Put the BBC behind a paywall overseas
Launching a streaming service is a risky investment for the broadcaster, but the alternatives are worse
Launching a streaming service is a risky investment for the broadcaster, but the alternatives are worse
Producing bars at home, rather than exporting raw cocoa, is one way to break neocolonial trading patterns
After forcing its way on to Exxon’s board, the newly minted activist investor is ready to raise more cash
Wave of ‘DeFi’ projects aim to reinvent exchanges, insurance, lending and more
"The show can't be 'saved.'"
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Indian cricket team and Delhi Capitals opener, Shikhar Dhawan posted a new video on Instagram where he recited "shayari" from Abrar Kashif ji.
In this crisply written, well-researched book, Lesley Blume, a journalist and biographer, tells the fascinating story of the background to John Hersey’s pathbreaking article “Hiroshima,” and of its extraordinary impact upon the world. In 1945, although only 30 years of age, Hersey was a very prominent war correspondent for Time magazine – a key part … Continue reading "Lesley Blume’s Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World"
Читать дальше...Whale sharks, lightning storms and an extremely unimpressed Mongolian cat appear in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Awards roster.
Video shows girl from Kerala playing cricket like a pro, wins praises. Watch Hindustan Times
Wedding season is back – and your calendar may well be looking more packed than ever thanks to a year of postponements piling in at once. But 10 invites no longer means multiple expensive dresses.
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Marriage is tough. In-laws make it tougher.
While some people are fortunate to have blissful relationships with all of their partner’s relatives, that is not the case for most. Fortunately, the funny folks on Twitter have shared LOL-worthy musings about their in-laws over the years.
We’ve rounded up 45 hilarious and relatable tweets about in-laws. Enjoy!
A marriage is truly consummated with the first passive-aggressive argument you have with an in-law.
— JennyPentland GED (@JennyPentland) May 21... Читать дальше...Trae Young deserved to take a bow — and did — after his 36-point performance propelled the Hawks to a series-ending win over the Knicks on Wednesday night at the Garden.
President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan would create plenty of jobs. But there aren't enough skilled workers to take them.
Playing Test cricket still the pinnacle, focusing on all-round performance: Santner Cricbuzz
Today in History
Today is Thursday, June 3, the 154th day of 2021. There are 211 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 3, 1989, Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died. On the same day, Chinese army troops began their sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.
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In 1621, the Dutch West India Co. received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.
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PRINCESS Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are expecting their first child this autumn.
(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) This is one of the results of the 10th Social Perception of Science Survey that FECYT has carried out in 2020 through the implementation of eight thousand interviews throughout the country.
The biotech firm aims to develop bifunctional small molecules for rare diseases, cancer, and immunology
New research shows that when water comes into contact with an electrode surface all its molecules do not respond in the same way. This can dramatically affect how well various substances can dissolve in water subject to an electrical field, which in turn, can determine how a chemical reaction will occur. And chemical reactions are a necessary component in how we make...everything. The implications of this new revelation could have a remarkable impact on all water-related processes from water purification to drug manufacturing.
A new kind of prostate cancer treatment tested at Oregon Health & Science University combines a targeting compound with a radioactive isotope to irradiate and kill cancer cells, sparing most normal tissues.
A research group from Kobe University has demonstrated that the heat generated by the impact of a small astronomical body could enable aqueous alteration and organic solid formation to occur on the surface of an asteroid. These results have significantly increased the number of prospective astronomical bodies that could have brought water and the origins of life to Earth.
If you're wearing gold jewelry right now, there's a good chance it came from an illegal mining operation in the tropics and surfaced only after some rainforest was sacrificed, according to a team of University of Wisconsin researchers who studied regulatory efforts to curb some of these environmentally damaging activities.
An investigation exposing widespread abuse in the palm oil industry and searing photos of Ethiopians fleeing war earned The Associated Press two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards on Thursday.