Lavender plants tend to look straggly and woody by late summer if left untouched, and August is the ideal time to trim them back into shape. Once the flower spikes have faded, cutting the plant back by about a third, trimming into the soft green growth but avoiding old woody stems, encourages a compact, bushy…
The debate over the best course for interest rates continued to swirl heading into Wednesday’s rate-setting vote at the Federal Reserve in Washington. While parts of the U.S. economy are relatively stable, like the labor market, experts say this stability could be undermined by the potential inflationary impacts of a longer Iran war or the…
David González has suddenly become the host of Havana’s hottest parties amid its energy crisis. Can he turn them into a movement? Source link
Jay Clayton has been confirmed as the next US director of national intelligence (DNI), after President Donald Trump’s original choice was rejected by lawmakers. On Tuesday, the US Senate voted 51 to 47 to install Clayton, replacing the acting DNI Bill Pulte. Pulte was Trump’s original pick but faced backlash for being a housing official…
South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Tuesday he would try to derive a mutually beneficial trade agreement with the United States. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korea’s finance minister apologized on Wednesday after retail investors racked up heavy losses from leveraged bets on stocks, following rule changes earlier this year. The…
Respect for parents is often seen as something children either naturally have or lack. In reality, psychologists say it is usually shaped over years through family dynamics, emotional security and the behaviour children witness at home. When a child repeatedly speaks harshly to their mother, ignores her boundaries or dismisses her feelings, it is rarely…
Korean pop group BTS have announced they will not submit their music for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards. The news came in a co-ordinated Instagram post, with all seven members of the band uploading an identical statement. “We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year,” a translation of the message read. “I…
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Thousands of people who have poured into the city of el-Obeid hoping to find shelter from Sudan’s raging civil war have found themselves under threat again, amid warnings that paramilitary fighters are preparing to descend on the army-controlled city. Clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the military has escalated in the North…
New fossil discoveries at Gran Dolina cave in northern Spain show that cannibalism practised by an ancient human relative called Homo antecessor was not limited to children, as earlier evidence had suggested. Researchers recovered two dozen bones and teeth belonging to this now extinct species, which lived in Europe between roughly 1.2 million and 770,000…