Month: December 2022

Workplace Trends You Need to Know for 2023

By Dr. Samantha Madhosingh The New Year always brings a fresh perspective to our lives and work. And as with any fresh start, savvy leaders are identifying strategies to increase productivity, keep their workforce engaged and help take their business to the next level. A nuanced look at gender equality, closer-knit workforces and unique ways…


Putin Gives New Year Address to Nation, Says 2022 Was Year of ‘Difficult but Necessary Decisions’

Russian President Vladimir Putin devoted his annual New Year’s address on Saturday to rallying the Russian people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine and pledging victory over Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” and a West supposedly intent on “destroying Russia.” In a stern and combative recorded video message, broadcast on national television, Putin cast the war— which he…


Suspect in Idaho Killings Plans to Waive Extradition Hearing

BOISE, Idaho—A suspect arrested in connection with the slayings of four University of Idaho students plans to waive an extradition hearing so he can be quickly brought to Idaho to face murder charges, his defense attorney said Saturday. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology…


The 22 Most Significant Stories of 2022

In the last episode of the year, I review 22 significant things that happened in 2022. From athletes who were barred from playing their sport, to political bias at the federal level, to the year of Musk, these 22 events were timestamps on a year that saw record inflation, a border crisis, and the redefinition…


Man Kills 2 Women in Lakeside, Turns Gun on Himself

SAN DIEGO—In what investigators believe was a murder and suicide, a man shot two women to death inside a home in Lakeside before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Dec. 31. Deputies dispatched just before 11:30 p.m. Dec. 30 to a home in the 13500 block of Interstate 8 Business, on a radio call…


‘Lofty Expectations’ for 17-Year-Old Hockey Phenom Connor Bedard

Although he won’t play an NHL game for another 10 months, 17-year-old Canadian Connor Bedard already has hockey pundits wondering if he might be the league’s next pre-eminent star. The 5-foot-10-inch forward scored 7 points in a game against Germany on Dec. 28 at the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship, tying an all-time tournament record….


Shen Yun ‘So Profoundly Elegant That It Almost Brings Tears to Your Eyes’: Psychologist

HOUSTON—Michael Johnson, psychologist, had no idea what to expect from Shen Yun Performing Arts when he attended a New Year’s Eve performance with Christine Lewis. By the time intermission came around, he was still astounded. “I’ve never been to this. It’s so profoundly elegant that it almost brings tears to your eyes. I would recommend…


Canada to Require COVID-19 Testing for Travellers From China

The federal government will require travellers from China, Hong Kong, and Macao to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before flying to Canada starting on Jan. 5. “In response to the surge of COVID-19 in the People’s Republic of China and given the limited epidemiological and viral genomic sequence data available on these cases,…


New Year To Start with Weather Warnings in Australia

Some residents across four Australian states will spend the final day of the year on high alert, with heavy rainfall tipped to create dangerous flood conditions. Residents of low-lying areas of Menindee in far west New South Wales (NSW) near Broken Hill were urged to evacuate on Friday ahead of a flood peak expected to…


Shen Yun Embodies ‘Courage and Bravery and Desire and Hope’ for Future Generations: Executive Recruiter

BOSTON—Jamie Pearce and Karen Biscoe weren’t supposed to be in Boston right before New Year’s Eve—they were supposed to be on the other side of the country. But as luck would have it, a performing arts company Ms. Biscoe had wished to see for years was in the same city on the same day, and…