Global News
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Training civilians, Ukraine nurtures a resistance in waiting
Ukraine has drawn a lesson from the United States' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan of the past two decades, when guerrillas provided enduring resistance in the face of vastly superior US firepower
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The Premier League's influence extends to title races abroad
Players are acquired across Europe with one eye on future sales to England and often purchased with money that is a downstream consequence of the Premier League's apparently pandemic-proof broadcast deals
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To pay for longer, later retirements, consult a 'Financial Gerontologist'
In contrast to the medical specialty of geriatrics, which focuses on the physical concerns of the later stages of life, gerontology is a multidisciplinary field that includes the social and psychological implications of ageing and longevity.
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TikTok made them famous. Figuring out what's next is tough
Navigating the chasm between the instinctual charisma that fuels the app and the long(er) form seriousness and vision that might make for a stable, sustainable career in entertainment has been playing out across reality television, pop music, film, books, other social media platforms and even TikTok itself
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Toys 'R' us tries to come back, four years after bankruptcy
Four years after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and three years since closing its 735 stores, the brand that Charles Lazarus started in 1957 has been raised from the dead in time for last-minute holiday shopping
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Why even a 40% tax break won't move Japan's employers to raise pay
The phenomenon is not unique to Japan and in most advanced economies, the once tight correlation between economic growth and increases in pay has broken down
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Omicron infections seem to be milder, three research teams report
Three separate teams of scientists on two continents have found that omicron infections more often result in mild illness than earlier variants of the coronavirus, offering hope that the current surge may not be quite as catastrophic as feared despite skyrocketing caseloads
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Why a Chinese company dominates electric car batteries
CATL already supplies batteries to almost all of the world's automakers, including GM, Volkswagen, BMW and Tesla and has emerged as one of the biggest winners of the electric car boom, along with Tesla
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How the Kremlin is militarising Russian society
Over the past eight years, the Russian government has promoted the idea that the motherland is surrounded by enemies, filtering the concept through national institutions like schools, the military, the news media and the Orthodox Church
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How the copy cats came for Clubhouse
Major tech companies started similar audio platforms: Twitter rolled out Spaces, Facebook made an audio chat feature and Spotify introduced one called Greenroom
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Crack down hard, or wait and see? Europe splits on Omicron response
In all the countries, economic and political concerns are also guiding governments, amid uncertainty about just how big a risk the variant poses