THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The number of people who read for fun appears to be steadily dropping. Fifty percent of UK adults say they don’t read regularly (up from 42 percent in 2015) and almost one in four young people aged 16 to 24 say they’ve never…
From the British Library archive This 17th Century painting fuses Islamic motifs with Renaissance style artwork The birth of Jesus Christ – a seminal biblical event – has been the subject of many paintings by Western artists, who have often applied the ideas of beauty and creativity prevalent there while depicting the event on canvas….
An Illinois landlord who fatally stabbed a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy and severely wounded his mother has been sentenced to 53 years in prison. Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted in February for murder and hate crimes for the death of Wadee Alfayoumi, and the wounding of his mother Hanan Shaheen in 2023 shortly after the start…
Amazon will report its first-quarter earnings for the 2025 fiscal year on Thursday after the New York stock exchange closes – results that will be seen in the context of consumer resilience in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff wars. Analysts estimate that Amazon’s earnings-per-share will come in at $1.36 on revenue of $155bn. The…
D.C. Air Traffic Plane Avoided Helicopter Over D.C. 1 Day Before Catastrophe Published January 31, 2025 7:43 AM PST Play video content A flight to Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its initial landing due to helicopter activity in the D.C. area … one day before the catastrophic crash that left dozens dead. Check…
Donald Trump’s much-vaunted but ill-defined new “department of government efficiency” (Doge) program lost one of its leaders hours after the new president took office on Monday, as Vivek Ramaswamy bowed out of the government cost-cutting taskforce, leaving Elon Musk in sole charge. Ramaswamy’s exit came as he reportedly plans to run for Ohio governor. Trump…
Charles Liang, chief executive officer of Super Micro Computer Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The trade show runs through June 7. Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Super Micro shares plunged 22% on Wednesday to their lowest level since May of last year after the embattled…
The logo for consumer lending firm Capital One Financial Corp. is seen on its headquarters in McLean, Virginia, on Jan. 20. 2023. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Capital One on Wednesday, accusing the bank of “cheating” customers out of millions of dollars in interest…
Oct 27, 2024 07:58 PM IST The girl’s family filed a complaint and alleged that she was sexually harassed by the duo. They tried to kill her but she managed to escape, police said. A 15-year-old girl was allegedly sexually harassed and threatened by two juvenile schoolmates in a village here, police said on Sunday….
Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller is leaving the school and deputy athletic director Jennifer Smith and men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo will serve as co-interim ADs, university president Kevin Guskiewicz announced Thursday. Haller’s last day will be May 11. Guskiewicz did not disclose the reason for Haller’s exit. “I’m grateful for Alan’s leadership since…
