Balance Europe Recovery in Ukraine: When horses do the whispering | View caption Hide caption The grief and pain that Ukrainian soldiers can suffer on the front line is sometimes beyond the reach of doctors and therapists. Horses, though, can help. “I am in a down moment,” he acknowledges, leaning on a crutch by the…
If you hadn’t yet heard of Temu, chances are you would have soon. Consider it a wannabe Amazon, another morally questionable online retailer with prices so low you can understand why an inflation-plagued consumer would want to take advantage. And it’s only getting more popular — unique visitors in the U.S. catapulted from 5.1 million…
Balance Foreign Policy In African ‘coup belt,’ Western values must now compete | View caption Hide caption Amid Western hand-wringing about the string of coups in Africa, some experts say the moment suggests not so much the twilight of Western influence but that African countries have choices and are breaking a dependence on one power.…
1 Hurricane Hilary bringing unprecedented storm warnings to Southwest Hurricane Hilary is likely to bring heavy rainfall and flooding to the Southwest United States and parts of Mexico this weekend, as the region prepares for a rare tropical storm to make landfall. Hilary will likely still be a hurricane when it reaches the Baja California…
Providence, Rhode Island The Garden House, a 1974 brutalist three-bedroom in College Hill, was designed by Huygens and Tappé. The steel, timber, and glass home has floor-to-ceiling windows anchored by brick columns, showcasing sunsets and views of the state capitol; multiple balconies and fireplaces; a gourmet kitchen; and a curved, tiled atrium staircase with plantings…
Tech companies led multiple revolutions in what office work looks like in this century. Google was the most well-known company to turn its offices into a “campus” with the amenities of a large resort, from free lunch to recreation, all designed to keep employees happily toiling away at the office as long as possible. They were…
1 Hurricane Hilary bringing unprecedented storm warnings to Southwest Hurricane Hilary is likely to bring heavy rainfall and flooding to the Southwest United States and parts of Mexico this weekend, as the region prepares for a rare tropical storm to make landfall. Hilary will likely still be a hurricane when it reaches the Baja California…
Tech companies led multiple revolutions in what office work looks like in this century. Google was the most well-known company to turn its offices into a “campus” with the amenities of a large resort, from free lunch to recreation, all designed to keep employees happily toiling away at the office as long as possible. They were…
Generosity Europe Special delivery: This Frenchman builds community, letter by letter | View caption Hide caption At a time when letter writing has gone the way of the quill pen, a self-appointed bicycle delivery messenger and his team are helping to build the social bridges the digital world threatens to tear down. But Mr. Berthelot…
Here are three of the week’s top pieces of financial insight, gathered from around the web: Older investors take a pass on bonds More older Americans are investing “like 30-year-olds,” said Anne Tergesen in The Wall Street Journal. According to Vanguard, “nearly half of 401(k) investors” who are over the age of 55 and are…