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What if bringing nature back to our gray cities could help us contain urban flooding? When architect Kongjian Yu first pitched this concept, he was celebrated in the West, but ignored in his native China. Until a devastating flood in 2012 hit Beijing and forced policymakers to give his green idea a chance. Today, the so-called sponge cities have revolutionised landscape architecture in China and serve as inspiration to some Western architects. In this Mashable Orginal, we explore the genesis of Kongjian Yu's sponge cities... Читать дальше...

Jarman stands on the brink of becoming the first English gymnast to claim four golds at the same Commonwealth Games.

The glasses have voice recognition that can identify speech.

PlayStation 5 consoles are not being used as much because people are going outside, Sony has said.

England's Laura Kenny wins a stunning Commonwealth Games gold, a day after thinking it would be her final race amid a "serious confidence crisis".

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"Initial unemployment insurance claims [are] up 50% form the low, so I do believe we're going to see some significant disappointment," Wood said.

A once-simmering bromance is on pause.

An Iranian-American journalist for the Voice of America said it was "shocking" to learn that a man had been arrested last week with a loaded AK-47-style rifle outside her home in Brooklyn, New York.  Masih Alinejad, who is also a women's rights activist, last year was said to be the target of a Tehran-backed kidnapping plot. Alinejad has promoted videos of women violating Iran's head-covering law to millions of social media followers.  The suspect, Khalid Mehdiyev, spent two days last week outside Alinejad's home... Читать дальше...

La pareja número 1 del mundo, rival a batir en el cuarto torneo de la temporada 2022 de Premier Pádel  Leer

MGM/UA Lundgren has now made his own post explaining what's going on with that reported 'Rocky' spinoff and Drago.

After more than 10 hours of deliberation, a jury was left hung in the trial of Donte Gilmer, charged with killing two women in November 2021 and shooting at two others months before.

Having warned us of Jewish Space Lasers, Georgia's 'Gazpacho Police' fearing, super screamy, and in-your-face US congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks the horrible events at Uvalde, Texas' Robb Elementary School would have seen a better outcome had only the children carried kid-sized assault weapons. — Read the rest

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Stocks were a mixed Monday on the first day of August.

Vijay Kumar Yadav won a bronze medal in the judo men's- 60kg final at the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Monday. With this win, Yadav gave India its eighth medal in the Birmingham 2022.

Singapore, 1 August 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - JE Cleantech Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: JCSE), (the "Company"), Singapore's leading manufacturer of precision cleaning systems and a provider of centralized dishwashing and ancillary services, recently ...

Discord overhauls its Android app so you won't have to wait for new features  The Verge

Water levels in all major rivers rise, landslips reported in high ranges

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Discord is overhauling its Android app in the coming weeks so that new features and updates arrive at the same time as iOS and desktop. If you’re a Discord Android user, you’re probably used to seeing new features not appear for months after they were announced on iOS, and we saw that most recently with the Server Profiles feature being available on iOS way before Android.

Here are Monday's trade rumors with less than 36 hours until the deadline

By Katharine Jackson 

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday "as could be anticipated," his physician said in a memo released by the White House, adding that the president continued to feel well and would continue his isolation measures. 

  "He will continue to conduct the business of the American people from the Executive Residence," Dr. Kevin O'Connor wrote. 

  After having tested negative on Tuesday and Wednesday, Biden tested... Читать дальше...

The curse of winning the lottery includes family feuds, lawsuits, crooked money managers, bad investments, drug addiction, gambling debt, extortion, people begging for handouts, loss of privacy, public harassment, and media intrusion. Fun! The Daily Beast presents several case studies of people who won big in the lottery but lost everything else important in their life. — Read the rest

The biggest move the Raiders made on the defensive side of the ball this offseason was signing edge rusher Chandler Jones, but they haven’t gotten a lot of opportunities to see him on the field this summer. Jones missed his fourth straight practice on Monday for undisclosed reasons. While the reason is unclear, it does [more]