Month: April 2024

Oceana: luxurious Panama apartments for investors from Belgium

Oceana: luxurious Panama apartments for investors from Belgium

Panama, celebrated for its breathtaking landscapes and vibrant city living, introduces a real estate gem that sets new standards for modern living. Oceana Residences & Sky Homes, an exclusive gated community a mere 10-minute drive from Panama City, stands out as a distinctive choice for investors from Belgium in search of tranquility, privacy, and luxurious living. Oceana: an upscale real estate development on the outskirts of Panama City Located within the prestigious Santa Maria Golf & Country Club, Oceana Residences & Sky Homes boasts a prime location that not only provides easy access to the city but also offers a…
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How Capitalists in Communist Cuba Are an Economic Lifeline

How Capitalists in Communist Cuba Are an Economic Lifeline

A modern grocery store whose shelves are packed with everything from pasta to wine fills a spot in central Havana once occupied by a drab state-owned flower shop, its ceilings and walls repaired and repainted.A former state glass company in a Havana suburb now houses a showroom for a private business selling Cuban-made furniture.And at the Cuban capital’s port, forklifts carefully unload American eggs from a refrigerated container. The eggs are bound for an online private supermarket that, much like Amazon Fresh, provides home delivery.These ventures are part of an explosion of thousands of private businesses that have opened in…
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How Married Couples Navigate Sexless Relationships

How Married Couples Navigate Sexless Relationships

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.When Amanda Montei began reporting an article last year about married couples who had little to no sex, she didn’t know how forthcoming people would be about their sex lives.But to her surprise, many of the couples were willing — grateful, even — to talk about it.“It was almost like a pressure valve was released,” Ms. Montei said of her conversations with more than 30 married people who are among the 50 percent of American adults having sex once a month…
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Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards can’t run from stardom anymore

Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards can’t run from stardom anymore

PHOENIX — Fresh off, arguably, the most important performance of his young career, Anthony Edwards sat in front of the world with a white tank top and an all-black Atlanta Braves fitted cap that sat loose, hovering just above his crisp hairline — making him look more like an extra in Outkast’s “Player’s Ball” video than the future face of the NBA.Edwards is who he is. Silly. Lovable. Intelligent. Country. He wears it all, loudly and proudly. He’s also a competitor. A trash-talker. He wears all of those things just as loud, just as proud.You add all of that up…
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Binance’s Founder Plans a Comeback Even as He Faces Prison Time

Binance’s Founder Plans a Comeback Even as He Faces Prison Time

He enjoyed a home-cooked dinner in Montana with a former U.S. senator. He visited Telluride, Colo., and Moab, Utah, a vacation spot known for its national parks. And he chatted about start-ups with Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI.After pleading guilty to a money-laundering violation in November, Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, did not sit still. A federal judge denied his request to return home to Dubai, but Mr. Zhao, 47, was free to roam the United States. So he spent the past five months traveling the country, networking with other entrepreneurs and laying the…
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Inflation Is Stubborn. Is the Federal Budget Deficit Making It Worse?

Inflation Is Stubborn. Is the Federal Budget Deficit Making It Worse?

A crucial question is hanging over the American economy and the fall presidential election: Why are consumer prices still growing uncomfortably fast, even after a sustained campaign by the Federal Reserve to slow the economy by raising interest rates?Economists and policy experts have offered several explanations. Some are essentially quirks of the current economic moment, like a delayed, post-pandemic surge in the cost of home and auto insurance. Others are long-running structural issues, like a lack of affordable housing that has pushed up rents in big cities like New York as would-be tenants compete for units.But some economists, including top…
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What to consider when choosing the best shipment tracking software in Phoenix?

What to consider when choosing the best shipment tracking software in Phoenix?

Precise and efficient shipment tracking in Phoenix is essential for any logistics company. Using shipment tracking software is vital in this process, enabling businesses to oversee their products' journey from the starting point to the endpoint. With numerous choices available, selecting the ideal shipment tracking software can be daunting. This article will delve into the essential criteria to consider when making this critical choice. Factors to consider when choosing shipment tracking software 1. Important features Shipment tracking software should offer basic functionalities such as real-time tracking, delivery notifications, and shipment status updates. In addition, the software must support different types…
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In Northern Israel, Clashes With Hezbollah Drives a Hospital Underground

In Northern Israel, Clashes With Hezbollah Drives a Hospital Underground

The entrance hall to the Galilee Medical Center in northern Israel is mostly empty and quiet. Roaring warplanes and the intermittent thunder of artillery have replaced the sounds of doctors, orderlies and patients at this major hospital closest to the border with Lebanon.Nearly all of the hospital’s staff members and patients have gone underground.Getting to the hospital’s nerve center these days involves navigating past 15-foot concrete barricades and multiple blast doors, then descending several floors into a labyrinthine subterranean complex.That is where thousands of patients and hospital workers have been for the past six months as strikes have intensified between…
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U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries in Hepatitis-C Cures

U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries in Hepatitis-C Cures

In the 10 years since the drugmaker Gilead debuted a revolutionary treatment for hepatitis C, a wave of new therapies have been used to cure millions of people around the world of the blood-borne virus.Today, 15 countries, including Egypt, Canada and Australia, are on track to eliminate hepatitis C during this decade, according to the Center for Disease Analysis Foundation, a nonprofit. Each has pursued a dogged national screening and treatment campaign.But the arsenal of drugs, which have generated tens of billions of dollars for pharmaceutical companies, has not brought the United States any closer to eradicating the disease.Spread through…
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Watching Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City as the Premier League title race heats up

Watching Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City as the Premier League title race heats up

One of the closest, most enthralling Premier League title races in many years is careering towards a climax.Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City played out crucial games on consecutive nights this week — and The Athletic went to all three to survey and convey the emotions of three very different clubs and fanbases.An Arsenal fan briefly comes up for air between substantial munches of a doner kebab: “The internet is gonna be a f****** joke tonight.”Welcome to The Emirates. They are a different breed here; still rabid football fans all the way to their inner core, but perhaps with slightly different…
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