Tokyo government to introduce four-day workweek for its employees
To encourage young families and raise the nation’s record-low fertility rates, the Tokyo government intends to implement a four-day workweek for its staff. Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo, declared…
Biden creates national monument marking Indian boarding schools’ history of oppression
Washington A national monument honoring the federal government’s repression of thousands of Native American children in a system of boarding schools during the 19th and 20th centuries was officially proclaimed…
New Jersey governor signs law blocking book bans
The Democratic governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, signed a measure on Monday that forbids libraries and public schools from imposing book bans and safeguards librarians who follow the law.…
Conservatives object as Supreme Court ducks case about high school admissions
Washington The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a new debate over race in education by refusing to examine whether a Boston public high school admissions program illegally took race into…
Man accused of duping Filipino churchgoers into investing in video Covid-test tech to plead guilty
A man in California’s San Fernando Valley has consented to enter a guilty plea to wire fraud after prosecutors charged him with operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that targeted elderly…
A Florida ‘condo cliff’ is coming as owners deal with fallout from 2021 Surfside collapse
Lawmakers in the state enacted new regulations for older condominiums in 2021 following the fatal collapse of a 12-story condominium complex in the Miami suburb of Surfside. Buildings that are…
Assad regime’s collapse is a devastating defeat for Iran
Iran has suffered a terrible blow with the fast fall of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime. This is the most recent in a series of setbacks that have shaken Western perceptions…
Merriam-Webster names ‘polarization’ its 2024 word of the year
The word of the year, according to Merriam-Webster, is one that bridges the divide. Polarization is defined as division into two stark opposites; in particular, a state in which the…
Trump pick to head ICE is agency vet who will be able to start deportation effort on day one
Fox News appearances have been a common criterion for several of President-elect Donald Trump’s appointments to high-level positions, including his Cabinet. However, Trump took a different approach and appointed Caleb…
It’s the end of an era: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ comes to a close in Vancouver
The British Columbian city of Vancouver Recall this moment as Taylor Swift performs her well-known fan hymn, “Long Live.” Since the “Eras Tour” began in March 2023, her devoted supporters…