JANUARY 1, 2024
Ahmedabad, INDIA - Gujarat set a Guinness World Record on Monday after more than 50,000 people performed 'Surya Namaskar' simultaneously at 108 venues, earning praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said the state "welcomed 2024 with a remarkable feat".
Surya Namaskar or sun salutation is an ancient Yogic practice of paying respect to the rising sun...
JANUARY 1, 2024
While many rich people do less than they are able to in order to help others and the environment — despite being responsible for an overwhelming portion of the damage caused to it in many ways, including their use of super yachts and private jets — one wealthy couple has shown the world that there is another option...
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Embracing the French approach to health, a young woman walks around Paris. - Photo: Getty Images/ F.J. Jimenez
It’s easy for Americans to romanticize life abroad… whisking away to a foreign locale and relaxing into a dreamy life, far from the cortisol-fueled chaos of the corporate world in the States. In fact, I romanticized it so much that...
DECEMBER 26, 2023
A demonstrator holds a banner outside The Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, in London, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Britain is one of the world's oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threat. They point to restrictions on protest imposed by the Conservative government that have seen environmental...
DECEMBER 23, 2023
There is this evergreen joke. When Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon, there was a Malayali (a person from Kerala) welcoming him there.
The migrating Malayalis are creating mini Keralas across the world, but the impact of the migration is being felt back home.
Keralites are currently working in 182 of the world's 195 countries, according to...
DECEMBER 23, 2023
Our undeniable fascination with everything extreme is evident in the following that Indian mukbangers have. In the Korean tradition of eating humongous amounts of food on camera for people to watch, comment on and, perhaps, derive an inexplicable satisfaction from, Indian YouTubers hit incredible numbers with their mukbang videos.
A 12-minute video of someone eating buckets of mutton,...
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Holiday shopper crosses First Avenue in the Cherry Creek North shopping district late Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
NEW YORK — The holidays are supposed to be a joyful time, but they can also be financially stressful. With gifts, social gatherings and plane tickets home, the costs can start piling up.
Household expenses continue to...
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Edward Blum, a long-time opponent of affirmative action in higher education and founder of Students for Fair Admissions, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina on October 31, 2022. - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
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DECEMBER 20, 2023
RUSH CITY, Minn. — Before the guards let you through the barbed-wire fences and steel doors here at the Minnesota Correctional Facility, you have to leave your phone in a locker. Not a total inconvenience when you’re there to visit a prolific iPhone thief.
I wasn’t worried that Aaron Johnson would steal my iPhone, though. I was there...
DECEMBER 20, 2023
In this undated stock photo, a security camera is seen in a store. - STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images
Drugstore chain Rite Aid has accepted a ban of its use of facial recognition software for five years due to false accusations stemming from the technology that disproportionately affected people of color, the Federal Trade Commission said.
The retailer failed to impose...
