Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a Russian proposal to revisit its visa-free regime for U.S. citizens. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Moscow on March 15 that the existing agreement which allows Americans to travel to the Central Asian country without a visa should be “coordinated” with the Eurasian Economic Union (EES). Both Russia and […]

RuPaul has officially — and physically — cemented his mark on Hollywood. The RuPaul’s Drag Race host received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday and was presented the honor by a member of Tinseltown royalty: Jane Fonda. “I feel like I’m being knighted,” the drag queen said of the accolade on Friday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. […]

If ever a human being seemed capable of living forever, that human was Stephen Hawking. In 1963, when Hawking was twenty-one, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the degenerative neurological disorder, and given three years to live; he died this past Wednesday, at the age of seventy-six. For five decades, he used an electric wheelchair and, […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Steel and aluminum users that depend on imported products not available from U.S. producers may have to wait up to 90 days for an exclusion from the Trump administration’s new metals tariffs, according to a Commerce Department document. The draft Federal Register notice, which is expected to be published later on Friday […]

While Long Island Rail Road workers feast on overtime, its service is the worst it’s been in nearly two decades, according to a state report released Thursday. Nearly 21,400 LIRR trains were late, canceled or terminated mid-run in 2017, a 20 percent increase over 2016 and the poorest numbers in 18 years, State Comptroller Thomas […]

Celsius, a community-based borrowing and lending platform, aims to put members’ interests as the priority instead of profits. They are creating new financial products with the aim of achieving this goal. In the current financial world, banks and other money lending institutions charge far more in loan interest than they return to customers in deposit […]

Russian voters go the polls on March 18 to choose a president, but there’s not much to truly decide. Vladimir Putin will win his fourth term after 18 years in power. But behind the scenes of an election with a foregone conclusion — an event that should be drama-free — a more complicated picture emerges. […]

SYPartners has developed eight best practices for helping clients — and themselves — become more diverse and inclusive organizations. Here’s how to launch your D&I transformation. Diverse and inclusive companies drive innovative results. Yet the tech industry still struggles with diversity and inclusion, often failing to attract diverse talent due to inclusivity issues in the workplace. For organizations […]

Distance commentary is never a healthy task. And with Syria, with the drumbeat of shrapnel in children and starving, drowsy mothers in the background, it often feels fraudulent — as the writer is so far away from a reality seen only on YouTube. I wrote a piece last month, expressing frustration at how the UN had said […]

Ever since the internet, smartphones and apps have started dominating our lifestyle, the conventional travel agents and tour operators took a hard blow in the belly because travellers have found a much more approachable and convenient alternative. A lot of customers are growing accustomed to managing travel on their devices, thanks to mobile apps. In 2017, […]