Month: August 2022
5 things to know for August 26: Mar-a-Lago, Ukraine, Floods, Cell service, Gas cars – CNN
5 things to know for August 26: Mar-a-Lago, Ukraine, Floods, Cell service, Gas cars CNN Judge Orders Redacted Affidavit Used in Trump Search Warrant to Be Unsealed The New York Times The 7 things you need to know for Friday, August 26 The
Read More‘The cultural front’: Ukraine theatre goes underground
It’s an opening night like no other at Mykolaiv’s theatre, with the audience ushered down into an underground shelter this week for the first performance since war broke out. “We need this place to fight on the cultural front too,”
Read More‘All dead’: a devastated farmer in southern China longs for rain
For almost a decade, farmer Qin Bin, 50, has toiled his plot, growing peaches and dragon fruits for sale to visiting tourists at his orchard on the outskirts of the Chinese megacity of Chongqing. But this year’s crop is devastated,
Read More$350 million for WeWork co-founder shows how broken and biased venture capital is
A reported $350 million investment into a new, yet-to-be-launched real estate venture founded by WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann reveals just how biased the venture capital industry is, experts say. (Image credit: From top left, clockwise: Photo provided by Lisa Elliot,
Read MoreRussia’s Dwindling Manpower in Ukraine Spurs Recruitment Drive
The Kremlin has embarked on a nationwide effort to enlist new military personnel as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to regain the offensive in Ukraine and replenish some of the estimated thousands of soldiers lost in Russia’s war effort.
Read MoreAn activist plans to test Texas’ ‘In God We Trust’ law with signs in Arabic
A law requires schools to display signs with “In God We Trust” on them if they are donated, but it doesn’t mention a required language. (Image credit: Chaz Stevens)
Read MoreTurkish pop star arrested over joke about ‘perversion’ in religious schools
Gulsen Colakoglu to be tried for ‘inciting hatred’; opposition figures slam Erdogan, demand her release from prison
Read MoreThailand’s Boys’ Love Dramas Are Changing the Way Many People View Gay Romance
In downtown Bangkok, a crowd of waiting women squeals as rookie actors Jitaraphol “Jimmy” Potiwihok and Tawinan “Sea” Anukoolprasert step out of a shopping mall. With their blushing humility and matinee idol looks, they effortlessly charm the assembled office workers
Read MoreScientists are stumped why quakes keep hitting this small South Carolina town
The earthquakes, considered minor by geologists, started in December. No one knows what is causing them or how long they will continue. (Image credit: Nick de la Canal/WFAE)
Read MoreIn 12½ Seconds, Two of India’s High-Rise Apartment Towers Will Become Rubble
The apartment buildings, which fell foul of construction laws, represent the excesses of India’s once frothy real-estate market.
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