Business, finacialA junior high principal was fired after he was caught pouring more coffee than he paid forThe principal realized he could pay for a $0.75 cup of coffee and pour himself a $1.25 cup without staff noticing, until he was caught in December.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassFebruary 1, 2024
Business, finacialCanadian police are looking for a 500-pound taxidermy polar bear stolen from a resort in frigid, below-zero weatherHarry the taxidermy polar bear typically towered over the second floor of the resort, but staff noticed he was missing one day, per The Globe and Mail.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassFebruary 1, 2024
Business, finacialChina’s defense budget was reported as 3 times smaller than America’s, but 2 analysts say the Pentagon is underselling Beijing’s true military strengthThe 2023 assessment didn't account for military research spending, or consider how China pays its soldiers far less than the US, the researchers said.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassFebruary 1, 2024
Business, finacialOklahoma teachers who mistakenly received $15,000 to $50,000 in bonuses are now being told to give it all backAt least nine teachers were erroneously given bonuses or were overpaid, and some say they'll be financially ruined if they have to return the money.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassJanuary 30, 2024
Business, finacialUkraine losing Western support makes the US ‘more vulnerable’ because China is watching the war closely, NATO chief says"We need to realize that this is closely watched in Beijing," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, urging the US to continue aid to Ukraine.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassJanuary 29, 2024
Business, finacialChina surrounding Taiwan would be enough to drag the US into military conflict, said the majority of 52 US expertsMost of the experts were at least "moderately confident" that a quarantine or blockade of Taiwan would provoke a US military response, per CSIS.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassJanuary 28, 2024
Business, finacialMen in medieval China were able to move up the social ladder as easily as male Baby Boomers in the US, study suggestsResearchers studied the Tang Dynasty male elite and found the conditions of their rise were remarkably similar to those of men in the 1960s US.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassJanuary 24, 2024
Business, finacialUS House Committee says China delayed releasing COVID-19 information for weeks and lied about sharing it immediatelyThe weeks-long delay cost the world valuable time in creating COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, the US House & Energy Committee said.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassJanuary 18, 2024
Business, finacialThe next country to land humans on the moon in the next 10 years ‘sets a precedent’ for who decides the rules there: US officialsThe US and China are racing to be the first to put a man on the moon in the 21st Century, but NASA last week announced delays to its crewed missions.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassJanuary 17, 2024
Business, finacialRussia’s Kinzhals are frustrating Chinese analysts who want to find out how Beijing’s hypersonic missiles might stack up against US battlefield defenses"The accuracy is unsatisfactory," one analyst wrote. China has been watching the Kinzhal keenly as it faces off against US Patriot systems in Ukraine.Matthew LohErin SnodgrassJanuary 17, 2024