When approaching conflict, most people aim to get their way, while others try to find common ground. This is a mistake authors Robert Bordone and Joel Salinas say. In their new book “Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In” the two argue that trying to solve conflict strips the interaction of its…
A Eurovision contestant has reworked her song after a word in the lyrics sounded like an English swearword. Miriana Conte’s song was originally titled Kant, the Maltese word for singing. The song now includes the voice of the BBC economics editor Faisal Islam after he interviewed Conte on Newsnight about having only days to alter…
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. An oil tanker carrying jet fuel was recently hit by a cargo ship while at anchor 13 miles off the east coast of England. This set off a series of large explosions and a huge plume of black smoke, while a still unknown…
Five people have been charged after a 40-year-old woman was shot dead in south Wales last week. Joanne Penney died at a block of flats in Talbot Green, near Pontyclun, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, on Sunday. South Wales police said they had charged two women and three men, who will appear at Cardiff magistrates court…
Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as CEO. Courtesy: Intel New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will receive total compensation of $1 million in salary and about $66 million in stock options and grants vesting over the coming years, according to filing on Friday with the SEC. Tan was named as the chief of Intel this week, spurring…
The captain of the Russian container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea, killing a crew member, has appeared in court. Vladimir Motin of Primorsky, St Petersburg, in Russia was charged with gross negligence manslaughter over the collision earlier this week. Motin, 59, appeared at Hull magistrates court on Saturday…
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said his Starship rocket will head to Mars by the end of next year, as the company investigates several recent explosions in flight tests. Human landings could begin as early as 2029 if initial missions go well, though “2031 was more likely”, he added in a post on his social…
Rushdi Abu Alouf Gaza correspondent EPA More than 90% of homes in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged, says the UN Talks to extend the Gaza ceasefire have failed to reach an agreement, a Palestinian official has told the BBC, as the US accused Hamas of making “entirely impractical” demands at meetings in Qatar. Negotiators…
[Listen to “The Daily”: Elbows Up: Canada’s Response to Trump’s Trade War] What’s next: Mr. Ford, along with Dominic LeBlanc, the new international trade minister, and François-Philippe Champagne, the new finance minister, met with their counterparts in Washington: Howard Lutnick, the U.S. commerce secretary, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative. The message they received,…
A bin collection strike in Birmingham could lead to rats thriving on a “banquet” of food waste and pose a public health danger, pest controllers have said. About 400 council bin workers in Birmingham began an indefinite strike on Tuesday as part of a dispute over pay and conditions. The trade union Unite has argued…
