Shanghai singles struggle to marry as China’s economy tanks, fertility rates plummet
Last year, President Xi Jinping said it was necessary to “actively cultivate a new culture of marriage and childbearing” to foster national development. Local governments have also announced various measures to encourage new families, including tax deductions and housing subsidies,
‘Succession’ and ‘Last of Us’ win top Emmy Awards at gala that showed changed Hollywood
Strikes by both actors and writers, seismic shifts toward streaming, and the dismantling of the traditional TV calendar mean the envelopes opened during the Fox telecast hosted by Anthony Anderson on Martin Luther King Jr Day will display winners that were decided months ago for shows that in some cases were completed years ago – and have a fraction of the audience they had a few decades ago.
Who was the revered rabbi whose New York synagogue was the scene of a brawl over an illegal tunnel?
Even before his death, some followers regarded Schneerson as a messianic figure, and some believe now that he hasn’t really died or that he will be resurrected to complete his work. The Chabad movement disavows any teaching that Schneerson is the messiah. Still, his memory is honoured throughout the movement and beyond and his grave in Queens receives about 400,000 visitors per year, according to Chabad.
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ackman backs bid by dissidents for Harvard board seats
Ackman has criticised Harvard for not doing enough to protect its students from antisemitism incidents in the wake of the October attack by the militant Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Israel and subsequent Israeli military operations in Gaza, as well as for the university’s adoption of diversity and inclusion programs he argues stifle meritocracy.
Vatican moves to calm bishops and limit same-sex ‘weddings’ to 10 to 15 seconds events
Catholic bishops in some countries, particularly in Africa, have expressed various degrees of dissent over the December 18 declaration, known by its Latin title Fiducia Supplicans (Supplicating Trust), which was approved by Pope Francis.
Frist Black Harvard President Gay forced to resign after rocky testimony, plagiarism claims
Gay, former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth testified before a US House of Representatives committee on December 5 about a rise in antisemitism on college campuses following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October.
Initially ‘tribe’ was used to classify wildlife, then British applied it to denigrate Ugandans and Museveni seized it as a tyranny toolkit
The colonialists, therefore, introduced centralised governance, not to benefit Ugandans as such, but themselves. When they introduced domestic economic production of sugarcane, coffee and cotton, and integrated it in the global markets and a domestic education system, which later got integrated in the global education and communications system, it was not in the interest of the peoples they colonised.
Pope Francis tells Rome city authorities to clean up its act before 2025 Holy Year
Rome hosts a Holy Year, also known as a Jubilee Year, at least every 25 years. Pilgrims flock to the city to pray at its many holy sites and receive special blessings.
Galileo Galilei did not have a science degree yet he shaped how the world runs; what’s the craving for degrees in Africa for?
Apart from Galileo Galilei who did so much for the scientific and technological revolution before he had a degree, there are many others who did. I hope when I mention some it will arouse your curiosity and help you change your mind about who is a good and efficient scientist is. Possibly you will stop judging a scientist using the grade of his or her degree as the yardstick and even start asking: what went wrong with the human mind.
Revellers prepare to pack into Times Square for annual New Year’s Eve ball drop
The confetti has been tested for airiness. The giant numerals – 2 0 2 4 – are in place. And the luminous ball, bedazzled with 2,688 crystal triangles, is fixed to the pole from which it makes its 60-second descent at 11:59 p.m. With throngs of revellers set to usher...
