NEWS
- UK lawmakers have seized control of Brexit. What happens next?on March 26, 2019 at 11:50 AM
There were audible gasps in the UK Parliament on Monday night as lawmakers voted to seize control of the Brexit process from embattled Prime Minister Theresa May — the first time in over a century that MPs have taken over the parliamentary timetable from the government. […]
- Thai election ‘not free and fair’ says monitor groupon March 26, 2019 at 6:03 PM
Thailand’s first general election since the army took over in a coup five years ago was not free and fair, according to an election watchdog, amid concerns over alleged voting irregularities. […]
- Australian PM defends gun laws after report links far-right party and NRAon March 26, 2019 at 3:41 PM
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisted that foreign lobbyists won’t influence his country’s gun laws, after an investigative report alleged the country’s far-right One Nation party had sought donations and guidance from the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). […]
- England soccer players condemn ‘unacceptable’ racist abuseon March 26, 2019 at 6:04 PM
“It’s 2019. I think there should be a real punishment for this.” […]
- Dramatic drone footage reveals Cyclone Idai’s devastating poweron March 26, 2019 at 12:16 PM
It has been nearly two weeks since Tropical Cyclone Idai ripped through Mozambique, razing buildings and submerging entire towns and villages — but even now the human toll is yet to be fully understood. […]
- Apple just made one of its boldest bets everon March 26, 2019 at 2:08 PM
Apple badly needs something to sell other than the iPhone. How badly? It just made its splashiest, most star-studded announcement ever and didn’t bring up the iPhone. […]
- What you need to know about Europe’s new copyright lawon March 26, 2019 at 6:42 PM
Europe has approved new copyright laws that will change the internet. The problem is that nobody knows exactly how. […]
- Boeing rival lands massive deal with Chinaon March 26, 2019 at 9:16 AM
As Boeing struggles with the 737 Max crisis, its big rival Airbus has announced a huge order from China. […]
- Brexit is costing the UK economy $1 billion a weekon March 22, 2019 at 1:50 PM
Brexit has been delayed, and may eventually be called off. But it’s already done major damage to the UK economy. […]
- Uber buying Middle East rival for $3.1 billionon March 26, 2019 at 10:19 AM
Uber is buying Careem, the biggest ride-hailing app in the Middle East. […]
- Conor McGregor: The fighter ‘born with his fists clenched’on March 26, 2019 at 1:49 PM
There’s a joke that Conor McGregor didn’t “just kiss the Blarney Stone, he swallowed it,” though his life story provides plenty of material to wax lyrical about. […]
- How ‘repulsive’ social media comments sparked outrageon March 21, 2019 at 11:19 AM
It is a picture which has been described as showing a “great athlete at her most powerful.” Tayla Harris, a star forward for the Australian Football League women’s side Carlton is captured in the air having kicked the first goal of the game in a match between her side, the Blues, and Western Bulldogs. […]
- Rugby’s poignant tribute to Christchurch victimson March 23, 2019 at 5:34 PM
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- The 20,000km cycle from Twickenham to Tokyoon March 22, 2019 at 2:58 PM
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- How climate change is affecting ski racingon March 25, 2019 at 9:51 AM
Among those who live, train and compete in the snow — climate change is obvious. […]
- Leadership lessons from sailing’s top skipperson March 20, 2019 at 4:02 PM
Leadership lessons pop up in all aspects of life but skippering a sailing yacht offers a glimpse of the deep end. […]
- The 68-year old innovator millennials can’t get enough ofon March 25, 2019 at 4:34 PM
Jenny Holzer is one of America’s most the incisive and respected conceptual artists. For four decades, her text-based works have been object lessons in the power of empathy and a conduit for the shared — if troubled — human experience, touching on everything from war, patriarchy and the AIDS crisis to gun violence and dangers of everyday life. […]
- Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses?on March 21, 2019 at 2:24 AM
The most common question that curator Edward Bleiberg fields from visitors to the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian art galleries is a straightforward but salient one: Why are the statues’ noses broken? […]
- How ‘legal fakes’ are challenging a $1B cult brandon March 18, 2019 at 2:41 PM
When Samsung revealed, in late 2018, that it was collaborating with cult US streetwear brand Supreme, it came as quite the surprise. […]
- Stunning revelation about Munch’s ‘The Scream’on March 21, 2019 at 11:41 AM
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