Japan loves fireworks. Expect them to play a huge part in the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images We’re just weeks ago from the Tokyo Olympics, but before that comes the opening ceremony, which is always worth a watch. Partly because of the pageantry — the glorious artistic displays […]
Daily Archives: July 13, 2021
453 posts
Harvard Health cites an analysis of the US population’s eating habits and health outcomes. The nation-wide study found eating too few nuts and seeds was associated with an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or diabetes. For that study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers […]
European Union foreign ministers have clubbed together to agree on an infrastructure investment project to rival China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Beijing has been steadily expanding its influence through a series of strategic investments in global transport hubs and ports since 2013. In a bid to counter China’s growing relevance to […]
When Georges Bossous Jr. opened a WhatsApp group chat last Wednesday morning, he felt a whirlwind of emotions. “I was surprised, in shock, in awe, disturbed,” the Haitian American said. He learned that Haitian President Jovenel Moïse had been assassinated in his home in Port-au-Prince. The brazen attack also wounded […]
The owner of the Rocket Inn in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, says the business and the town have seen little impact from the $220 million the state used to construct Spaceport America. Heather Schlitz/Business Insider New Mexico, one of the poorest states in the US, paid $220 million to […]
BAGHDAD (AP) — The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 58 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical officials said. Two health officials said more than 100 people were also injured in the fire that torched the coronavirus […]
For all the talk of its absence from victorious athletes and preening coaches, fear is one of sports’ dominant forces. It isn’t called that, of course; it’s called strategy, a plan, the better part of valor. But it is why NFL teams trot out their punting units on fourth down […]
11. Davis was equal parts scared and excited for his first major film role as Warner. “I was so out of my league,” he recalled during the October reunion. “I literally was just off the back of the turnip truck out of Salt Lake City, Utah. I couldn’t get out of […]