OSLO: Norway does not plan to retaliate against US import tariffs on metals, despite being a major producer and exporter of aluminium, Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide told Norwegian news agency NTB on Thursday. President Donald Trump plans to impose a duty of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium to counter cheap […]
Day: December 5, 2018
Conferences, Symposiums and Seminars — Education for the Discerning
CHITWAN: An International Buffalo Symposium 2017 is going to be held at Sauraha of Chitwan from November 15, where scientists of different countries working in the field of buffalo rearing and its commercial production are taking part. The faculty of Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Fisheries of the Agriculture and Forestry University is organising the […]
Vegetarian? Vegan? What?
KABUL: Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shi‘ite cultural center and news agency on Thursday in the Afghan capital that killed dozens of people attending a conference. Ismail Kawosi, a spokesman for the ministry of public health, said 41 people had been killed and 48 wounded in the latest in a […]
Newspaper sanitary pad wakes Britain up to ‘period poverty’
LONDON: A British maker of sanitary products has placed adverts in newspapers featuring a cut-out pad to raise awareness of “period poverty” in a country where one in 10 girls have had to use toilet paper, socks or newspapers. Hey Girls said it wanted to “stop people in their tracks” with the double-sided adverts, which […]
Beauty above all? How much does it matter?
To air-dry or blow-dry? It’s the question on practically everyone’s minds these days as laissez-faire hair maintains its stronghold. But while there are plenty of reasons to forgo products and styling altogether, most wintery days can be won with a polished, pulled-together look that offers additional don’t-leave-the-house-with-wet-hair insurance against cold and flu season. With hundreds […]
When you don’t get the family of your dreams…
Many, MANY people don’t get the family they would’ve liked to have had. Some of the stories [of highly successful people] simply tell of being essentially ignored — but others tell of horrific abuse they barely survived. It’s true that the world in which we live is a lot less than ideal. Interestingly, though, those […]
How much should we invest in ourselves? Others?
Thought slippers were just for quick bodega runs and hotel lobbies? Well, think again. From Sienna Miller’s minimal suede pair from Tkees to Hailey Bieber’s fashion-forward pair, there is something for whatever occasion lies on the road ahead. It’s worth getting a pair for yourself before you even begin to tackle everyone else on your […]
In the end, will your choice of careers count?
Connecticut-native Abigail Stern grew up skiing with her family, but it wasn’t until she moved to Boulder, Colorado, for college that she fell in love with the sport. “It was just so fun and casual,” she recalls of the impromptu trips to Aspen and Beaver Creek she and her friends would take after class or […]
Scholarships & Internships: What fits your life?
“The fashion instinct for red: It’s special . . . it’s a matter of temperament, looks, or both . . . ,” noted Vogue in 1963. A celebratory, look-at-me color, red was historically associated with passion, privilege, and power. Louis XIV, for example, famously wore scarlet heels and enacted sumptuary laws preventing those not in […]
Can young people make a difference?
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors have told defense lawyers in recent weeks that they are “tying up loose ends” in their investigation, providing the clearest clues yet that the long-running probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election may be coming to its climax, potentially in the next few weeks, according to multiple sources close […]