Over the years since I first started traveling, a few perennially knotty problems have become easier to solve. – Plastic—at least the right plastic—has made it easy to obtain cash and avoid exchange gouges virtually anywhere in the world. I’ve covered this topic extensively. – The near-universal use of mobile phones has made it possible…
Standard Chartered CEO Warns Banking Sector Risks Will ‘Come Home to Roost’
April 25, 2023
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Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters warned that the U.S. banking sector may face another crisis after avoiding a near collapse last month. He spoke with CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche on April 24 to discuss the future outlook of the industry. Regulators intervened in March to prevent mass panic after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank,…
Exploring Ireland’s Ring of Kerry, From Tetrapods to Lindbergh
Squinting into the wind and rain, we marched from a desolate parking lot on the southwest tip of Ireland down a slippery path. I turned a corner and the mean-looking surf was still a long walk away. Noticing my questioning look, my guide, Conner, egged me on. He was hell-bent on showing me “the tracks…
A Few Key Questions About Japan’s Defense
Commentary What’s motivating Japan and Prime Minister Kishida? The People’s Republic of China (PRC). Xi Jinping has succeeded in getting Japan to take its defense seriously—something the Americans never had much success at. Some Japanese were concerned about the PRC’s military threat in the early 2000s, if not before. Indeed, then-Prime Minister Abe’s efforts in…
The Final Brick in the Vaccine Efficacy Narrative
Commentary Two key bricks seem to have already fallen from the COVID vaccines’ narrative—the one about their fantastic efficacy against infections and the one about their superb safety. However, one stubborn narrative brick seems to stand still, leading many people to believe that the booster doses of the vaccines are capable of providing long-term protection…
40 Minutes of Bright Light Helps Night Shift Nurses Feel Less Tired
Nurses exposed to 40 minutes of bright light before their night shift begins feel less fatigued and make fewer errors at work, according to a new study. The nurses also sleep better when their shift is over. “Health care workers are experiencing high levels of fatigue due to staffing shortages, difficult schedules, and heavy workloads. Further,…
Tucker Carlson’s Fans Say They’re Leaving Fox News and Fox Nation Streaming Service
After Fox News announced it had parted ways with primetime host Tucker Carlson on Monday, numerous people took to social media to announce they would stop watching the cable news network and cancel their subscriptions to its streaming service—Fox Nation. Carlson, who had led a popular primetime show on the network called “Tucker Carlson Tonight”…
UK Minister Attacks ‘Humanitarian Nimbyism,’ Defends Clampdown on Illegal Immigration
A British minister has attacked the “humanitarian nimbyism” practised by politicians who rhetorically welcome refugees but then fail to share the burden caused by illegal immigration. In a speech at the centre-right Policy Exchange think tank on Tuesday, immigration minister Robert Jenrick defended the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and criticised opposition politicians and local authorities…
Feds Looking to Reduce Number of Contracted Consultants As Strike Negotiations Continue: Fortier
As negotiations continue with the union representing over 150,000 striking public servants, the government says it is looking to reduce the number of third-party consultants it contracts for various tasks, while noting that completely cutting them would harm service deliverability. Mona Fortier, president of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, outlined in an open letter on…
FiveThirtyEight Founder Nate Silver ‘Leaving’ ABC News
Pollster Nate Silver’s data-driven politics and journalism brand FiveThirtyEight will be impacted by Disney’s new wave of layoffs, he wrote on Tuesday. Silver wrote in a tweet, “Disney layoffs have substantially impacted FiveThirtyEight. I am sad and disappointed to a degree that’s kind of hard to express right now.” Silver suggested in a Twitter post…
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