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US warns of more attacks in Sri Lanka by active members of terror group still at large

Business Standard 

The US has warned that the terrorist threat in Sri Lanka still remains as active members of the group that carried out the massive suicide attacks on Easter Sunday may still be at large, a media report said Tuesday. The US Embassy here has said that at the request of the Sri Lankan Government, US security experts were working closely with their Sri Lankan partners on "fulfilling short term, specific objectives" related to the recent attacks and to bringing the perpetrators to justice. Nancy VanHorn... Читать дальше...

Gardens and cultural memory

Blog.oup.com 

Most gardens are in predictable places and are organised in predictable ways. On entering an English suburban garden, for example, one expects to see a lawn bordered by hedges and flowerbeds, a hard surface with a table for eating al fresco on England’s two days of summer, and a water feature quietly burbling in a corner.

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The Absent Mother: On Sophia Shalmiyev’s “Mother Winter”

Los Angeles Review of Books 

“THERE ARE NO PICTURES for these words,” writes Sophia Shalmiyev in her gut-wrenching new memoir, Mother Winter. This is both a statement of fact — Shalmiyev has few photographs of the mother to whom this book is, in part, addressed — and a justification of the memoir as a genre whose aim is not simply […]

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Man Demolishes Childhood Home To Create Golf Course For Neighborhood Kids

5News 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man tore down his childhood home Monday to make way for a golf course he has dreamed of creating for over two decades. Chris Harris’ pitch-and-putt golf course has been 25 years in the making — that’s the time it took for him to acquire each lot on the blighted city block. The last vacant house standing, the home Harris grew up in, faced a wrecking crew Monday to clear space for another […]

Ayushmann Khurrana starrer 'Article 15' gets release date

Business Standard 

Ayushmann Khurrana, who recently treated his fans with two blockbusters 'AndhaDhun' and 'Badhaai Ho' is back to win millions of hearts with his upcoming film 'Article 15'. The moviegoers will soon get to witness the actor's magic on screen as the film has finally got its release date.The film is scheduled to release on 28 June, this year. Indian film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh revealed the release date on his Twitter handle along with a picture of the actor in his character's get up."#Article15... Читать дальше...

We Desperately Need Medicare for All. These 10 Statistics Prove It.

In These Times 

It's a big week for Medicare for All. Today the House Rules Committee will hold its first-ever congressional hearing to discuss U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal's (D-Wash.) Medicare for All Act of 2019, and on Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office will release a report addressing many of the key questions about single-payer healthcare. This discussion couldn't come soon enough. Here's a statistical snapshot of the gravity of America's current healthcare crisis. 

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Faraday Future's EV dreams live on with (another) bailout

Engadget 

Now that Faraday Future has parted ways with its last partner, Chinese real estate firm Evergrande, money seems to be flowing in again. After getting a $600 million injection from mobile gaming company The9 Limited, Faraday announced that it has scor...

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A New Jersey mansion known as the 'White House of Englewood' is on the market for 75% off — here's a look inside the Roaring Twenties estate just 5 miles from NYC

ThisIsinsider.com 

  • An eight-bedroom, 14-bath mansion is back on the market with a 75% discount from its original list price, reports the New York Post.
  • The property, known as Gloria Crest Estate, was first listed for $39 million in 2013. Today, it has a sticker price of $10 million.
  • The mansion — nicknamed "The White House of Englewood" — was built in 1926 by Polish royalty. The estate includes a home theater and an infinity pool.
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