Uber has quietly been testing a flexible pricing service in more than a dozen cities in India, a move that could help it expand its consumer base in the South Asian nation and put pressure on rival ride-hailing platforms, including Ola and InDrive. The flexible pricing service, called Uber Flex, was started in India in […]
Carl Borg-Neal can’t get out his words. Tears fall down his cheeks and he is overcome by an involuntary verbal tic, as if he is choking or has momentarily forgotten how to speak. He is 59 years old and out of work, having been sacked by his employer, Lloyds Bank, for inadvertently blurting out the […]
Jan. 5—There’s nothing west of Socorro for dozens of miles but a valley framed by mountains and the San Agustin plains that seem to stretch forever into the distance. And then, soon after you pass tiny Magdalena, you can see it on the horizon, glinting in the sun and spreading over a massive tract of […]
Joe Biden has an attention problem. The president and his team have never aimed to dominate the news cycle in the style of his predecessor and likely 2024 challenger, Donald Trump. They’ve often been happy to take a policy win — taking Social Security cuts off the board in debt limit talks, for instance — […]
Ukraine’s SBU security service has detained the founder of one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural firms, the SBU reported on Telegram on Jan 5. SBU officers detained the suspect in his son’s apartment in Kyiv, where he was hiding and planning to escape to Russia. A food company owned by the suspect had reportedly been operating […]
Don’t miss out! You can shop the Nordstrom Half-Yearly sale through January 8. (Nordstrom) I love a good sale, and I especially love when a good sale is extended. One of my favorite bi-annual discount events — the Nordstrom Half-Yearly sale — is now running through January 8, which means more time to take advantage […]
A tablet can be an amazing tool for seniors, offering everything from games and videos to voice calls via Zoom. However, the most popular models — namely, Amazon Fires and Apple iPads — aren’t the most user-friendly devices. For elders who aren’t particularly tech-savvy, it’s easy to get confused by things like app stores, passwords […]
A juvenile at a group home is accused of killing an adult who worked and lived there, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Thursday night. The deadly encounter started with a physical altercation at the home in the 5200 block of Swearngan Road near North Hoskins Road in northwest Charlotte, police said. 2 shootings, 1 block […]
Washington — House Republicans said Friday that they will move forward next week with an effort to hold Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, in contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with a congressional subpoena for closed-door testimony. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced that on Wednesday, his panel will consider a resolution and […]
Ukraine’s state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia transported a record 2.1 million passengers to European countries in 2023, the company reported on Jan. 5. The airspace above Ukraine has remained closed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, meaning that road or rail travel is required to enter or exit Ukraine. Ukrzaliznytsia operates […]
Is your heating bill stressing you out? Do you find yourself perpetually negotiating with the thermostat — or your spouse? Are you shivering on the couch as you attempt to enjoy your latest binge-fest? Sometimes the answer is not cranking up the heat for the whole room (or whole house), but instead heating up yourself. […]
You’d think that after the bargain bonanzas of Black Friday, Christmas and New Years, opportunities for mind-melting markdowns would be well and fully exhausted. You’d think wrong. This weekend, retailers like Walmart, Amazon and Target are dropping prices left and right on some primo electronics. We’re talking Apple devices, space heaters, best-selling TVs, headphones, laptops […]