US home sales rebound slightly in February U.S. home sales picked up slightly in February but remain sluggish due to tight inventories, affordability problems and nasty winter weather. More
Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years The dollar has risen above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years as currency traders persist in selling the Japanese currency in reaction to Tokyo's aggressive credit-easing moves. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Retailers report modest gains for April Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they’re encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled Americans’ shopping habits even as cold weather tempered their desire to buy spring fashions. More
US home building is surging, but job growth isn't The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company. Vap would love to help - if he could hire enough qualified people. "There is a shortage of manpower," says Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall in Littleton, Colo. More
Bank Central Asia's First-Quarter Profit Rose on Record Loan Growth By Amanda Lee Bank Central Asia's first-quarter net profit rose on the back of a record growth in net loans and a drop in provisions. Indonesia's ... 04/22/2024 - 3:06 pm | View Link
South Korea's economy likely saw steady economic growth in Q1: Reuters poll South Korea's economy likely grew 0.6% last quarter, maintaining the same pace of expansion as in the previous three months, as improving exports offset weakening household consumption, a Reuters poll ... 04/22/2024 - 2:37 pm | View Link
Why You Should Use Jojoba Oil for Hair Growth Experts agree that jojoba oil, a naturally derived oil, can have amazing benefits for hair. Here, discover everything you need to know about jojoba oil for longer, stronger strands. 04/22/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
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Chile's Antofagasta CEO foresees higher 2024 copper prices, plans growth at home Growing demand for copper along with supply constrictions could push prices higher than last year in 2024, the head of Chilean miner Antofagasta said. 04/22/2024 - 10:20 am | View Link
The Path to Personal Growth | Psychology Today Growth is about overcoming our tendency to respond quickly or negatively. Posted June 13, 2021 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader. Key points. Steps to personal growth include learning how to... 04/22/2024 - 5:32 am | View Website
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GROWTH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com noun. the act or process, or a manner of growing; growing; development; gradual increase. Synonyms: expansion, augmentation. Antonyms: decrease, decline. size or stage of development: It hasn't yet reached its full growth. completed development. development from a simpler to a more complex stage: the growth of ritual forms. 04/21/2024 - 11:13 pm | View Website
Human development | Description, Rate, Growth, & Puberty human development, the process of growth and change that takes place between birth and maturity. Human growth is far from being a simple and uniform process of becoming taller or larger. As a child gets bigger, there are changes in shape and in tissue composition and distribution. 04/21/2024 - 2:16 pm | View Website
Growth Definition & Meaning 1. a (1) : a stage in the process of growing : size. (2) : full growth. b. : the process of growing. c. : progressive development : evolution. d. : increase, expansion. the growth of the oil industry. 2. a. : something that grows or has grown. a growth of willows. b. : an abnormal proliferation of tissue (such as a tumor) c. : outgrowth. d. 04/21/2024 - 7:06 am | View Website
(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) — Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March.
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Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24, and released on Thursday by his office on the same day that a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was sworn in.
Henry’s remaining Cabinet meanwhile chose Economy and Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert as the interim prime minister.
LONDON — Two military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise and tossing their riders were in serious condition after undergoing operations, a U. K. government official said Thursday.
The animals were among a group of four horses that broke free during routine exercises Wednesday near Buckingham Palace and caused chaos as they galloped loose through central London during morning rush hour.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a confession to make. “Sometimes I watch the footage from my speeches and I always look much taller than everyone else around,” the 6-ft. 1-in. Greek Prime Minister says with a wry smile, buckled up in the back seat of his car in a pressed blue shirt and black hoodie.
It’s not just U. S. universities where the Israel-Hamas war is a touchy topic. This week, an American professor has sparked controversy in Malaysia after criticizing the Southeast Asian nation’s official pro-Palestinian stance on the conflict during a visiting lecture.
“A country whose political leaders advocate a second Holocaust against the Jewish people will never be a serious player in world affairs, and will certainly never be a friend or partner of the United States,” Bruce Gilley, a professor of political science at Portland State University, said during a keynote address at the University of Malaya on Tuesday, according to a now-deleted post on X in which he quoted himself.
“We are all at risk of manipulation online right now.”
So begins a short animated video about a practice known as decontextualization and how it can be used to misinform people online. The video identifies signs to watch out for, including surprising or out of the ordinary content, seemingly unreliable sources, or video or audio that appear to have been manipulated or repurposed.
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Though it may not look like it, this 50-second video is actually an election ad—one of three that Google will be rolling out across five European countries next month in advance of the European Union’s June parliamentary elections.
Venice, the historic Italian city known for its canals, would like to draw a balance between its residents who live there and help to keep the place running and its visitors, an important source of economic revenue but increasingly also a burden on social services and the livability of the city.
In recent years, the balance has shifted: in the 1970s, Venice had some 175,000 residents; as of last year, its population dipped below 50,000—and the number of tourist beds outnumbered residents for the first time.