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Sri Lanka’s street protests over soaring inflation and lengthy power cuts have shaken President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s hold on power, with government ministers resigning while the opposition called for fresh elections in the South Asian nation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Releasing millions of barrels of reserve oil and pushing energy companies to drill are only the beginning.

Choosing the wrong way to recycle products with rechargeable batteries can be as bad as not recycling them at all. Rather than toss them in your curbside bins, do this instead.

The clock is ticking on his leadership, as it seems the military has turned against him.

A conversation with author Mónica Guzmán on the costs of burning bridges with those we disagree with — and how exaggerated fears of other people’s views are driving Americans apart.

Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, food prices had been rising around the world, driven by the higher shipping costs, energy inflation and labor shortages that have followed in the pandemic’s wake, along with extreme weather.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

What do I owe my country — or countries? The question was never simple, and it keeps getting harder.

Meng, daughter of Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei, is now one of three rotating chairs who helm the tech giant for six-month intervals.

The pandemic forced a pause on colleges requiring standardized testing, long the gold standard for admissions in the U.S. As Covid-19 restrictions ease, widespread mandatory reliance on the ACT and SAT entrance exams isn’t springing back as quickly.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island voted for form a union Friday, the first time that employees of the e-commerce giant have unionized in the U.S. It's a major moment for Amazon and the labor movement.