Business
Exclusive: Former Mar-a-Lago employee-turned-witness repeatedly contacted by Trump and associates before documents charges
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Donald Trump and his aid Walt Nauta arrive at an airport after Trump spoke at the Georgia Republican Party's state convention on Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Columbus, Georgia. - Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images
Three months after the FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago last August, a longtime employee of Donald Trump’s private club quit his job.
Within...
Business
Stop thinking tenure gets you promotions — it doesn’t. A former senior leader at Amazon explains what actually works.
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Brandon Southern is the former head of analytics at eBay, Amazon, and GameStop.
He says that you shouldn't mistake tenure for value. Companies won't pay more for the same service.
To get a raise, show the company you've significantly increased your skills or responsibilities.
As a former senior leader in analytics roles at Amazon, eBay, and...
Airline
Wheelchair-bound flyer slams airline for losing special cushion: ‘Indigo left me disabled in truest sense’
DECEMBER 9, 2023
A wheelchair-bound woman claimed that Indigo Airline forgot that she was on the flight and made her wait for 40 minutes to deplane. Virali Modi shared her disappointment in a lengthy post on X that has gone viral online.
Modi, who is a disability activist, mentioned that she has been paralyzed from the waist down since 2006 and...
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Guohua Power Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Dingzhou, Baoding, in the northern China's Hebei province, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India, a team of scientists...
Asia
‘If Other Parts Of World Try To Force-Feed India…’: Jaishankar Stresses Building ‘Bharat Narrative’
DECEMBER 4, 2023
New Delhi, INDIA - The world will find it difficult to grasp what is happening in India if it tries to "force feed" the country into certain constructs, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.
Addressing an event, Jaishankar said that society in the country is "deeply democratized today" and a lot of its leadership and its...
DECEMBER 4, 2023
FILE - A trading post sports the Spotify logo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Spotify said Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 it's axing 17% of its global workforce, in the music streaming service's third round of layoffs this year as it tries to slash costs while focusing on profitabilty. (AP...
DECEMBER 2, 2023
Hours after a Sikh community leader was assassinated by two masked men in the parking lot of his temple in Canada, a senior Indian security officer sent a drug trafficker he knew a video of the blood-covered victim slumped over in his truck. An hour later, he followed that up with the New York address of another...
Asia
Forget the ‘tripledemic.’ The U.S. is headed for a ‘syndemic’ this winter—and experts warn we’re not prepared
DECEMBER 2, 2023
EMTs transfer a patient in the busy ambulance bay at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Md., on Dec. 12. The hospital is operating at above its normal capacity because of a surge in a variety of illnesses like RSV, flu, and COVID. - Suzanne. Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
COVID will likely reach levels this winter...
Agriculture
President Biden rule aims to reduce methane emissions, targeting US oil and gas industry for global warming
DECEMBER 2, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy.
The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rule will sharply reduce methane and other harmful air pollutants...
DECEMBER 1, 2023
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speaks during an interview with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler at the 92nd Street Y in New York March 15, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, whose centrist views and shrewd negotiating skills allowed her to...