AirBnB CEO Brian Chesky and Apple founder Steve Jobs Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has recently spoken about how he looked to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs for guidance when his company faced a crisis that threatened its survival. When the travel industry came to a halt during the 2020 pandemic, Airbnb’s planned IPO was derailed and…
Hannah Wasserman, Maisey O’Donnell and Jimmy McIntosh. Image Credit: Concord-Carlisle High School and Boston Area Diving/CBS News A fake GoFundMe campaign claiming to collect funeral expenses for a Massachusetts teenager killed in a Florida car crash raised thousands of dollars before it was removed from the platform in April 2025. The fundraiser was created without…
Pic credit: Coldwell Banker Some homeowners want their houses to stand out. Others, like Frank Lloyd Wright, design their homes to blend seamlessly into the landscape. The single-storey home on Burnham Blvd in Minneapolis does not stand out from the trees; it sits quietly among them. Completed in 1951, the impeccably preserved Usonian house is…
KOLKATA: As Tanvi Patri produced one of the most remarkable fightbacks during the badminton girls’ singles final of Youth Olympic Games, her father Rabinarayan Patri was not in the stands witnessing it unfold.Instead, he was rushing through an airport, trying to catch a flight.What followed was an emotional roller-coaster. The 15-year-old Indian clawed her way…
China’s marriage numbers just hit an eighteen-year low, and the takeaway is pretty clear: young people in the country simply aren’t tying the knot anymore.According to new figures published by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, only 4.65 million couples registered their marriages during the first nine months of the year. Over that exact same stretch,…
Jason Reding Quinones/Image: Reuters Jason Reding Quinones, the US attorney for the Southern District of Florida who oversaw investigations into past criminal probes involving President Donald Trump, has resigned from the Justice Department, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Friday.Quinones’ departure comes amid a series of changes in the department following Tuesday’s midterm elections, in…
Kylian Mbappe (Reuters Photo) Kylian Mbappe‘s attempt to explain a viral internet meme has triggered an escalating controversy in China, putting the Real Madrid forward’s commercial partnerships and LaLiga’s broadcasting relationship with the country under scrutiny. More than a week after the French superstar’s remarks about former Chinese leader Mao Zedong sparked outrage, the fallout…
A Texas appeals court has upheld an updated custody arrangement between a mother living in Portugal and a father living in Texas. The decision brings an end to years of legal disputes over parental access to their two teenage children. The Texas Third Court of Appeals issued a written decision confirming a lower court’s order…
Meghan Markle’s father was arrested in Florida after US federal agents seized suspected child sexual abuse material from two storage units in California Thomas Markle Sr, the estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was arrested in Florida on Friday on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material, US authorities said.Federal agents searched two…
California family wins $8 million after neighbour files lawsuit over autistic boy’s backyard outbursts. (Photo: NBC Bay Area) A Northern California family has been awarded $8 million after a prolonged legal battle with their next-door neighbour, who sued them over the backyard noises made by their autistic son, describing him as a ‘public nuisance’. The…
