A woman takes photos under the Kanzakura cherry trees in full bloom in Ueno Park, Tokyo. Kanzakura cherry trees herald the early arrival of spring in Tokyo. James Matsumoto | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Goldman Sachs now expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates for the first time in 17 … Read more
A man accused of throwing a beloved chicken known as Betty White into an alligator pen while visiting a wildlife park in regional NSW will face a hearing to decide if he is guilty of animal cruelty. The case against Peter William Smith, 57, of Hunterview, was briefly mentioned in Raymond Terrace Local Court on … Read more
High-rise residential and commercial buildings are being constructed near Dongyu Road, Qiantan, in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai, China, on March 15, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — China on Monday reported economic data for the first two months of the year that beat analysts’ expectations. Retail sales rose 5.5%, better … Read more
We convened a Club meeting at Palm Beach Gardens on Saturday. We just didn’t know it. My wife, Lisa, and I were signing bottles of her finest Fosforo mezcal at Total Wine & More, and I can’t believe how many people showed. It reminds me that Florida has to be the venue for our next … Read more
Heatwaves are costing $1.6 billion annually in health, energy and productivity losses in Western Sydney — and it will only get worse. That’s the verdict of a new report on the region which will be home to 3.2 million people by 2036. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: The cost of climate change to Western Sydney residents … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Four of investors’ top five favorite destinations are in Europe, according to the Milken Institute’s Global Opportunity Index (GOI) report. Denmark topped this year’s rankings, scoring first on business perception, a measure of the … Read more
Defending champion Connecticut, along with Houston,Purdue and North Carolina, are the top seeds in a March Madness bracket that started going haywire even before the pairings came out Sunday. Of the four top seeds, only UConn heads into the tournament coming off a win. That played into the Huskies receiving the No. 1 overall seed. The other three top seeds … Read more
Astronomers have spotted the oldest “dead” galaxy ever observed while studying the cosmos with the James Webb Space Telescope, and it’s one of the deepest views into the distant universe made with the observatory to date. The galaxy existed when the universe was only about 700 million years into its current age of about 13.8 … Read more
Dasha Litvinova – Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In his first comments to address Navalny’s death, Putin said of the dissident’s demise: “It happens. … Read more
International criticism has mounted on Israel due to the death count of the war Gaza: The UN children’s agency said on Sunday over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza in Israel’s offensive, adding many kids were suffering from severe malnutrition and did not “even have the energy to cry.” “Thousands more have been injured … Read more
