Your cholesterol levels can affect your risk of heart disease and stroke. And the longer you have high cholesterol, the greater your risk. That’s why leading medical groups recommend getting your cholesterol checked regularly, and working to lower your levels even when they’re only slightly elevated, in some cases. Last month, the American College of […]
In March 2026, the Toronto city council approved a municipal grocery store pilot in four communities to address issues of food access and high food costs. The proposal is one of several recent responses to the growing push for “publicly owned and operated” grocery store alternatives. Other notable examples include New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s […]
The US and Iran stepped back from the brink of returning to all-out war on June 11. Hours after saying the US military would carry out strikes against Iran for a third consecutive night, Donald Trump postponed the attack. The Iranian military had said the US would “receive a more severe response than before” if […]
Few city planning concepts are as sacrosanct as the idea that growth is good and decline is bad. For cities and counties, population growth is universally seen as a metric that defines success. Even stable population trends can be cast as stagnation to be avoided at all costs. The Pittsburgh region illustrates the problem with […]
Théo MARIE-COURTOIS Hundreds of companies raised a combined $70 billion by selling shares to the public in the United States last year. But 2026 could shatter records, with rocket and AI company SpaceX, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and AI startup Anthropic all potentially making their stock market debuts. So what exactly does it take for a company […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is becoming a publicly traded company after selling 555.6 million shares in what was the biggest initial public offering in history. But my new research suggests that investors who bought those shares are unlikely to see the explosive growth that past IPOs had. The rocket and satellite maker raised US$75 billion on […]
Muscat: Gold remains one of the most popular purchases in Oman, whether for weddings, gifts or long-term savings. Yet many shoppers walk into jewellery stores without fully understanding how the final price is calculated, making them vulnerable to overpaying. Industry experts say that while gold prices are largely linked to international market rates, several factors […]
