Sales of existing homes in the United States slid for a 10th consecutive month in November, extending a record streak with mortgage rates high and inventory tight, according to industry data released Wednesday.. The median home price across housing types was $370,700 last month, still 3.5 percent above the same period in 2021, NAR data showed.
The women filed into the yoga studio, on the ground floor of an otherwise pitch-black apartment block, for an afterwork session that was specially tailored to Ukraine's current period of deprivation.. Some of the women had even shed their extra clothing, making the studio more closely resemble how it would in normal times.
Outside the family home, frost covers the ground and temperatures in the damp Belgian winter have plunged below freezing.. "The first winter was harsher, we were used to a warmer temperature, but I got completely used to it.
Under-fire Dutch medical device maker Philips said Wednesday extensive testing on its recalled respirator devices showed they were "within safety limits" for use, but that a final verdict rests with global regulatory authorities.. But the company announced on Wednesday that extensive testing showed the respirators were "compliant with... allowable limits for particle matter emissions."
A transgender rights bill to be voted on this week has sparked bitter divisions within Spain's ruling left-wing coalition, pitting its powerful feminist lobby against LGBTQ equality campaigners.. The law for the "genuine equality of trans people and for the guarantee of LGBTI rights" -- which will be put to a vote on Thursday -- is one of the flagship projects of the equality ministry which is held by Podemos, the radical left-wing junior partner in Spain's Socialist-led coalition.
A bitter cold descends on snow-topped terraced houses in the north London suburb of Arnos Grove, as Samantha Pierre-Joseph warms her living room with a small whirring fan heater. . In Arnos Grove, Pierre-Joseph counts every single pound of electricity or gas.
UK ambulance workers went on strike Wednesday, widening a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses.. Unions representing both NHS nurses and ambulance workers have threatened further stoppages in the new year if the government keeps refusing to discuss pay.
A hush grips the auditorium as the long-awaited concert by one of the world's most renowned chorales gets underway.. The music and the dramatic backdrop of the Drakensberg mountains set the seal on the choir's first in-person Christmas concert since the Covid pandemic.
After dawn in a small eastern Indonesia town, a young man holds an ornate umbrella over non-binary priest Puang Matowa Nani, as they walk barefoot to a nearby pond to perform the annual ritual of Mappalili.. - A 'floating soul' - At the pond, bordering a lush green rice field, Nani led the Mappalili ritual and chanted a prayer as other Bissu in bright silk blouses, headdresses and embroidered skirts walked behind in a parade.
This year will be the fourth year running that Seyi Anne Moses has had to decide against going home to see her parents at Christmas.. "I have decided again that I won't travel home this year due to the insecurity, the murders, the kidnappings and the rapes," she said.
