• KIFI

    New Zealand will ban disposable e-cigarettes in a bid to prevent minors from taking up the habit

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand said Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors. The move comes less than a month after the government repealed a unique law enacted by the previous left-leaning government to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing

  • Exclusive-Nordstrom's founding family in new bid to take U.S. retailer private, sources say

    NEW YORK (Reuters) -The founding family behind Nordstrom Inc is seeking to take the U.S. department store operator private, six years after a similar attempt proved unsuccessful, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Macy's Inc, another department store operator, has also become a takeover target. Nordstrom has asked investment banks Morgan Stanley and Centerview Partners to reach out to private equity firms and gauge their interest for a potential deal, the sources said.

  • E-scooters and e-bikes are on the rise. Will we ever walk again?

    In 2022, Utrecht (Holland) was ranked the world’s most bike-friendly city. Australia seems keen to compete, with the number of…What to read next: Walk for Life | Marriage – a fading institution | Fatal flaws exposed in the Net Zero transition. What is to be done? | If the ABC reforms itself, would you watch it?

  • Havana syndrome: will we ever understand what happened? – podcast

    In late 2016, US officials in Cuba’s capital began experiencing a mysterious and often debilitating set of symptoms that came to be known as Havana syndrome. As two new studies into the condition are published, Ian Sample speaks to the Guardian’s world affairs editor, Julian Borger, who has been following the story, and to the consultant neurologist Prof Jon Stone, about what could be behind the conditionFollow all of Julian Borger’s reporting here Continue reading

  • The Biggest U.S.-and-Allied Lies About the War in Ukraine

    Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) #1 lie: If Russia takes Ukraine, we’ll be next. There is zero evidence for this lie, and it is a lie that is even more outlandish than the lie that if Vietnam falls to the communists, that will be just the first “domino” and all the others will fall and […]

  • ‘Euphoria’ Actor Doubts Season 3 Will Ever Happen

    Eddy Chen / HBOFans have been asking for the third season of Sam Levinson drama Euphoria for nearly two years, but rumors recently began swirling that the show has been canceled. This week, in a statement to Variety, an HBO spokesperson attempted to shut down the speculation, saying “HBO and Sam Levinson remain committed to making an exceptional third season,” but “in the interim, we are allowing our in-demand cast to pursue other opportunities.” Variety added that the scripts for Season 3 are...

    • KUOW

    What have we learned in the decade since the deadliest landslide in U.S. history?

    The Oso landslide remains the deadliest landslide in US history. Since the disaster, how have local governments responded to the still present risk of landslides?

  • U.S. lawmakers head for holidays, leaving Ukraine in lurch

    The U.S. Congress heads out on a two-week break this weekend with no clear plan to provide desperately needed military aid requested by the White House to help pro-Western Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that his country is in dire need of support

    • MSNBC

    What’s happened in Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal demands a reckoning

    Earlier this month, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual threat assessment, a compendium of “worldwide threats to the national security of the United States.” On the third to last page of the report, to little fanfare, the report makes a startling statement about the threat to America from “global terrorism”: “al-Qa‘ida has reached an operational nadir in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Last September, Christy Abizaid, the director of the National Counterterrorism...

  • ‘Not happening in my car’: Denver car theft victim takes matters into her own hands

    A Denver auto theft victim took matters into her own hands after a thief stole her car in broad daylight.

  • Here's What's Rumoured To Happen In Euphoria Season Three, If It Ever Sees The Light Of Day

    Just before the Season Two finale, rumours began to circulate that Euphoria Season Three was going to be axed due to the messy behind-the-scenes drama. Thankfully, series creator Sam Levinson later indicated that we can expect another season and although he hasn’t dished too much dirt on what we can expect, from the little he […]

  • U.S. DOJ takes a big bite at Apple in antitrust lawsuit

    The United States Department of Justice has just taken a big bite at Apple. The federal government, along with 16 other states, are suing Apple after years of investigation, finding that Apple is keeping a monopoly with its iPhone, and practices with iOS. There’s a lot to this lawsuit, but it comes down to more […]