Новости за 13.08.2020

Japanese engineering company JGC Holdings Corp. said Wednesday that it has won a contract to renovate a refinery in Iraq.The deal between subsidiary JGC Corp. ...

Residents of Red Lake, Ont., are being urged to leave due to the Red Lake 49 forest fire. Though it has grown less than 100 hectares since Tuesday evening, the fire is now burning just two kilometres outside the town due to a change in wind patterns.

LOS ANGELES—I used to watch American Idol religiously, but only the first few episodes of each season. I didn’t care who won, or even about the singing. I just wanted to see those initial auditions where they highlight the brilliant and the terrible. I must admit to enjoying a good Simon Cowell smackdown (probably because...

With filming of most scripted entertainment on hold, reality competitions are returning to production and TV screens during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some studies have demonstrated that hundreds of thousands of cases of COVID-19 were prevented thanks to masks.

Barbados’ youngest COVID-19 patient is a one-year-old boy who arrived in the island on August 1 on a JetBlue flight, accompanied by his mother. The mother tested positive on arrival and both she and...

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Mediatonic's delightful battle royale, has reportedly drawn in a staggering 8 million players on PlayStation 4.

House Democrats on Wednesday threatened to subpoena top officials at the U.S. Census Bureau after they refused to give interviews to an oversight committee over why the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident was cut short by a month and will stop at the end of September.

A NordVPN report shows that people in many European countries have resumed pre-pandemic work schedules -- but not Americans or Brits.

The U. S. Army is rehearsing for a dangerous but potentially decisive role in a possible war between the United States and China.

The March 2020 oil price crash and COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global energy sector hard. In response oil companies are slashing capital spending, driving down costs and shuttering uneconomic operations. The key goals being to preserve cash flow, shore-up balance sheets, protect dividend payments and retain investor confidence in the current harsh operating environment. This, however, may not be enough. The severity of the crisis recently forced oil giant BP to slash its dividend by half after... Читать дальше...

[Note from News Editor Monique Judge: As an editor for The Root, I disavow and disagree with Jay’s blatant disrespect for the Los Angeles Lakers, a team that is a national treasure and a gotdamn dynasty.]

Dozens of mixed martial arts and jiu-jitsu stars were honored Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro. | Leonardo Fabri

The city of Rio de Janeiro has produced some of the most iconic fighters and key moments in the history of jiu-jitsu and MMA – once known as Vale Tudo in Brazil – and finally has a place to pay homage to names from the past and present.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the optimism that “we’ll get through this” and be “back to normal” sometime soon has been pinned to the development and approval of an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus. Major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna have been conducting…

While the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remasters are pretty similar to the original games apart from a fresh coat of paint, a longstanding trick has had its name changed to better honor the man who invented it.

Eight people at the Black and Whites have tested positive leading to a competition rethink

Electric vehicle start-up Lucid Motors Inc, which aims to begin selling its first luxury model, the Lucid Air, in early 2021, said on Tuesday that the new sedan was the first to achieve a 500-mile driving range.

Last weekend, I enjoyed one of the most indulgent and memorable vacations of my life, just 14km from my home.

Asia Cab has joined hands with the Mall Group to launch a taxi service at seven shopping malls in Bangkok.

Monsicha Cha-um is the president of the Saeng Tawan Agricultural Tourism Learning Centre in Nong Chok district, a large farming area in the eastern part of Bangkok.

If you're no longer thrilled by online shopping and mass-produced goods, here's a chance to once again enjoy the shop-till-you-drop experience in immense halls full of not just exquisite hand-made products from across the Kingdom but also fascinating and uncommon travel ideas.

The world has been changing rapidly since the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI), which has led to rapid transformations across many sectors.

Contemporary performing artists from 11 Southeast Asian countries are coming together to reveal the actual circumstances they are experiencing amid the Covid-19 pandemic during "Under The SEA", the first online seminar series, which runs every Saturday at 2pm until Oct 17.

While the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting border closure has brought about considerable economic impact, not everything is bad news. At the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, which is part of the Grand Palace, the long-lost ambience of tranquillity has returned.

What could be a better way for your children to spend time during the new normal than bringing out their inner artist by joining J.K. Rowling's The Ickabog Illustration Competition, which is providing a once in a lifetime chance to have their art featured in the Thai edition of The Ickabog book, which will be published in November.