UAE architects make cement out of salt
A Dubai-based architect duo is looking to break from conventional building practices with an alternative cement conceived in the salt flats of the Read More…
Month: December 2020
TikTok users respond to India ban
TikTok was one of 59 apps, including Chinese messaging platform WeChat and mobile browser UC Browser, banned by the Indian government Monday for poRead More…
German Special Forces unit to be dissolved, source says, after reported far-right links
“The Second Commando Company of the KSK will be dissolved,” the source said, asking not to be named ahead of an announcement Wednesday.The KSK is tRead More…
Balmoral, the Queen’s Scottish residence, is being used as a public toilet
London (CNN) — Walkers are relieving themselves in the grounds of Queen Elizabeth’s Scottish residence, staff have said.Employees at Balmoral CasRead More…
Remember when the women of Twin Peaks made nostalgia new again?
Written by Ananda Pellerin, CNNBefore Netflix, before sagas like “Game of Thrones” — before high-speed internet — there was “Twin Peaks.” It’s noRead More…
Lululemon to buy at-home fitness startup Mirror for $500 million
The company said Monday that it has entered into an agreement to buy home exercise startup Mirror for $500 million. The startup sells an immersive Read More…
Kim Kardashian West’s KKW cosmetics line is worth $1 billion
After buying Kylie Jenner’s beauty business last January, Coty (COTY) announced on Monday that it would acquire a 20% stake in KKW, Kim Kardashian Read More…
Doctor: Even our best models didn't predict what we're seeing now
CNN’s David McKenzie reports from a recreational center in South Africa converted into a field hospital as the country grapples with the worst coroRead More…
Hong Kong national security law passed by China
Beijing’s top lawmaking body, the National People’s Congress (NPC), passed the law unanimously on Tuesday morning local time, bypassing Hong Kong’sRead More…
Russia’s GRU: Spy agency known for brazenness back in the headlines
The GRU — formally known as Main Directorate of the General Staff — has long been accused by the West of orchestrating brazen and high-profile atRead More…
Belgium’s King Philippe sends ‘regrets’ to Congo for Leopold II atrocities
On the 60th anniversary of the DRC’s independence, King Philippe of Belgium wrote a letter to President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo in whicRead More…
Hong Kong is about to be governed by a law most residents have never seen. And it’s already having an effect
According to reports in Communist Party-controlled media, the law is expected to criminalize offenses such as secession, subversion against the cenRead More…
Activists want to make Black history compulsory in English schools
Activists are pushing for the Black community’s history to become a compulsory part of England’s national school curriculum. Historian David OlusogRead More…
François Fillon: Former French Prime Minister sentenced to five years in jail
The judgement concluded Fillon paid his wife and children, as well as Joulaud, hundreds of thousands of euros from the public payroll for little orRead More…
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani
Trump is one of 36 people Iran has issued arrest warrants for in relation to the death of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolution GuarRead More…
Furloughed from her job, she’s now the ‘Lasagna Lady’ who cooks free meals for first responders and friends
So far, she has made more than 1,275 pans of lasagna for friends, neighbors, first responders, and anyone in need of a good fresh meal — without cRead More…
Dollar General is cheap, popular and spreading across America. It’s also a robbery magnet, police say
After each of them, Dukes, 28, would say later, he’d asked his supervisors at Dollar General to put in a security guard. But, according to Dukes, hRead More…
China to impose tit-for-tat visa restrictions on US officials over Hong Kong
Visa restrictions will be imposed on certain Americans with “egregious conduct relating to Hong Kong,” Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesmaRead More…
Washington Post: Russian bounties to Taliban fighters believed to result in deaths of US troops, intelligence assessments show
Multiple people familiar with the matter told the Post it is not clear how many US troops may have been killed as a result of the bounties. CNN preRead More…