Updated Dec. 7, 2023 7:46 pm ET Leya Kaufman, a sales and marketing executive in the fashion industry, recently decided not to wear her Star of David necklace on the New York subway. A friend told her she needed to be careful. Kaufman continues to wear her Star of David ring, but turns the star…
Updated Dec. 7, 2023 7:16 pm ET FedEx on Thursday issued a security alert to thousands of its package-delivery contractors, reminding them to give priority to the safety of their drivers and to enhance the security of their vehicles. In recent weeks, videos have been posted on social media and aired on television showing thieves…
Isn’t Texas supposed to be the land of the free and brave? Apparently not when it comes to education. Some GOP legislators in the Lone Star State have bowed to the teachers union and scuttled a bill to expand school choice, but they could pay a political price for it. Texas is a rare GOP-led…
With the holiday season in full swing, Secret Santa gift exchanges are flourishing among friends, family members and co-workers. It’s become a time-honored Yuletide tradition: A small group of people hold a random drawing to match gift recipients with their anonymous givers. Then when everyone gathers for the gift swap, the identities of the Secret…
Dec. 7, 2023 3:44 pm ET|WSJ Pro OTTAWA—Higher interest rates have worked to cool economic activity and relieve upward price pressures, but the Bank of Canada isn’t satisfied inflation is on a sustainable downward trend toward 2%, a senior central bank official said Thursday. Deputy governor Toni Gravelle said Canada’s economy “is now roughly in…
More than 1,100 union workers at DHL’s air cargo hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport walked off the job Thursday, a move that affects one of the parcel carrier’s largest logistics facilities during the busiest shipping season of the year. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said its members are protesting unfair labor practices at…
Updated Dec. 7, 2023 12:54 pm ET TORONTO—The Canadian government said it would use a cap-and-trade system to impose greenhouse gas emission limits on its oil-and-gas industry, making Canada one of the first major global oil producers to impose emissions limits on its energy industry. Under what the government described Thursday as a “draft framework”…
Russia scheduled March 17 for its next presidential vote, setting the stage for President Vladimir Putin to announce his widely anticipated run at a fifth term in office that could keep him in power until at least 2030. Kremlin watchers say it is a foregone conclusion that the Russian leader, who has been either president…
Internet propagandists aligned with Russia have duped at least seven Western celebrities, including Elijah Wood and Priscilla Presley, into recording short videos to support its online information war against Ukraine, according to new security research by Microsoft. The celebrities look like they were asked to offer words of encouragement—apparently via the Cameo app—to someone named…
Delusional isn’t a bad word to these job seekers—it’s a mindset. Source link