With New Year’s resolutions being written, Brits begin the hard work in the lead up to summer to get fit, so why let it all go when the holidays start? Let’s be honest, we should all be treating ourselves when we’re away on holiday. Getting stuck into local delicacies, lounging under the sun and imbibing
Month: January 2020
Shopping is an obvious element of traveling, where a trip is incomplete unless you have walked around the many markets in the place. Maybe because shopping is also an experience in itself, which allows you to enter into an everyday element of the locals’ life – buying the things they buy for yourself, and taking
Broadcom’s fourth-quarter earnings beat Street estimates on Thursday, but investors were put off by slowing growth in semiconductor business and a lukewarm revenue forecast for 2020, sending its shares down about 2% in extended trade. The 17-month long trade war between the United States and China and sanctions on China’s Huawei Technologies pressured its core
When it comes to the depths of winter, ask yourself: how is your outerwear game looking? Fine? Got it covered with a windbreaker and a bomber jacket or two? Suit yourself. Let us know how that goes when the mercury has nose-dived, the branches are bare, and you’re having to sharpen your elbows just to
The best thing about the overabundance of shows on television is that even though there are copious amounts of bad television to watch, they’re fairly well matched by good television. And 2019 was no exception. No matter what you enjoy, there was something excellent to watch. Narrowing the best wasn’t an easy task, but remember,
The Strokes performed a new song at their New Year’s Eve show in Brooklyn Tuesday night. It’s called “Ode to the Mets,” according to Spin. Watch it happen below. In the clip, Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas tells the crowd that after the band took off the 2010s, “We’ve been unfrozen, and we’re back.” In May,
Hollywood’s unofficial wake-up call came on February 1, 2013, when Netflix dropped the first season of House of Cards in a single, binge-able chunk. While that distinctive release pattern hasn’t yet become the official norm — many new rivals to Netflix insist on the traditional episode-at-a-time approach — the whole gestalt of the show signaled
President Donald Trump put the blame squarely on Iran after protesters in Iraq stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, further escalating U.S.-Iran tensions as the two countries jockey for influence in Iraq. The embassy attack came in response to deadly U.S. airstrikes Sunday on the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia group Kataib Hezbollah, which were an
This post originally appeared in Book Riot’s Unusual Suspects newsletter. Sign up to receive news and recommendations for mystery/thriller readers. Hi mystery fans! In the spirit of the new year and reading harder/trying something new—the worst that happens is you don’t like it, which is a thing that happens even when you think a book
Standing along the busy Ploenchit Road is Rosewood Bangkok, the 30-storey hotel is one of the latest additions to Thailand’s booming hospitality scene offering an experience reflective of its locale. Here, the rich Thai culture can be seen from the get-go as the building is designed to resemble the “wai”—the Thai gesture of hands pressed together
(CNN) — A cathedral in flames is a heart-stopping sight. A son following in his mother’s footsteps is a heartwarming one. Places evoke all kinds of emotions as they experience growth, improvement, renewal and sometimes devastating setbacks. Tenacity stands out as a defining characteristic for many of the places that spoke to us this year
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at COP 24, the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Katowice, Poland on 5 December, 2018. Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Investing for climate change had been a niche on Wall Street, often generating sub-par returns, but in the coming
You may have heard about the rise of English fizz; you may still be sceptical, but having kept a close eye on the industry over the last sixteen years, I can tell you that we’ve now, officially, nailed it. Our relatively new English wine industry has observed the successes and failures of hundreds of years
As we get ready to say goodbye to the 2010s, CNBC.com is taking a look back at the key players, events and transformations from Wall Street to Silicon Valley to corporate America to the White House that shaped a “Decade of Disruption.” In the lead-up to New Year’s Day 2020, CNBC’s online journalists will be
Whether your sights are set on a marathon, the local parkrun, or just getting around the block without leaving your lunch on the pavement, if you’re running, you need specialist running shoes. Unlike those dusty Dunlops buried in the loft, run-specific footwear will ensure the miles are easier, faster and more comfortable, and may even
Getty This is it, folks. If you want to want binge-watch “Friends” you better do it today, because the series is off the market for months when the clock strikes 12. When the ball drops in Times Square, one of the most famous sitcoms in history will be 86’d from the Netflix menu. The reason
Veteran jazz musician Jack Sheldon has died at the age of 88. Hailing from Jacksonville, Florida, he served as the musical director of The Merv Griffin Show for 18 years, as well as voiced several classic episodes of Schoolhouse Rock!, including “Conjunction Junction” and “I’m Just a Bill”. Sheldon passed away of undisclosed causes on December 27th,
10 minutes ago They say that slow and steady wins the race, and while that might not be true in actual racing or even really at the box office, a performance doesn’t always have to be flashy to get the job done. For example, take James Mangold’s racing drama Ford v Ferrari. The critically acclaimed
Tyga rings in our New Year with a KILLER performance of ‘Taste’ during ‘New Year’s Eve With Steve Harvey’! Could 2020 be the year of the Tyga? The rapper, 30, left fans completely shook with his high energy performance of his hit song, “Taste,” during New Year’s Eve with Steve Harvey: Live from Times Square
Yun House is known as one of the best Cantonese restaurants in town. So it comes as no surprise that gourmands and food lovers are looking forward to the newly curated menus that Yun House at the Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur is presenting to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Chef Jimmy Wong has pulled
On the lawn in front of Little Barwick House stand a magnificent cedar tree and a beautiful tulip tree with lime and orange flowers that must remain in place by law. I rather wish that the small hotel to which they belong were protected by a similar preservation order – for though it is thriving
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. Getty Images Apple stock is on pace to close out a year of explosive growth, and another key metric has reached a historic high, too. Apple’s trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio steadily climbed this year alongside its stock price. Apple began the year with a trailing P/E ratio just over