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What makes people happy during the Covid-19 crisis

Being able to spend time with family and having plenty of free time were among the reasons that made people happy during the Covid-19 crisis, a poll revealed on Sunday.
You're spending more money online than you think. Here are 4 ways to save.

SAN FRANCISCO - First, we stopped paying for things. Gym memberships, movie tickets, Ubers, restaurant bills, fancy clothes.
For the love of greenery

People flocked to Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market on Thursday to pick up plants, now that gardening has become popular among residents having to stay in due to the new wave of Covid-19.
106 eateries, street vendors get Michelin’s endorsement this year

Ahead of the official launch of next year’s Michelin guide for Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket and Phang-Nga on December 16, the French guide on fine-dining unveiled the 2021 Bib Gourmand selection for 2021, which features 106 restaurants and street food establishments.
National Zoo's giant pandas will head to China in three years

WASHINGTON - The National Zoo said Monday that all three of its giant pandas will be going to China at the end of 2023, according to a new agreement struck with Chinese officials.

What makes people happy during the Covid-19 crisis

You're spending more money online than you think. Here are 4 ways to save.

For the love of greenery

106 eateries, street vendors get Michelin’s endorsement this year

The National Zoo's giant panda cub is shown at 8 weeks old. He is growing and crawling, zookeepers said. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of National Zoo.

National Zoo's giant pandas will head to China in three years

Melissa Rein Lively, seen here at her home in Scottsdale, Ariz., went viral after an incident at Target. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Dominic Valente

She fell into QAnon and went viral for destroying a Target mask display. Now she's rebuilding her life.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris supporters celebrate Saturday outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center following the victory of the President-elect, in Philadelphia. MUST CREDIT: Photo by the Amanda Voisard for The Washington Post

For women of color, a new sense of possibility

A worshipper approaches the altar at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Michelle Boorstein

Americans pray on unclear day after election

How to carve out new traditions amid the ongoing pandemic

Baan Dusit Thani

Dusit Thani offers complimentary stay for big spenders

‘Daycation’ website signs up a deal with Marriott hotels

Workers disinfect a wedding venue in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Aug. 19. (Yonhap)

Coronavirus and weddings: Tying the knot in virus times

Jill Biden, shown introducing her husband at a 2013 event, is taking an active role in his campaign for president. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Astrid Riecken

Under the brightest spotlight yet, Jill Biden takes on her biggest role

A Howard University yearbook contains Kamala Harris's photo. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph

Why Kamala Harris chose Howard University

Charbel Hitti's mother, second from left, sits next to Charbel Karam's father as they cry for the young men feared lost in the blast. Hitti, 22, and cousin Najib Hitti, 20, were firefighters along with Karam, 32, their uncle. The three grew up as best friends in the village of Qartaba. CREDIT: Photo by Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post

They were family and fought Beirut's fires together - including their last

A Boeing B-29 Superfortress nicknamed

Hiroshima's Enola Gay carried 12 men, hope and the world's deadliest weapon

Japan’s UCC concept store in Ekamai offers flavourful ‘360-degree coffee journey’

Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to $171.6 billion to top pre-divorce record

Summer beckons: Do's and don'ts for a pandemic

An employee checks the temperature of a customer at the reception counter of Tsuki no Yu in Tokyo. MUST CREDIT: Japan News-Yomiuri photo

Pandemic pushes public bathhouses into predicament

The families of Matt and Liz Peters stand at the U.S.-Canada border to celebrate the couple's marriage. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of Ron Peters Photography
Photo by: Photo courtesy of Ron Peters Photography — Photo courtesy of Ron Peters Photography

There's a loophole along the closed U.S.-Canada border. Couples are getting married there.

Eduardo Cojuangco speaks to reporters after being re-elected as chairman of San Miguel, the Philippines' largest food and beverage business empirem in Manila on April 20, 2004. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Jose Reinares

Eduardo Cojuangco, who built San Miguel empire, dies at 85

Bangkok’s highest beauty spot reopens at Mahanakhon building

Shigeru Yokota and his wife, Sakie, give a lecture in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, in June 2008. MUST CREDIT: Yomiuri Shimbun

Shigeru Yokota, at forefront of efforts to rescue abducted Japanese, dies at 87

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