[ad_1] There is an increasing need for cooperation between Beijing and Berlin amid “times of change and turmoil”, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz is the first G7 leader to visit China since the pandemic began. Scholz’s one-day visit will test the waters between China and the West after years of mounting tensions, analysts say, with talks expected to touch on Russia’s war on Ukraine, climate change and…
"China and Germany should scale up partnership amid ‘times of turmoil’, Xi tells Scholz"Tag: Times
[ad_1] A funny thing happened to me a few months ago. In the midst of a second bout of COVID, every morning I started drinking a cup of hot chocolate made from ceremonial cacao, the unprocessed paste of fermented beans from the cacao tree, which had been lurking at the back of my cupboard. I can’t really say whether the warm comforting brew affected the trajectory of the virus. But rather than feeling down in…
"Cacao, a Traditional Plant Medicine for Modern Times"
[ad_1] The midterm polls continue to look dark for Democrats, as we explained in a newsletter last week. Inflation and Covid disruptions, as well as the normal challenges that a president’s party faces in midterms, are weighing on the party. As a result, the Republicans are heavily favored to retake control of the House. But the situation in the Senate looks different, my colleague Blake Hounshell points out. There are 10 potentially competitive Senate races…
"A Bluer Picture – The New York Times"
[ad_1] Before Russia invaded her country, Julia Pavliuk had what she considered a rather idyllic life in the town of Irpin, Ukraine, on the outskirts of the country’s capital city of Kyiv. But on March 5, despite desperately wanting to stay, she and her husband Oleh fled their home with their 6-month-old daughter Emma and set off for the city of Rivne, a city in western Ukraine, where strangers allowed them to stay for free…
"Ukrainian Mother Julia Pavluik on Appearing on TIME’s Cover"
[ad_1] I’m normally a very even-keeled guy, and I can ride the ups and downs of life with aplomb. I like to say I’m emotionally stable … except when it comes to texting-based courtship. Some buddies from high school and I got together a few months ago for a weekend trip to Las Vegas. We’d all emerged, double-vaxxed, from our respective COVID bubbles, and the energy was high as we wandered the strip on our…
"Texting killed my relationship – Los Angeles Times"