of way. His business Breathpod teaches students how to breath freely using […]

As 2020 shudders to an end, many of us will be eager to move on, hoping that 2021 shows a path out of a pandemic that has upended our way of life. In that spirit, we asked Monitor writers and editors, near and far, to reflect on what COVID-19 has […]

By The Editorial Board Close The Editorial Board Dec. 21, 2020 6:46 pm ET A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 30. Photo: John Raoux/Associated Press We don’t have to remind readers of the ways that 2020 has […]

Never in the history of British hospitality – and it’s a long one, stretching back to the Middle Ages – can there have been such an extraordinary, nail-biting, confusing, challenging and at times uplifting year as the one our nation’s hoteliers have just lived through. It remains to be seen how […]

Most years, when Harry asks me what I want for Christmas, my response is a cheerful, ‘I don’t mind, handsome, as long as I get to spend it with you.’ Honestly, I’m so impatient that if I want something, I will go out and buy it myself… and really, I […]

COVID-19 restrictions mean the holiday season will be different this year, but that doesn’t mean you have to become a Grinch. Although extensive travel, large group gatherings and many traditional activities can’t happen, you can find imaginative ways to be just as joyful with a dash of creativity. In fact, […]

TipRanks Shift Into Hydrogen Could Lift These 3 Stocks Higher In a report on the alternative fuel market, analyst Rupert Merer, of National Bank of Canada, looks at the possibilities and potentialities of the hydrogen as both an energy resource and a commodity. At the heart of the matter, he […]

Photo: Courtesy of the New York City Ballet “Night at the Ballet”  This year, ballerinas Melanie Hamrick, Joanna DeFelice, and Christine Shevchenko joined together to form the ballet production company Live Arts Global. Their first show, “Night at the Ballet,” is an evening designed to support artists and crew members […]