Good morning. Planning for Lunar New Year, which falls this year on Feb. 1, begins in earnest this week, at least for those who are a) celebrating and b) won’t be doing so in a restaurant. Many will follow family traditions and eat what they usually do on the holiday — longevity noodles; dumplings; lumpia;…
As nurses and doctors struggle with a record-breaking wave of Omicron cases, evolutionary biologists are engaged in a struggle of their own: figuring out how this world-dominating variant came to be. When the Omicron variant took off in southern Africa in November, scientists were taken aback by its genetic makeup. Whereas earlier variants had differed…
Los corredores de esquí de fondo son menos propensos a desarrollar trastornos de ansiedad. La buena noticia es que las actividades aeróbicas menos intensas pueden proporcionar beneficios similares.
Alfred Thierry Mugler, the visionary French designer who defined 1980s fashion and was responsible for some of the most out-there and iconic looks of the past decades, has sadly passed away aged 73. Much more than just a name on a perfume bottle, the French-born designer and “enfant terrible” was, for a tremendous amount of…
Legendary French fashion designer Thierry Mugler has died at the age of 73. The news was confirmed on the designer’s official Instagram account, which captioned a black and white image of Mugler: “It is with deep sadness that the House of Mugler announces the passing of Mr Manfred Thierry Mugler. A visionary whose imagination as…
But Mr. Catton, of the international nurses organization, said that was not the current pattern. “For nurses who are recruited, there is no intention for them to go back, often quite the opposite: They want to establish themselves in another country and bring their families to join them,” he said. Zambia has an excess of…
Are you someone that loves the classics from yesterday? It’s hard not to be, but you might also understand things need to be reinvented every once in a while. There’s nothing wrong with that, but if the idea seems daunting to you, an easy fix is just to add a little heat to things. That…
Whether you are looking for a delicate Art Deco engagement ring or a lavish antique diamond necklace, shopping for precious vintage jewelry can be as daunting as it is enticing. On a recent blustery morning in New York City, a group of high-end vintage jewelry experts gathered to discuss what prospective buyers should look for…
Every day Shelly Branch posts precisely styled photographs of vintage jewelry on Particulieres. NYC, an Instagram account she created several years ago to sell the striking gold pieces she had begun to acquire. Even though she hadn’t planned to become a jewelry dealer. “I didn’t set out to do this by any means,” Ms. Branch…
LONDON — The choker, a neck-hugging jewelry style, seems to be riding a new wave of popularity. Its appearance on women’s, men’s and couture runways and in fashion-world look books was featured in the 2021 annual roundup by Tagwalk, a search engine that tracks fashion trends. It noted that the use of chokers had increased…