Scavenger Hunt Through Modern-Day Ruins

Urban exploration of abandoned man-made structures became popular in the 1990s when modern society was fast forwarding into the next century. Left behind were remnants of human civilization. Far away from modernization, rusted in air, tangled in weeds and vines, ruins tell forgotten tales and sometimes become history in and of themselves. From a Volkswagen cemetery in Utah to Soviet architecture in Armenia to a women's correctional facility in Thailand, here are deserted sites that take you back to a forgotten era. -FAN CHEN

THE MOST TRUSTED BRANDS IN AMERICA 2023

TRUST IS A BIG PART OF EVERY BUYING DECISION.

The Chances for Peace in Ukraine are Slim

As the war nears its one year anniversary, both Kyiv and Moscow are preparing for more and bloodier fighting and betting they can win more on the battlefield than at the negotiating table

Clean Energy's Dirty Secret

The human cost of modern society's rechargeable batteries is the men, women and children of the Congo

In Focus

THE NEWS IN PICTURES

A Pandemic of Cyberattacks

Hackers, armed with high-tech tools and flush with funds, are quietly ruining people's livelihoods, reputations and businesses. The cyber police are outmatched

America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023

And that makes sense, not only because diversity is important, particularly to younger job applicants, but also because it is well-documented that workplaces filled with people with different worldviews are more creative, more innovative, and generally make better decisions.

TFI International Revitalising a transportation legacy 70 years in the making

Fuelled by red-hot demand, high private sector employment, and rising corporate profitability, Canada’s economy-wide output expanded for seven consecutive months following April this year and has risen 4.0% since August 2021, according to Statistics Canada. Bolstered by the country’s standout performance on the world stage, Canadian businesses have taken the opportunity to increase their capital expenditure, with Deloitte projecting a 10.2% increase in business investment spending on structures, machinery, and equipment by the end of 2022.

Portland Holdings Enabling Canadian Technologies Globally

In November 2022, the rating agency Moody’s affirmed Canada’s AAA credit rating the highest quality with minimum risk due to the country’s high economic strength and very strong institutions and governance framework”. These ratings provide a high degree of resilience to shocks” in the economy an enviable achievement given the past years of global uncertainty. Other key drivers behind Canada’s world-beating rating are the high debt affordability and fiscal policy effectiveness, which have been the basis for the country’s post-COVID-19 recovery. Canada is the third-largest economy in the AAA credit rating category, after the United States and Germany, and its economy continues to grow, clocking up 4.5% real gross domestic product growth last year.

Silvercorp Metals & New Pacific Metals

A growth-oriented philosophy for tomorrow’s silver mining industry

High Tide

Riding the tidal wave of Canada’s cannabis success

Canada- A global nation backed by a resilient economy

Canada ranks 13th in the world and 3rd in to the government organization Invest in Canada. In 2021, despite the global pandemic, annual average for the decade to reach CAD 74.8B – the highest recorded since 2007.

Why We Should Expand-Not Cut-Social Security

Social Security is a big piece of most Americans’ retirement. The program, however, is running out of money and conservative politicians, including those in the new Republican-majority House of Representatives, want to cut it. In this essay, adapted from his new book RETIREMENT REBOOT: COMMONSENSE FINANCIAL STRATEGIES FOR GETTING BACK ON TRACK Agate Publishing, January), veteran financial journalist Mark Miller argues that fixing and beefing up Social Security is affordable, practical and necessary.

Aiming for Moral Authority

Senator Elizabeth Warren weighs in on the importance of a values-driven military and her efforts to reduce defense spending

James Cromwell Is Happy to Be Offensive

The veteran actor and activist talks about being People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ 2022 Person of the Year and why Hollywood brass don’t like him

CHINA'S BID FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC

BEIJING is aggressively expanding its reach throughout the region, saying its interests are purely diplomatic and commercial. The real long term goal is STRATEGIC

THE MOTHER OF ALL BLACKOUTS

Domestic terrorists pose an existential threat' to the nation's electrical grid. The attacks have already started

Ten Predictions About New Cars and Trucks for 2023

Industry analysts think supply chain problems will get better, consumer demand will ease and the electric future will arrive—eventually

'Paul Whelan Is My Brother, Russia Is Torturing Him in Prison'

Following Brittney Griner’s release, the twin of the American still being held by Moscow speaks out

Allison Williams

When it comes to dolls, you either love them, think they're creepy or are indifferent. Fortunately for Allison Williams, she falls into the latter category. "I don't have a deep-seated doll aversion." Which makes her the perfect person to star in a film like M3GAN (January 6), about a realistic robot doll that is supposed to be a child's best friend, but turns out to be everybody's worst enemy.

A TV Marriage More Than 30 Years in the Making

Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford are back together again onscreenin the Yellowstone prequel 1923

What Makes Us Human

Tantalizing new findings suggest that neanderthals, our human cousins, are a lot like us. How, then, did we manage to win the evolutionary competition?

New Hopes and Fears for Alzheimer's Patients

A new drug offers modest slowing of the disease in its early stages. But are the benefits worth the risks?

23 Things to Look Forward to in 2023

The events, innovations, products and developments that will inform, inspire and delight us in the new year

HUNGER IS A RUSSIAN WEAPON

FREED UKRAINIAN POWS TALK OF THEIR TREATMENT IN CAPTIVITY WHILE FAMILIES OF PRISONERS FIGHT FOR MORE RELEASES

Taking on Title X

Does a ruling by a Trump-nominated judge signal a new assault on the right to contraception?

PARTING SHOT Naomi Ackie

SOME PEOPLE ARE SO BIG, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK OF ANY actor portraying them. But when they do, and do it right, like Naomi Ackie has as Whitney Houston in I Wanna Dance with Somebody (December 23), it's magic.

MY TURN 'I Could Never Host The Ricki Lake Show Now'

The star of the original Hairspray says the world is too divisive for the kind of content her talk show used to tackle

Flying Private on the Public's Dime

Three senators accounted for most of the $1 million lawmakers spent on chartered planes last year

America's Favorite Restaurant Chains 2023

From Pizza to Steak to Sushi, The Best Places for Dining Out