Vacation rentals are alluring: They typically offer some combination of more space per dollar than you get in a conventional hotel room, attractive location, and kitchen facilities that let you cut the cost of some meals. They’re also great for accommodating large families or groups that want to vacation together. Unfortunately, vacation rentals can be…
How to Cook Meat Perfectly Every Time: Invest in This Kitchen Tool
While there are a lot of great cooking skills and tips we’ve inherited from our parents and grandparents, there are some cooking habits passed on from generation to generation that are less than ideal. For instance, maybe your mom still incorrectly defrosts her sausages on the kitchen counter at room temperature. But there’s another even worse cooking habit you…
Russian Seaborne Crude Exports Rise, Boosting Kremlin Oil Revenue by 25 Percent
Russia’s seaborne crude exports rose in the week of April 16–22, potentially serving to further bolster President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Forty tankers loaded about 28 million barrels of oil from Russian export terminals in that week, according to vessel-tracking data and port agent reports collected and analyzed by Bloomberg. That means that the…
Quick Fix: Fig, Goat Cheese Salad Delicious, Light Dinner
By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service You can whip up this salad dinner in 5 minutes. I tasted a similar one at a local restaurant and was delighted to find a delicious, filling, light vegetarian supper dish. I decided to re-create it at home. Beets add an earthy flavor and color to the salad….
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Is the New Silk Road
Commentary The original Silk Road lasted until the 15th century. It was a vast trade network that began in the Far East and ended in Europe, winding through the countries of modern-day Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Today this area is ground zero for China’s Belt and Road Initiative…
Celebrities Threaten to Leave Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover
A number of verified Twitter users, celebrities, and others said they would leave the platform following Elon Musk’s purchase of the social media website Monday. The term “leaving Twitter” trended on the website for several hours, as prominent users claimed that former President Donald Trump—perhaps the most influential poster before his suspension—would be allowed back…
Viking Ocean Cruises Reveals Details for 2 New Ships
By Donald Wood From TravelPulse Viking Ocean Cruises announced the next two ships being added would run on hydrogen and carry more guests than other vessels in the fleet. According to Cruise Critic, Chairman and Founder Torstein Hagen said the cruise line’s unnamed ocean-going ships will be longer than the existing vessels in the fleet…
Possible EcoHealth Alliance ‘Cover-Up and Possible Fraud’ in Wuhan COVID Research Needs Probe: Republicans
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are demanding that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) investigate EcoHealth Alliance and its president after the organization allegedly withheld data relating to its research on COVID-19 during the grant renewal process. According to its website, EcoHealth Alliance is a “global environmental health nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting wildlife and public health…
Pretend You’re Who You Want to Be
To be happy, it is important that we become happy with who we are — accept ourselves, recognize our good traits, accept our flaws, and come to see those flaws as actually good and unique parts of us. But if you’re like me, there’s always something we want to change — and in keeping with the philosophy…
Dollar Roars to Two-Year High on Growth Fears and Rate Bets
LONDON—The dollar roared to a two-year high on Tuesday and the euro hit its weakest since March 2020 as concerns about the economic impact of China’s COVID-19 lockdowns and rising expectations for a big U.S. interest rate hike next week boosted the greenback. With markets facing many risks, including central banks’ tightening policy, just as…
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