By Bradley Jolly Alex Batty wrote his mother a heartbreaking note – in which he said he loved her but was capable of living on his own – before he left the commune in France. The youngster penned the letter minutes before he fled the home in the Pyrene…
Indian-American CEO of Wayfair urges employees to embrace longer work hours
Boston (Massachusetts) [United States], December 22 (ANI): Wayfair’s CEO, Niraj Shah, has delivered an end-of-year message encouraging employees to embrace longer work hours and blend work with life for continued success, CNN reported. Shah emphasises …
David Moyes sends message to “direct rivals” Man Utd as West Ham aim to go above them
By Fraser Watson West Ham manager David Moyes has slyly reminded Manchester United that they are now no better off then when he was in charge as his side prepare to host his former club on Saturday. The Red Devils lie seventh in the Premier League tabl…
These people won Spain’s Christmas ‘El Gordo’ lottery: What happened next?
Everyone in Sodeto, a small farming village in northeastern Spain, looks forward to the annual Spanish Christmas lottery, known as El Gordo (the fat one). “Going to Sodeto and selling lottery tickets is a success, we spend all our money buying them,” J…
Editorial: Court ruling barring Trump from the ballot could end up making him stronger
For those who recognize Donald Trump as the looming threat to democracy that he so clearly is, the news out of Colorado on Tuesday might sound unambiguously positive. The state’s supreme court ruled that Trump can be barred from next year’s Colorado pr…
“The conditions were different”: Jos Buttler on 4-wicket loss to West Indies in 5th T20I
Tarouba [Trinidad], December 22 (ANI): After a four-wicket defeat in the fifth T20I match against West Indies on Friday, England’s skipper Jos Buttler said that the conditions were different at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Speaking at the post-m…
China’s BYD to build new energy vehicle production base in Hungary
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is to build a new energy vehicle production base in Hungary, it said on Friday. The new facility to be built in Szeged, southern Hungary is expected to create thousands of local jobs, BYD said in a …
As instigator in residence, ShaDawn Battle will focus on Chicago’s ‘footwork’ dance for National Public Housing Museum
CHICAGO — Imagine dancing so fast your feet are moving at 160 beats per minute. That’s “footwork” — a style of dance as ubiquitous in Chicago’s Black community as pizza. And thanks to the National Public Housing Museum, Chicago footwork will get its mo…
Commentary: What would former U. of C. leader Robert Zimmer say about antisemitism on campus?
Since the troubling testimony before Congress on Dec. 5 by university Presidents Claudine Gay, Liz Magill and Sally Kornbluth, I have been asked several times what I thought my late husband, University of Chicago’s 13th President Robert Zimmer, might h…
Commentary: US soldiers at risk of suffering brain injuries from their own weapons
The military is currently experiencing a mental health crisis, with suicide now the second leading cause of death for service members. Brain injuries suffered by service members are a big part of this crisis, and new information has revealed the risk t…