Lloyd Sun’s sense of humor is never sharper than when he compares foot binding in China to America’s transatlantic slave trade. It is a wicked wit that is laced throughout his 2018 play, “The Chinese Lady,” which had its New York City premiere Tuesday at the Public Theater in a co-production with the Ma-Yi Theater Company.
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Kris Osborn
Space Force, United States
Networks of satellites will need to be hardened and dispersed to protect against enemy attacks that could degrade space operations.
The Air Force’s focus on space operations is centered on designing weapons needed to destroy incoming enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles, building new generations of lower-orbit satellites, and exploring a new generation of weapons to function beyond the earth’s atmosphere.
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Astronomers have for the first time detected dimethyl ether in a planet-forming disc around a star. It's a precursor of larger organic molecules that can lead to the emergence of life.
Scientists are learning more about Ganymede, whose shadow was recently captured as it crossed Jupiter.
Forty-eight games are in the books, and the state semifinals are set. We'll see 12 of them Wednesday — six at Pinnacle Bank Arena and six at the Devaney Sports Center.
CORONATION STREET troublemaker Daisy Midgeley could be set to see her past come to light as her extended family could be taking over a business in the Weatherfield Precinct, which will be seen on screens later this year on the ITV soap.
BP, Shell, General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Nike and Netflix are among the companies that have suspended their operations in Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The list is getting longer by the day
Tottenham Hotspur captain Harry Kane has been linked with a move away from the club this summer, with ex-Spurs favourite Teddy Sheringham thinking he may be better off leaving
Japanese giant tries its own digital transformation, 50-something staff aren't wanted
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Everyone who watches This Is Us with any regularity knows that Rebecca Pearson has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and likely will be dead by the end of the show’s current, and final, season. But that knowledge can be difficult to reconcile, given how gently the disease has crept into the Pearson matriarch’s life so far. Aside […]
Mitchell Trubisky is expected to have more choices during free agency than he had a year ago when he signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal to back up Josh Allen in Buffalo. This year, Trubisky will have a chance to compete for a starting job somewhere. It could be the Giants. Charles Robinson of Yahoo [more]
Spotify, the largest subscription-based streaming service, crashed for several hours on Tuesday. According to Variety, Spotify has over 406 million total monthly active users.
CNN's Sam Kiley reports.
The ending of Clayton Echard's season of 'The Bachelor' began to play out on the show's March 8 episode, as he revealed he was in love with all three women and major drama ensued.
'Until there are fundamental changes in policy, whoever does that care work will have to sacrifice their access to the labour markets. And in our society, unfortunately, that's women'
Together, Russia and Ukraine exporting so much wheat, corn, sunflower oil and other foods that it adds up to more than a tenth of all ...
President Biden phoned the parents of Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine detained in Russia, on Tuesday to "reiterate his commitment to doing everything he can to bring their son home," according to a White House official....
A hot topic recently but one that has been around since the advent of nuclear weapons. Given current powers of the bomb and civilizational weak points, in the long term there will be no survivors if the war goes nuclear.
The future of Aaron Rodgers has been one of the biggest topics of conversation in the NFL offseason, and the subject has made its way to sports betting circles, as well, as sportsbooks previously set odds to where the longtime Packers quarterback would play in 2022. But now that the question has been answered, with […]
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Coal accounted for over 40% of the overall growth in global carbon dioxide emissions in 2021, reaching an all-time high of 15.3 billion tons.