Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for ...
From T-shirts to thongs, how indie film merchandise became a hot commodity
On a recent Saturday afternoon, hundreds of “Anora” fans lined up for hours on Los Angeles’ Melrose Avenue, hoping to snag ...
Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end, leaving widespread damage in its wake
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Saturday, bringing to an end a season that saw 11 hurricanes compared to ...
The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which ...
Family returns to Lebanon to find a crater where their 50-year-old home once stood
In eastern Lebanon’s city of Baalbek, the Jawhari family gathered around a gaping crater where their home once stood, tears ...
UK transport secretary quits over decade-old cellphone fraud case
British Transport Minister Louise Haigh resigned on Friday over a decade-old fraud conviction for claiming her cellphone had ...
Okonjo-Iweala given 2nd term as WTO chief as Trump’s return looms over trade body’s future
Member countries of the World Trade Organization agreed Friday to give Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala a second four-year term. The move by the Geneva-based trade body comes as ...
Democratic senators say they bungled border security in 2024
Democratic senators are privately acknowledging that their party committed “political malpractice” by bungling the issue of ...
Inflation rose to 2.3% in Europe. That won’t stop the central bank from cutting interest rates
Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency rose in November — but that likely won’t stop the European Central Bank from cutting interest rates as the ...
From yuck to profits: Some Zimbabwe farmers turn to maggots to survive drought and thrive
At first, the suggestion to try farming maggots spooked Mari Choumumba and other farmers in Nyangambe, a region in ...
Retailers bank on Black Friday to energize bargain-hungry holiday shoppers
It’s show time. After weeks of pushing early deals, retailers in the United States and some other countries are promising ...
Massachusetts lawmakers push for an effort to ban all tobacco sales over time
A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state ...