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Ukrainian forces shot down Iranian Shahed drones in the Middle East, the country’s president said, as countries turn to Ukrainian expertise in counter-drone warfare. Loading audio narration… Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters this week that Ukrainian personnel have shot down drones in multiple countries as Ukraine looks to help…
These days remote work is hard to come by — and at some firms, employees now risk losing equity or promotions if they don’t show up in person. Loading audio narration… Superhuman, however, is offering extra benefits to those who show up IRL more often, rather than penalizing those who…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Courtnage, the 51-year-old cofounder of the donation-management platform Benevity, who lives in Creston, British Columbia. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When I exited my last endeavor in 2020, I purchased a large piece of land…
At 38, I faced the toughest decision of my career: whether I wanted to continue working. Loading audio narration… I had been working since I was a teenager and had never considered not doing so.When my husband and I got married, we discussed what our future would look like with…
Growing up in Mexico, I never questioned my relationship with my parents. In many Latino families, closeness is the default setting. Parents are involved in everything: daily routines, big decisions, and emotional milestones. Loading audio narration… Living at home well into adulthood wasn’t unusual, and neither was the constant presence…
For years, the question at the office every Monday, as I got coffee, was, “What did you do for fun over the weekend?”This question made me want to crawl under the table. Not because I didn’t love small talk, but because as a young executive juggling a demanding job, two…
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said a critical alert designed to prevent runway collisions didn’t trigger before the deadly Air Canada crash Sunday night.The Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X, rolled out between 2003 and 2011, is a ground surveillance system that uses radar and satellite data…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ellen Jones. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Three months ago, my mom noticed a charge on her credit card she didn’t recognize.My mom, 93, had never been the one to deal with money — my…
Nearly a decade ago, real estate developer Chad Dale made a purchase that changed the way he thought about how people live together.Dale and a small group of his friends had decided to pool their money to purchase a vacation home on Whidbey Island, about an hour from Seattle. With…
As I drove through Iceland’s dramatic landscape alone this past June, listening to Bon Iver’s “Holocene,” I started to cry.I was crying in sheer awe at my surroundings and the lyrics of a favorite song, one about a man pondering his significance. Most of all, though, I was crying because…
