Why TIME Chose Elon Musk as the 2021 Person of the Year Despite shattering records this year with a net worth above $300 billion, Elon Musk demurs at being described as the richest person in the history of the world. “Excluding sovereigns,” Musk says wryly, adding that... By Edward Felsenthal December 13, 2021 ncG1vNJzZmismaKyb6%2FOpmatmZdkvaa%2B0qilZqeWYsGpsYyynJqqXWd8

It could have been 1987, the early days of the Palestinian intifadeh, all over again. In the dusty, barricaded streets of the Gaza Strip, steel-helmeted Israeli troops played deadly hide-and-seek with bands of rock-throwing Palestinian youths. Three knife-wielding men set upon Israeli settlers, who shot two of the attackers, one fatally. Riots swept through occupied West Bank towns; soldiers fired tear gas and bullets that killed eight Arabs and wounded dozens.

TIME July 5, 1968 12:00 AM GMT-4 It ripples across the roughest terrain like a huge, double-jointed caterpillar. It can cling to 60° slopes, climb over boulders and fallen timber, push its way through water, mud or snow. On less rigorous straightaways, it can whip along at speeds of up to 65 m.p.h. Built by Lockheed engineers as a high-performance, wheel-driven answer to the tank, the curious transport is fittingly called the Twister.

Hunger can make you feel like loading up on all your favourite foods and all the carbs you've been wanting to eat, however, there are some things that should be considered when preparing to break your fast. Experts recommend that people break a fast slowly with foods that are easily digestible to help avoid gastrointestinal problems. Quickly consuming foods that are hard to digest and heavy in the stomach, such as bread, fried foods, full fat dairy products and of course meat, can make one feel ill.

The immigrant was telling the senator she wanted more than talk, but the senator had little else to offer. “I am tired,” Norma Ramirez said. “The people that keep their promises—they’re not here. They’re doing things. They said they were going to do things and they actually do it.” Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto sat at the head of a horseshoe-shaped table in an otherwise empty Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas, listening intently.

When New York became the first U.S. state to require license plates, 115 years ago Monday, the plates weren’t the long alphanumeric combinations drivers would recognize from today. On Apr. 25, 1901, New York Governor Benjamin Odell Jr. signed into law a bill requiring owners of motor vehicles to register with the state. It also mandated that the every automobile or motor cycle bear “the separate initials of the owner’s name placed upon the back thereof in a conspicuous place, the letters forming such initials to be at least three inches in height.

When’s the last time someone told you that sitting around can be beneficial to your health? Probably never. By now, we all know that excessive sitting is associated with a shorter lifespan, not to mention all kinds of aches and pains. So it may surprise you to know that there is one type of sitting that, when engaged in for 15 to 30 minutes a day, can help you move in ways that will make you feel alive—and even help you live longer.

Modern slimline airplane seats are awful. They are lighter and thinner, which is good for airlines. For passengers flying in economy, it feels like you've sat on a thin yoga mat for three hours. The Airbus Move seat concept is one of the interesting ones. ADVERTISEMENT The Move seat concept was created for Airbus by London-based design firm Layer as an exploration into how smart textiles can improve passenger comfort in economy class while helping airlines save weight and fuel.

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Much like the 2024 presidential nominees former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, just how many times Republican running mate Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Democratic running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will actually debate each other is unclear—though the candidates and networks that have proposed to host such events have already penciled in some specific dates on their calendar. The Harris-Walz campaign shared a statement on Thursday, Aug.