OCTOBER 25, 2
President Joe Biden speaks after inviting two children on stage during an event to celebrate Diwali, in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 24, 2022. - Evan Vucci/AP
Celebrated by more than 1 billion people around the world, Diwali, the festival of lights, is a five-day religious holiday primarily observed by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains.
This...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Paintings of Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP - Getty Images)
As more than a billion Hindus around the world this week observed Diwali, “the festival of lights,” the appointment of one of their own as British prime minister offered a second cause for celebration.
“Nothing could be more auspicious than the appointment of Rishi Sunak...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The regulator will be publishing guidance on how to use biometric technologies in spring 2023. Photograph: izusek/Getty Images/iStockphoto
Companies ‘should not make meaningful decisions based on technology not backed by science’
The information commissioner has warned companies to steer clear of “emotional analysis” technologies or face fines, because of the “pseudoscientific” nature of the field.
It’s the first time the...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Rishi Sunak meets supporters as he arrives to attend a Conservative Party leadership election event in Birmingham, England, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. - Rui Vieira, AP
Just a few days after Liz Truss resigned as prime minister, the UK has a new prime minister. Truss, who lasted a mere 45 days in office, will be replaced by Rishi...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden holds a formal news conference at the White House. - Reuters/KEVIN LAMARQUE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The White House has lowered its earlier optimism about the midterm elections and is now worried that Democrats could lose control of both chambers of Congress, administration officials say.
Recent polls have shown Democrats who once had comfortable leads in...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
This photo shows a vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, Bivalent, at AltaMed Medical clinic in Los Angeles, California, on October 6, 2022. - RINGO CHIU/Getty Images North America/TNS
The most commonly reported COVID-19 symptoms in recent weeks have changed since the coronavirus started to spread across the globe, a study has found.
The top symptoms were mostly similar...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The District of Columbia said goodbye to an icon on Tuesday. The woman affectionately known as "D.C.'s Hat Lady," Ms. Vanilla Beane, has died at the age of 103, Mayor Muriel Bowser's office said.
Beane was known for her talents in crafting elaborate hats, turning her passion into a longtime business in the District.
Even after celebrating her centennial...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Using an entire container of store-bought basil should qualify as an Olympic sport.
Store-bought herbs are often sold in copious amounts, forcing us to throw away and waste what we don’t use.
But if you want to stop throwing your money away, there’s a viral hack for growing basil that may keep you from ever having to buy herbs...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
King Charles III welcomes Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London, where he invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. - Aaron Chown, AP
LONDON – Former finance minister Rishi Sunak completed a political comeback Monday, when he was selected prime...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Neema Roshania Patel, a founding editor of The Washington Post news site for millennial women, The Lily, and most recently an editor with the Next Generation audience development team working to cultivate a younger and more diverse readership, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Washington. She was 35.
The cause was gastric cancer, said her husband, Akshar...
