Victoria Espinel, president and chief executive of the software industry trade group BSA, said “there are enormous changes that are coming” in technology across “all economic sectors.” “It’s clear we’re…
Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos Wednesday on the controversy surrounding comedian Bill Maher’s appearance at a Berkeley graduation ceremony last…
Ever wonder what’s behind that famous “aloha spirit?” Why are people in Hawaii so darn healthy and happy all the time? The local culture is a big part of it,…
Ali Velshi of Al Jazeera America spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos Wednesday about what people need to do to combat climate change. Velshi said the acceptance of climate change…
Adam Grant, a professor at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, joined HuffPost Live at Davos on Wednesday to discuss the meaningfulness of jobs. “Most of us work…
Even Mitt RomneyMr. 47%wants to “lift people out of poverty.” In a recent address at the Republican National Committee, Romney said, “The rich have gotten richer, income inequality has gotten…
CNBC President Mark Hoffman spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos Wednesday about the “evolving” discussion on cybersecurity, saying the recent Sony hacking further propelled the issue into the global conversation….
Rosario Perez, chief executive officer of the women’s development organization Pro Mujer, spoke to HuffPost Live at Davos about the importance of economic gender equality. Perez said the issue is…
Mark Penn, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Microsoft, weighed in on the 2016 U.S. presidential election during an interview with HuffPost Live at Davos on Wednesday. Penn,…
Ben Rattray, the founder of Change.org, spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos about the “false divide” between what he called “clicktivists” — people who engage in activist causes “on their…
The French government decided to award citizenship to the Malian-born 24-year-old supermarket employee after he risked his own life to hide customers from hostage-taker Amedy Coulibaly earlier this month. Four…
JERUSALEM, Jan 21 (Reuters) – A Palestinian man stabbed up to 10 people on a commuter bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday before he was shot in the leg…
Karl Pillemer has spent the last several years systematically interviewing hundreds of older Americans to collect their lessons for living. Pillemer admits he’s an advice junkie. He’s also a Ph.D….
To get ready, Smith and her team have been training for months, running through a range of hypothetical scenarios. One features “Ray” and “Vicky,” a fictional couple from an H&R…
Along its winding path — and elsewhere — Polish photojournalist Justyna Mielnikiewicz met people whose lives have been profoundly changed since fighting erupted last year between Ukrainian government forces and…
For the first time, the White House is making the full text of the speech available to citizens around the country online. On Medium, you can follow along with the…
“No crime to seek asylum, we are in manus jail.” He’s been there for 18 months and now finds himself witness to a mass hunger strike by as many as…
Population: 26,052,966 (July 2014 est.) Median age: 18.6 years Capital: Sanaa Ethnic Groups: Predominantly Arab, also Afro-Arab, South Asian, European Religion: Muslim including Shaf’i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shia), small numbers…
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Last Friday’s print edition of The Sun was the last to feature a bare-breasted woman, ending one of British journalism’s most controversial traditions after 45 years, The Times, the tabloid’s…
The slow cooker is a magical device. Put a couple ingredients in it, turn it on, leave for work and return to a fully cooked, flavorful and tender meal. You…
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ISTANBUL (RNS) Each Sunday, visitors line up outside of the old Sufi lodge, now a museum, in Turkey’s tourist-filled Galata district, informational pamphlets, cameras and $20 tickets in hand. The…
If you’re one of those people who “just can’t meditate,” you may want to give it another shot. – Enough reading; start meditating! Don’t know where to start? Check out…
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Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. This is a bit of a nightmare. Jimmy Kimmel’s camera crew hit the streets on Martin Luther King Day to ask people what…
If you find it hard to grasp just how unequal the global economy is, here’s one stat that should put it all in perspective: The richest 80 people on Earth…
Got the Sunday night blues? You’re not alone. Plenty of people aren’t in careers they love, and because work takes up so much of our time, that’s a huge bummer….
This article was reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a Washington DC-based global network of 185 reporters in 65 countries who collaborate on transnational investigations. Internal watchdog finds…
By: Stephanie Pappas Published: 01/20/2015 04:31 PM EST on LiveScience Go ahead, enjoy that morning mug. A new study suggests that people who are in the habit of drinking coffee…