It turns out that a lovely alternative to fresh cut flowers can be found in the produce bins of your grocery store or favorite farmer’s market. Chadwick Boyd, author of Entertaining with Vegetables: A Recipe Collection for Modern Home Cooks to Make Lovely & Delicious Food with Produce, has some ... Read More »
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani jointly inaugurated Kabul’s Stor Palace via video conference and called the monument a “setting for many momentous historical events”. “The inauguration signalled and showed our joint commitment to strengthening the foundations of modern Afghanistan. The India-Afghanistan-Iran transit corridor agreement ... Read More »
The number of students registering with mental health issues at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has increased by 700 per cent in the past four years. The sharp rise is regarded as a positive indicator that efforts to address the stigma surrounding mental health issues among young people are paying ... Read More »
What is selling in New York right now? Toni Haber: From a price perspective, it’s $3 million and under, a much more brisk market. The product that’s selling more is the building that has really nice finishes. Are those mainly new buildings, or are they older and refurbished? TH: Mostly, ... Read More »
A DERELICT soap factory in Port Melbourne has been transformed into luxury apartments by amateur renovators turned reality TV stars. The Block is nearing completion and will go to auction later this year. Picture: Chris Eastman The art deco building, on Ingles St, is home to this year’s season of ... Read More »
Mosquitoes are spreading Zika virus in Miami Beach, according to sources familiar with discussions held by the Florida Department of Health on Thursday to alert local officials. The health department’s daily report said only that there were two new local infections in Miami-Dade acquired through mosquitoes — both outside of ... Read More »
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Health officials are investigating a cluster of possible Zika cases in Miami Beach, suggesting that transmission of the virus by mosquitoes is more widespread in one of the nation’s more populous counties than originally thought, and that efforts to contain it are falling short. At least one other ... Read More »
Ruben Pardo, one of the city’s few remaining elevator operators, has been brightening people’s days at Miracle Mile’s Wilshire Tower (the longtime home of Desmond’s department store) for more than 40 years. Now, thanks to the folks at Dress Code, a New York-based production company, he can brighten your day ... Read More »
Superstar singer Adele is rolling in the cash after making a £350,000 profit on her luxury villa on a beachfront resort known as Millionaire’s Row. The Rolling in the Deep singer, 28, bought the Art Deco property for £2.5million in 2012 but has now made a tidy sum after selling ... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The option to hail a ride in a self-driving car, which was science fiction just a few years ago, will soon be available to Uber users in Pittsburgh, the first time the technology has been offered to the general public. Within weeks, the company announced Thursday, ... Read More »
Surrounded by shouting, he’s completely silent. The child is small, alone, covered in blood and dust, dropped in the back of an ambulance with his feet dangling off the edge of a too-big chair. He doesn’t cry or speak. His face is stunned and dazed, but not surprised. He wipes ... Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The Associated Press show. Paul Manafort and his deputy, ... Read More »
