Countries near Russia are pulling out of a decades-old land mine ban as security concerns grow
A land mine warning sign in Donetsk, east Ukraine, in 2023. A growing number of countries bordering Russia are abandoning a long-standing treaty banning the use of anti-personnel land mines. On Tuesday, Finland became the latest country to announce it was withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention, the 1997 treaty banning the use, sale, and production…
Russia is flying fewer types of drones over Ukraine, making them easier to target
A Russian soldier with a Supercam drone in an undisclosed location in November. Russia is flying fewer types of drones than Ukraine, which is making them easier to recognize and defeat, a Ukrainian drone operator told B-17. Dimko Zhluktenko, a drone operator with Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, told B-17 that when it comes to some…
Tech ‘Armageddon’: One of biggest AI bulls says tariffs will be the end of Wall Street’s hottest trade
One of Wall Street’s most prominent bulls said Friday that Donald Trump’s tariffs will bring an end to the trade that’s propelled the stock market to years of stellar gains. Following the worst day for stocks in five years, analysts at Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives said he sees a dire cocktail of consequences stemming from…
A financially independent real-estate investor shares his ‘recession-proof’ strategy and the renovation that improved his cash flow by hundreds of dollars a month
Real estate investor Kent He and his family. When Kent He’s Section 8 tenant moved out of his single-family home in Fairfield, Alabama in 2024, the investor saw an opportunity to improve his property. He decided to add a room and convert the three-bedroom into a four-bedroom — and spent about $41,000 doing so, he…
‘Complete turmoil’: Ivy Zelman called the home-insurance crisis before the devastating California wildfires and warns 5 other states could see long-term property values erode
Megan Mantia, left, and her boyfriend Thomas, return to Mantia’s fire-damaged home after the Eaton Fire burned it down. Six months ago, Ivy Zelman made a bold, unpopular call, as she’s done throughout her career. The venerated real-estate analyst and founder of research firm Zelman & Associates said there was a looming threat to property…
I moved out of my family home when my ex and I separated. Downsizing was hard, but I realized it was an opportunity for a fresh start.
The author (not pictured) moved into a new apartment when she and her ex separated. When my marriage unraveled, so did the vision I had for my home life. I found myself staring out the tiny window of a small second-floor apartment. It was barren and unassuming, but it was mine — a space where,…
There’s a key silver lining for hopeful homebuyers after the least affordable housing market in 40 years — and it’s not lower mortgage rates
Homebuyers have found a much-needed ally in this historically unaffordable housing market: homebuilders. The housing market was flipped upside down in late 2022 as mortgage rates spiked to some of the highest levels in two decades in response to multi-decade-high inflation. Higher borrowing costs combined with lofty property prices made buying an entry-level house last…
I’m a dietitian on the Mediterranean diet. When I travel, here are the 7 snacks I buy at airports.
As a dietitian, there are certain snacks I like to buy at the airport. As a dietitian who tries to stick to the Mediterranean diet, I’ve found some go-to airport snacks that make travel days a little more bearable. These aren’t my everyday eats, so they don’t fit the Mediterranean diet to a T —…
The wildest requests a Michelin-starred chef has received from VIP hotel guests
Michelin-starred chef Massimo Falsini is currently the director of culinary operations at Rosewood Miramar Beach in Montecito. With over 30 years of experience in hotels from Abu Dhabi to Napa Valley, Michelin-starred chef Massimo Falsini has encountered every kind of guest. So it should come as no surprise that the Italian native — now the…
