Kate Middleton, Prince William ‘closing off’ from world, going away for Easter

Kate Middleton and Prince William are planning a laid back Easter with family this year. The Prince and Princess of Wales, who are yearning for privacy amid the latter’s cancer diagnosis, are attempting to ‘close off’ from the world for a few days. An aide said: “The family just want to go away for Easter, … Read more

To save water, drought-hit Morocco is closing its famous public baths three days a week

RABAT, Morocco — For years, Fatima Mhattar has welcomed shopkeepers, students, bankers and retirees to Hammam El Majd, a public bath on the outskirts of Morocco’s capital, Rabat. For a handful of change, they relax in a haze of steam then are scrubbed down and rinsed off alongside their friends and neighbors. The public baths … Read more

Stop Closing Your iPhone’s Background Apps

Apple users seem unanimously convinced that closing background apps is a good habit, but it’s more likely a waste of time. For too long, I’ve watched friends and family orchestrate a frenzy of up-swipes from their iPhone’s multitasking screen to cleanse themselves of countless open background apps. The iPhone SE Offers Almost Everything You Want … Read more

Trump Mocked For Bizarre ‘Closing Message’ To N.H. Voters

Donald Trump can’t seem to keep his legal troubles off his mind ― or out of his speech. Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday asked the former president for his “closing message to the people of New Hampshire” days ahead of the state’s first-in-the-nation 2024 presidential primary. “It’s very simple: It’s make America great … Read more

Putin’s Russia is closing in on a devastating victory. Europe’s foundations are trembling

We need to talk about Ukraine. While the world’s attention has been focused on the war between Israel and Hamas, grim tremors have been shaking that rich, black soil. Ukraine’s counteroffensive has failed – or, in Volodymyr Zelensky’s words, “did not achieve the desired results”. As exhausted Ukrainians fall back from Russia’s ramparts and minefields, … Read more

US border officials are closing a remote Arizona crossing because of overwhelming migrant arrivals

PHOENIX (AP) — So many migrants are crossing from Mexico into the United States around remote Lukeville, Arizona, that U.S. officials say they will close the port of entry there so that the operations officials who watch over vehicle and pedestrian traffic going both ways can help Border Patrol agents arrest and process the new … Read more

Afghan Embassy says it’s permanently closing in New Delhi over challenges from India

NEW DELHI — The Afghan Embassy in New Delhi is permanently closed, it announced Friday, due to challenges from the Indian government and a lack of diplomatic support. In a press release, it said the decision was already effective from Thursday and follows the embassy’s earlier move to cease operations starting Oct. 1 due to … Read more

Closing time for Sam Bankman-Fried

Let’s be honest: The facts are bad for Sam Bankman-Fried. The prosecution, in the closing statement delivered by Nicolas Roos (pronounced “Rose”, though he won’t correct you if you get it wrong, as Judge Lewis Kaplan did for most of the trial) today, went through a lot of contemporaneous written evidence that suggested that Bankman-Fried … Read more

Racial gaps in math have grown. A school tried closing theirs by teaching all kids the same classes

Hope Reed was seeing stark disparities a decade ago at her high school in the suburbs of Columbia, South Carolina. Nearly half the school’s students were white, but the freshman remedial math classes were made up of almost all students of color. Reed, then chair of the math department at Blythewood High School, intervened with … Read more

Dominican Republic’s president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with Haiti

The president of the Dominican Republic is defending his determination to shut air, sea and land site visitors with neighboring Haiti in a dispute over development of a canal focusing on a river that runs by means of each international locations ByMARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Related Press September 17, 2023, 7:59 PM Dominican Republic safety forces … Read more