Re: “5 rules for an aging world” [Jan. 24, Opinion]: I take exceptions to Ross Douthat’s column as it is full of ageist tropes and assumptions, equating old age with stagnation and impoverishing a nation. Medicare and Social Security are not entitlemen…
Zelenskiy’s party purges lawmaker for wartime trip to Thailand
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“Love Hormone” Oxytocin May Not Work As We Think, New Study Suggests
The “love hormone” oxytocin has long been thought key to behaviours including pairing up with a partner and nurturing offspring, but a new study in prairie voles is raising doubts.
UN Experts Say UK Racism Is “Institutional, Systemic”
Racism is “structural, institutional, and systemic” in Britain, a group of United Nations experts concluded on Friday, warning that people of African descent were witnessing the “erosion of their fundamental rights.”
Traffic collisions: Failure of engineering
I could not disagree more with the writer of the letter “Hit-and-run accidents: Case-by-case basis” [Jan. 20, Northwest Voices]: As a cyclist/driver myself, I understand that my degree of responsibility for other road users’ safety shifts depending on …
‘Robin Hood’ energy strikers give free power to French schools, hospitals, low-income homes
Amid national strikes in the energy sector, some workers in France have found a novel way to protest. On Thursday, ‘Robin Hood’ operations – unauthorised by the government – provided free gas and electricity to schools, universities, and low-income ho…
Baltimore ex-prosecutor’s perjury trial faces more delays
The federal perjury case against Baltimore’s former top prosecutor likely faces further delays now that a judge has allowed her entire defense team to quit.
Tensions high, Israeli-Palestinian clashes ease after West Bank raid
After Israel carried out a deadly raid in a Palestinian refugee camp Thursday, Gaza militants fired rockets, and Israel responded with nondeadly airstrikes. The tensions pose a challenge for U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of his trip to t…