The world's two most powerful despots met in Beijing towards the end of this week. Such top-level pow-wows are a regular occurrence these days.
In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong comes for a session of gentle meditative yoga – and stays for the crystal singing bowlsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe Sydney gym I arrive at describes a sound bath as a practice that “offers you space to nap without guilt”. Despite already being one to nap with a clear conscience, I arrive for a 45-minute session on a Monday night, keen to experience a gentle yoga session with vibrations from...
I strongly believe every family should own a pet. It teaches kids responsibility, pets help relieve stress and pets can help promote exercise. Most Canadian households own at least one type of pet. Having a pet teaches kids responsibility such as providing them with food and water at least twice a day. Pets also help […]
We have the poorest choices for president, and it’s not much better for vice president.
The United States’ democratic republic form of government is based wholly on the rule of law, not the rule of power or rule of family succession.
Thank you, Professor Richard Brill, for your enlightening column on latitude and its importance to maritime navigation (“Latitude helps determine how we see sunrise, sunset,” Star-Advertiser, Facts of the Matter, Jan. 19). I would like to add that the chronometer that John Harrison first presented in 1730 — and for which was awarded a 20,000-pound prize (worth an estimated 4 million pounds today) — did not keep particularly accurate time. What was different with Harrison’s device was that the...
Sunderland Culture is looking for a new leader. Rebecca Ball, chief executive since 2021, has been appointed Arts Council England’s new area director for the North and takes up her new role in August. A recruitment process is underway. Sunderland Culture brings together some of the city’s best cultural assets and activities to realise the ambition of a city brimming with creative potential. Created in 2016, it brings together its own team with staff from Sunderland City Council and University...
An unsettled pattern will be in place throughout the week, bringing frequent showers, steady rain, and thunderstorms at times. After a mainly dry day on Monday, May 13, the next day without precipitation will be Thursday, May 16. "The two best bets for dry weather this week will be No. 1, Monday, and No. 2, Thursday," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Joe Lundberg. "Consider any breaks of dry weather a true bonus in this busy pattern." However, the National Weather Service says there is a...
A rare, severe solar storm reached Earth on Friday afternoon, giving the Bay Area a chance to see the aurora — the luminous, colorful bands of light commonly known as the northern lights. Officials at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which forecasts space weather events, said Friday that the G5 geomagnetic storm had reached earth at around 4 p.m. and was expected to continue through the weekend. NOAA said it was the first observed G5 event since the Halloween storms of 2003,...
Instagram spin-off Threads might get native direct messaging in a future update. It is reported that Meta is working on the functionality, which is probably in the early stages of development.
You can now buy the juice by the jug.
NEWS BRIEF: Paramount-owned Channel 5 in the UK has reteamed with comedian, author, amateur astronomer and astrophotographer Dara Ó Briain for a two-part series about the wonders of the sun. Coproduc