Hello! 🙋🏼♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert, and welcome to Tuesday’s Daily Briefing. Don’t fear the worm moon. In today’s news: American stocks take a major tumble The American stock market had its worst day of the year on Monday, when the tech-heavy Nasdaq and broad S&P 500 posted their biggest one-day drop since September 2022. Why? Investors…
Will Trump end Daylight Saving Time? In less than a month, Americans will lose an hour of sleep when daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 9, 2025. unbranded – Newsworthy Daylight saving time means the clocks spring forward an hour this weekend. But in an unscientific poll, Elon Musk asked people on X what…
Linda McMahon confirmed by Senate for Education secretary The Senate confirmed GOP donor and former wrestling executive Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education with a 51-45 vote. From singers to athletes, Connecticut has produced a number of big-name celebrities. There are plenty of famous people with ties to the state — the likes of…
Hong Kong aims to train more doctors to ease its long-term manpower crunch, with the city’s two medical schools receiving funding for an extra 60 places for undergraduate programmes in September, including 50 for graduates pursuing a second degree, budget documents show. The documents also revealed a 40 per cent increase in the number of…
A company in China has been told off by officials after it issued a notice threatening to fire its single and divorced employees if they remain single by the end of September. The Shuntian Chemical Group in eastern China’s Shandong province, which employs more than 1,200 people, announced a policy that vows to boost the…
Hong Kong’s finance chief has vowed to press on with the Northern Metropolis megaproject by issuing bonds to fund the plan, insisting that the policy is a step in the right direction for the city’s long-term development despite a looming budget deficit. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said that the development of the scheme…
Hong Kong’s finance chief has vowed to press on with the Northern Metropolis megaproject by issuing bonds to fund the plan, insisting that the policy is a step in the right direction for the city’s long-term development, despite a looming budget deficit. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said that the development of the scheme…
Bill Gates confirmed he’s dating philanthropist Paula Hurd following his divorce from Melinda French Gates in 2021. Hurd, the widow of late Oracle CEO Mark Hurd, has worked in sales and service leadership roles in her career. The Microsoft cofounder also mentioned Paula Hurd in the acknowledgments section of his new book, “Source Code.” Bill…
Internet users in China have heaped praise on a secondary school student who carried an injured classmate on his back to escape an earthquake. Netizens have also given his school a pat on the back for giving the student an ample reward for his heroics. The quake, estimated to be of a magnitude of 4.6,…
Hong Kong may require students to have lived in the city for a minimum period to be classified as “local” after some mainland Chinese professionals were accused of exploiting talent schemes to secure cheaper university tuition for their children. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Tuesday she would take reference from jurisdictions such…