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A performer exhales fire during a Chinese New Year celebration on February 10. The festivities launched the year of the Wood Dragon in the Philippines’ Binondo district, known as the world’s oldest Chinatown, established in the late 1500s. Also known

Farmers demanding higher crop prices and debt relief on a march to New Delhi disperse after Indian forces fire tear gas into the crowd, 125 miles north of the country’s capital on February 14. According to their union, hundreds of farmers died during

Democratic candidate Tom Suozzi, with his family, celebrates his victory in the New York 3rd congressional district special election on February 13. Suozzi replaces the ousted Republican George Santos, who is facing fraud charges, flipping a vital se

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus launches from the Kennedy Space Center on February 15. If successful, in over a week’s time the Houston-based company’s lander carrying cargo for NASA will be the first American spacecraf

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS PAID RUSSIAN companies over $8 million to maintain its embassy in Moscow, a Newsweek investigation has found, with one company that was awarded a contract later placed under sanction by Canada. Shortly after launching its inva

IT WASN’T A TYPICAL DAY—JULY 1, 2023, was the day Ordinance 23-0-22, better known as the “Decency Ordinance,” was set to go into effect in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It gave Police Chief Michael Bowen and City Manager Craig Tindall the power to penaliz

IT’S BEEN A YEAR SINCE A TRAIN CARRYING various toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio—yet, as a federally managed recovery operation continues, locals still sometimes smell something “rotten” in the air. “I can’t tell anyone where I live w

CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN, THE LATE HARVARD professor acclaimed for his work on the theory of disruptive innovation, famously put forth that of the 30,000 new products introduced annually, 95 percent will fail. Such a daunting figure, though, does not s

WE’RE OFTEN TOLD THAT 10,000 STEPS IS THE gold standard for keeping healthy, but where did this number come from—and is it accurate? There’s no doubt that boosting your daily exercise levels by walking more brings benefits for your body and mind, exp

IT ALL BEGAN FOR ME WITH A one-year public commitment to walk 20,000 steps a day, and to share my step count, a daily photo and my insights on Facebook and Instagram. I wanted to encourage and motivate others to do the same, so I started a blog and k

TRICKY CONVERSATIONS with kids are par for the course when you become a parent. But while many know they have to introduce the idea of stranger danger or eventually explain the birds and the bees, plenty of other topics also need to be understood by

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW 70 degrees, the Strays movie crew had to bring in a heating pad because Benny, the Boston terrier that plays Bug, didn’t like his paws on wet grass, Josh Greenbaum, the film’s director, said. “But his performance is

CARRIE PRESTON IS READY TO STEP INTO THE spotlight. The Emmy-winning veteran character actress will helm the title role in Elsbeth on CBS (February 29), playing Elsbeth Tascioni, a character she originated 14 years ago on The Good Wife and its spinof

WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A JODIE FOSTER RENAISSANCE. THE TWO-TIME Oscar winner is not only starring in one of the hottest limited series on TV right now, HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, but also picked up yet another Oscar nomination for her perfo