Opinion

The craze for instant noodles is quite genuine, and it’s not just because they’re easy on the wallet or make for a soothing midnight snack. We just can’t get enough of this salty and occasionally spicy umami-bomb, and it’s showing up everywhere from viral challenges to picturesque museums. Despite the fact that it has also been affected by the growing …

Have you been traveling on public transportation, such as the bus or train, more regularly as of late? Or, have you been devoting extra time to booking a ride through your mobile app, preparing yourself for fare surges and longer waiting periods, and then rushing out the door to meet your ride before the grace period expires? The ride-hailing industry …

Here’s one hidden clue of uncertain times: lengthier job titles. The previous few years have been chaotic for businesses. While millions continue to work entirely from home, many others are resuming their commutes intermittently. According to data from the Pew Research Center, the majority of workers whose employment could be performed remotely were still primarily absent from the workplace as …

Monday’s FBI search at Donald Trump’s Florida home leads to the former president’s prosecution, as supporters fear and detractors hope. The United States has been a long-time laggard in enforcing the law against former leaders. Former presidents and prime ministers have been tried and frequently convicted in many of the world’s major democracies, mostly for crimes they committed, covered up, …

Wikipedia is the latest target of the ongoing debate around the correct interpretation of the term “recession.” Wikipedia has halted the majority of edits to the entry for “recession” as well as the entry for “business cycle” after partisans engaged in a heated editing duel on the pages that were relevant. Depending on one’s political leanings, one can see the …

Adam Piperdy, the owner of a business, has observed a shift in mindset on the part of younger job applicants at his company during the past year and a half, roughly coinciding with the beginning of the economy’s recovery following the easing of COVID-19 limitations. “Right now, it is kind of the employee interviewing the employer,” said Mr. Piperdy, the …

We live in a world where it’s kind of a requirement to be politically active, which is the most principled thing to do, right? So what happens when you’re afraid to share your thoughts? What about those people who just want to keep their opinions to themselves? Does that automatically make you unworthy? Ignorant? There is this constant fear that …

SRI LANKA: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appears to have finally succumbed to Sri Lanka’s economic problems. Protesters attacked the president’s official residence and set fire to the prime minister’s house in Colombo on Saturday, and parliamentary speaker Mahinda Rajapaksa stated on Saturday that Rajapaksa will stand down on Wednesday (July 13). Opposition protests have long called for the resignation of Rajapaksa, …

MANILA: 22-year-old Chin Ching Peng had to make a choice between her dream career as a copywriter and a new field that would give her more money to support her family. According to her account of her job search in February, “most jobs (as a copywriter) offered salaries of S$2,500 or S$2,800… the only one that paid more than S$3,000 …

MANILA: From this effort to exist openly came up The Gay Liberation Front (GLF). The Stonewall Inn riots in 1969 were a response to police raids that targeted persons who were clearly LGBT or non-conforming of gender — a historical predecessor to what we now know as Pride in America. Equally in the 1960s and 1970s, the term “safe place” …