08-11-2024 15:00 Donald Trump declared victory in the 2024 US presidential election after gaining critical battleground states like Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia. He thanked his supporters, saying America had given him an unprecedented and powerful mandate. Trump celebrated this achievement at his watch party in Palm Beach, Florida, with Vice President JD Vance and […]
08-11-2024 07:00 In the last three months, The New York Times (NYT) gets fewer new online subscribers. People are spending less money. NYT has 260,000 new online subscribers. But this number is not as high as the company hopes. NYT gets 8.8% more money from ads. But its stock price goes down by 8%. Experts […]
08-11-2024 07:00 In the third quarter, The New York Times (NYT) experienced slower growth in digital subscribers. Due to economic uncertainty, consumers were spending less. This slower growth was surprising, as it came just before the US presidential election on November 5, a period that usually boosts media engagement. NYT added 260,000 digital subscribers during […]
Apple iMac 24-inch (M4) Review: Two-minute review The iMac has been the all-in-one computer to beat since the jump to Apple silicon and a well-received redesign. MacOS teamed with an Apple-made processor make for an excellent experience, and with an iMac you get everything you need to get off to the races in the box. […]
07-11-2024 15:00 Sometimes, fashion brands make mistakes. They make clothes which offend some people. Zara is a fashion brand. In 2014, Zara makes a T-shirt. It has stripes and a star. It looks like the Star of David. The T-shirt looks like clothing from a Nazi concentration camp. People see the design. They criticise it […]
07-11-2024 15:00 Gucci and Adidas have come under fire for what people think were racist designs. For Gucci, a black balaclava jumper was the center of the storm because the bright red lips looked like blackface which was a form of make-up used to stereotype black people dating back over 200 years. In Adidas’s case, […]
07-11-2024 07:00 People in Southeast Asia are getting wealthier, and more parents are choosing convenience foods for their babies. These foods are advertised as healthy but often contain added sugars, while similar products in Western countries don’t. A UNICEF study of 1,600 baby foods in Southeast Asia found that nearly half had added sugars. In […]
People align on a pedestrian bridge across a street engulfed in smog, in Lahore on November 5, 2024. — AFP LAHORE: Residents of Punjab’s smoggy capital city and other districts continue to breathe the toxic air that has paralysed life and caused closure of educational institutions in the province. The quality of air in Lahore has […]
Thailand may see foreign tourist arrivals surpassing a pre-pandemic record next year as a recovery in the global travel industry gathers momentum, according to online travel platform Agoda Holdings Co. The company is “optimistic” about arrivals topping 39 million next year due to Thai government’s visa waiver schemes and an expected increase in flight capacity […]
06-11-2024 15:00 To prevent avalanches on Mount Elbrus, Europe’s highest peak in Russia’s Caucasus Mountains, people used a 1950’s howitzer. In combat, people used it as an anti-aircraft weapon, and now it is keeping a nearby village safe. The howitzer fires a shell which starts a small avalanche. These are safe and prevent too much […]