Month: December 2019

For Arik Tendler, growing up in a family of stone fabricators and entrepreneurs meant everyone worked. At 5 years old, you’re cleaning the floors. At 10, you’re assisting the professional stone fabricators with simple drilling, and by 15, cutting and installing stone. Decades later, Tendler graduated to spearhead Caesarstone’s entry into the U.S. market in…

Christmas and I go steady for about a month. Then we break up. Everything in moderation. Well, except the holidays. Last week, I tipped the tree lot attendant 20 bucks, which is pretty generous. I once worked a charity tree lot myself, so I know the backbreaking work and how the sap coats your palms…

NEW DELHI —  Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day Friday and cut internet service to try to stop growing protests against a new citizenship law that have so far left eight people dead and more than 1,200 others detained. Thousands of protesters stood inside and…

PERTH, Australia —  Two volunteer firefighters died Thursday while battling wildfires ravaging Australia’s most populous state, forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short his family holiday as authorities braced for temperatures to soar in New South Wales at the weekend. Geoffrey Keaton, 32, and Andrew O’Dwyer, 36, were in a truck convoy fighting blazes southwest…

In a partisan vote, the Democratic-controlled House approved two articles of impeachment charging President Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES The Impeachment Standoff Under normal circumstances, the impeachment of President Trump would now be headed to the Senate and the president would…

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says that the sport is not under threat from the rising popularity of the all-electric Formula E championship, which embarked on its sixth season last month in Diriyah. “Formula E is a very different vehicle today [to F1],” he told CNN this week. “[It’s] largely a social cause and, you…

A man who spent time in north and west London as a player and coach believes a Portuguese tactician will deliver major silverware in a new role Tottenham did well to keep Jose Mourinho out of the clutches of Arsenal or Bayern Munich, says Glenn Hoddle, with the Portuguese expected to deliver more silverware at…

Johnny Hallyday s’est éteint dans la nuit du 5 au 6 décembre 2017. C’est Pierre Billon, un vieil ami des deux stars, qui explique comment l’interprète de La Maladie d’amour a appris la nouvelle. Les dernières années de sa vie, Johnny Hallyday avait rompu toute relation avec Michel Sardou. Tout avait commencé par une blague…

Alors que les accusations continuent de s’accumuler au sujet de Michael Douglas, son épouse est finalement sortie de son silence. Catherine Zeta-Jones a ainsi confié être humiliée et dévastée par cette affaire. Michael Douglas dans la tourmente. Alors que les témoignages de femmes harcelées et agressées sexuellement n’ont cessé de se multiplier après l’affaire Harvey…

Si un océan la sépare de ses beaux-enfants, David Hallyday et Laura Smet, qui contestent l’héritage de leur père, Laeticia Hallyday, seule bénéficiaire du testament de Johnny, pourrait être prochainement rattrapée par le fisc français auquel l’icône Hallyday devait 11 millions d’euros… Héritage de Johnny Hallyday, acte XX, scène XX… Moins d’un an après la…