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AlpamayoPhoto/Getty Images (KATHMANDU, Nepal) — Search crews on Monday recovered the black boxes from Yeti Airlines NYT 691, the short-haul flight that crashed in Nepal on Sunday with 72 people on board. Both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were recovered as more than 300 people combed the site of the crash, near […]
SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 10 months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces in November pulled out of key positions, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops […]
Image source: Getty Images We skip the obvious “debit cards” answer. Key points Online shopping has evolved, and shoppers are adopting new ways to pay. Mobile wallets, peer-to-peer checkout, and digital payment platforms offer users convenience but require users to forfeit financial or contact information. Buy now, pay later offers users interest-free loans. Prepaid cards […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “When you’re cooking, steam comes out of your mouth,” Svetalana told us, standing in her bitterly cold, pitch-black kitchen, near where seven months earlier a Russian bomb caused the windows to blow out and her bedroom walls to cave in. Svetlana is now dealing with another kind of Russian attack, […]
US Navy veteran Taylor Dudley was released, Jan. 12, 2023, after nearly a year in Russian detention. – Courtesy Family/Jonathan Franks (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Navy veteran was released from Russian custody Thursday after being held since last April, according to statements from his family and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s office. Navy […]
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince William and Kate made their first public appearance Thursday since the release of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare. William and Kate stepped out in Liverpool, England, but did not issue a public comment on Harry’s memoir, in which he details an ongoing rift with William, including claiming that William physically […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As thousands of supporters of former far-right Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro stormed three major government buildings in Brazil’s capital on Sunday in protest of the presidential election results, the shocking, violent scene drew immediate comparisons to another post-election uprising — the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters […]
Don’t be too surprised if you find yourself or a friend spending a lot of money in the metaverse in the near future. The metaverse could fuel $1 trillion in commerce by 2025, according to Accenture, a research firm. Even if that number proves to be overly optimistic, there’s a lot of interest in metaverse […]
SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 10 months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces in November pulled out of key positions, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops […]
NASA (NEW YORK) — If you’re looking at the night skies over the next month and make out a tiny green light in the sky, don’t panic, aliens haven’t landed. A rare, green comet is expected to pass by Earth this week and will be visible in the night sky for nearly a month, according […]
