The postal service has bought a same day delivery specialist. Royal Mail knows which way the wind is blowing. The postal service is upping its game to try and make sure it’s ready to take advantage of the blossoming on-demand economy. Consumers increasingly want to just push a button on …
While we are asleep, our bodies may be resting, but our brains are busy taking out the trash. A new study has found that the cleanup system in the brain, responsible for flushing out toxic waste products that cells produce with daily use, goes into overdrive in mice that are …
Though trying to reduce the complexity of an election down to a pithy label is a bit like condensing a symphony into a sound bite, the story of future elections will, in fact, come down to a single name — in this case, a female first name. No, it’s not …
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran hanged 16 “rebels” of an unspecified armed group on Saturday in retaliation for the death of 14 border guards in clashes near the frontier with Pakistan, a semiofficial news agency reported. The executions took place hours after the rebels ambushed the border guards near the town …
The government is considering a plan to charge foreigners a 500-baht entry fee from January next year, according to Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong. Mr Pradit said on Sunday that officials from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the Ministry of Public Health and the Royal Thai Police had discussioned the …
WHITTIER, Alaska — The gleaming white Sapphire Princess docked in this deep-water port this month, unloading its passengers and taking on another 2,600 guests headed first to Glacier Bay and, eventually, Vancouver, B.C. Every day of that trip the cruise ship — whose Web site invites passengers to see Alaska’s …
TEHRAN — An annual test of wills between Iran’s morality police and women who dress in ways that are deemed unacceptable has begun in cities across the Islamic republic. But this year, the stakes are unusually high. As Iranian leaders attempt to deflect the public’s attention away from economic woes …
FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines says it will become the first U.S. airline to put lie-flat seats in new planes used on transcontinental flights. American said Monday that it will put the seats in new Airbus A321 aircraft that it will operate between New York and California beginning in …
When my 79-year-old father had two back surgeries a couple of years ago, I saw him in a hospital gown for the first time. As his closest family member — my mother died of cancer in 2006 — I gave my dad rides to the doctor and the grocery store. …
For all the dysfunction in our political system, a healthy pattern usually takes hold when a terrible tragedy seizes the nation’s attention. Normally, we engage in a searching conversation over what rational steps can be taken by individuals, communities and various levels of government to make the recurrence of a …
In an anti-climatic finish to the Court Case of the Century, hedge fund manager Daniel Shak withdrew his lawsuit seeking his share of his ex-wife’s million dollar shoe collection. Beth Shak, the ex-wife, and, according to the New York Post, a “pretty pro poker player,” denied any wrong doing, saying …
Recently, the House found time to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress and to stage its 33rd vote to repeal all or part of ObamaCare. Both votes made satisfying election-year political statements but will have no effect in the real world. Meanwhile, though, House leaders can’t seem …