fizkes/ShutterstockSpend ten minutes talking to a soon-to-be graduate about their job search and you might come away convinced that a university degree has become a confidence trick.
U.S. host cities are concerned that predictions for attendance and spending at the 2026 World Cup may not materialize. DeFodi Images/DeFodi Images via Getty ImagesWhen the U.S. last hosted the World Cup in 1994, the event drew unexpectedly large crowds.
Although they're often called 'mobile,' it's hard and costly to relocate manufactured homes. Julia Robertson/Photodisc via Getty ImagesRoughly 20 million Americans live in manufactured houses, which are homes made in factories.
New reuse networks will include collection points like this. Rebrand Reuse, CC BY-NC-NDA new universal symbol for reuse aims to encourage the switch from single-use to reusable packaging and the development of a more integrated reuse systems worldwide.
Hybrid work can create unexpected problems and less certainty to workers' routines than if they go either fully remote or fully in-office. LYCS Architecture on Unsplash, CC BYA truce of sorts has quelled the return-to-office wars that have raged in the post-pandemic workplace.
The fate of a person's debts after they die depends in part on what they owned. MicroStockHub/iStock via Getty Images Plus
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The agency has cut more than 13% of its workforce. AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhA rapid series of administrative, staffing and policy changes the Social Security Administration underwent early on in the second Trump administration are making it much harder to get disability benefits that millions of Americans rely on to make ends meet.
Krievietka/ShutterstockYou’ve had a spring clean and decluttered your wardrobe, and now you’re wondering what to do with the pile of unwanted clothes in the corner.
When Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham announced that they intend to challenge Keir Starmer as prime minister, it felt like the start of a depressingly familiar loop. A leader who had made many great-sounding promises failed to deliver and lost the trust of the public. The public demands he quit, and he may soon be replaced by another leader who also makes impressive pledges.
The war between Iran, the US and Israel has escalated into a major global crisis, with consequences that are reaching far beyond the Middle East. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 25% of the world’s oil ordinarily passes, has rattled global energy markets.
