NewsWatch: Iran seizes British-flagged oil tanker — here’s what you need to know about the Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most sensitive choke point for global oil supplies, remains in focus
The Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most sensitive choke point for global oil supplies, remains in focus
Biggest Brit getaway in five years will clog up UK roads on Saturday and Sunday as another heatwave creeps up on us
Perhaps the biggest downfall of the 2019 New York Mets in the first half of this season was the bullpen. Almost everything that could have gone wrong went [...]
How well do you remember the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, which has just finished?
It's thanks to the Parkes Observatory in Australia that people around the world got to see the moon landing on television screens in 1969.
Located at the center of China, Xi’an has been the capital of multiple dynasties for over 1,000 years and formed a profound cultural system. And it is now bearing the mission for the renaissance of the Chinese civilization and cultural confidence as an important place for education. Such background endows the city with the capability to incubate cultural and creative projects and pioneer in the culture and commerce integration.
Hog raisers, who have been blamed for polluting the city’s rivers, have been offered contract piggery farms outside Baguio as the government prepares to shut them down.
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The chaplain of the U.S. House opened a recent legislative session with a prayer to cast out the “dark spirits” at work in Congress.
Little is more miserable than getting off a six-hour flight, spending an extra hour in the airport to get off the plane, get all your baggage, and huff it over to the main transport hub and then realising you have no idea where you parked your car. More »
I’m sure you’ve been there. You come home from a long day of travel—exhausted and famished—only to open up your refrigerator to see it stocked full of nothing. Bah. You just want food. Preferably fresh food if you’ve been eating your meals off of airplane trays for far too many hours.
When you’re trying to figure out how to get somewhere, the odds are pretty good your first move is opening Google Maps. But Uber and Lyft each want to change that. To them I say: good luck.
This week the In the Moment podcast takes a look at fantastic feats. We will take a look at feats like creating a more sustainable future, space travel, fighting in war, and developing a democracy.
After more than five years of dormancy under the military regime, the country's local administrative bodies will spring back to life, once again, now the country has switched back into democratic mode.
It is now early on in the rainy season and the water volume on the Mekong River should have been high. But water levels on certain stretches of the international river, which runs from China through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, have reached their lowest points for 57 years.
With the likes of Satoshi Nakamoto and Vitalik Buterin dominant, masculine names are frequently referenced when the topic of cryptocurrencies and digital assets arises.
Recap: Investment sentiment returned to risk-on mode after two senior US Federal Reserve officials spoke of the need to get ahead of an economic slowdown while interest rates are already low, prompting gains in global stock markets and the value of the US dollar.
Earnings plays for the second quarter of 2019 were still concentrated in a few medium-sized sectors on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Aggregate growth is still weak, declining more than 10% year-on-year in both core and net profit. The third quarter may see a shallower year-on-year decline, but confidence in earnings remains subdued.
The outlook on Thailand's long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) has been upgraded to positive from stable, with the rating affirmed at BBB+, as lingering political risks are unlikely to derail sound macroeconomic management, says Fitch Ratings.
Thanachart Bank's labour union expects 4,000-5,000 jobs to be cut after TBank consolidates with TMB Bank, and union leaders are calling for both banks to offer higher severance payments than are legally required for those to be laid off.
Last week saw the release of a super-high-end card brand called 2019 Topps Diamond Icons. For the price of $1000 you receive one box containing ten cards -- nine of which will be autographed including two with a relic piece) and one relic card. Go here for a complete checklist. Below is a look at the Dodger cards that are available.
Autographs
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