New year, new anxious thoughts. How is your 2025 going? | Jess Harwood

Global events can feel bigger and more intractable than ever, but there’s still hope

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Struggling to keep your New Year's resolutions? Here's how to keep yourself on track

Why do millions make New Year's resolutions knowing the odds of them ever following through with them are minimal? Fitness expert Jasper Rook Williams has some advice.
ABC News - 1d
How to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions, According to a Psychology PhD (Finally!)

More than 90 percent fail at New Year’s resolutions. But you can beat those odds.
Inc. - 1d
New York’s Chinese Dissidents Thought He Was an Ally. He Was a Spy.

Shujun Wang seemed to be a Chinese democracy activist, but an F.B.I. investigation showed just how far China will go to repress citizens abroad.
The New York Times - 2d
Your new year pension tidy up could drag on until spring

Why is it so difficult to transfer your retirement savings to a new provider?
Financial Times - 2d
87 Years Ago, a Legendary Psychologist Discovered Skinner’s Law. It’s Still the Secret to Sticking With Your New Year’s Resolution

Feel your commitment to your New Year’s resolution flagging already? Skinner’s law is decades old, but it is still the solution.
Inc. - 2d
Paw things: how to help your anxious dog

The pandemic unleashed an epidemic of anxiety in dogs. The experts advise patience, positive training and tasty treats. But will it work for John-Paul Flintoff’s pet?. When children get scared, we ...
The Guardian - Jan. 5
The Guardian view on the New Orleans attack: a familiar horror marks an anxious new year | Editorial

The deadly assault on crowds in the US city echoes those elsewhere. A bigoted and kneejerk reaction will not dispel the threat from terrorism. The deadly attack on new year revellers in New ...
The Guardian - Jan. 2
12 Powerful Micro-Challenges to Boost Your Happiness and Success in the New Year

Got big goals for the coming year? These monthly micro-challenges can help you reach them.
Inc. - Jan. 1
Millions to watch the 2025 Rose Parade on New Year's Day

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NBC News - Dec. 31

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LA wildfires: death toll rises to 24 as winds threaten further destruction

More than 1,800 structures destroyed as Eaton and Palisades fires still less than 30% contained. Wildfires live updates Key takeaways The death toll from the Eaton and Palisades fires ...
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Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’

Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’. In an escalation of discontent among the highest-profile far-right followers of Donald ...
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Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv ready to swap North Korean soldiers for Ukrainian PoWs, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president says there ‘should be no doubt left’ that Russia is dependent on military assistance from North Korea. What we know on day 1,055. See all our Ukraine coverage Ukrainian ...
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Sweden neither at war nor at peace, says PM, as warships sent to Baltic Sea

Ulf Kristersson says ‘hostile intent cannot be ruled out’ as increased surveillance follows suspected cable sabotage . The Swedish prime minister has said that his country is neither at war nor at ...
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George Orwell to be honoured on new £2 coin by Royal Mint

Author of Nineteen Eighty-Four to be commemorated on coin to coincide with 75th anniversary of his death. He was a writer concerned with poverty, class and power; we will never know how George ...
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Australian Open 2025: Sinner in action as Swiatek eases through and Tsitsipas stunned on day two – live

Updates from the second day of action at Melbourne Park Any thoughts? Share them with Joey via email Another multi-deuce service game for Coco Gauff, but this time it goes Sofia Kenin’s ...
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FirstFT: Deflation hits Chinese corporate profits

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One of the world’s greatest religious spectacles is underway and the numbers are staggering

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Hamas Has Another Sinwar. And He's Rebuilding.

Militants in Gaza are recruiting new fighters under the leadership of Yahya Sinwar’s younger brother, Mohammed Sinwar, known as “Shadow.”
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The Bomb Is Back as the Risk of Nuclear War Enters a New Age

At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer nuclear weapons. That era is now over.
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