Bitcoin has blown past the $20,000 mark and continues to hit record highs as investors flock to the cryptocurrency during the coronavirus pandemic.
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This mighty ship broke all the records — then was left to rust
At the age of 10, David Macaulay immigrated to America from England in 1957 with his mother, brother, and sister aboard the SS United...
China’s luxury market boomed this year, even as global sales shrank
China’s luxury market has proved “unstoppable” this year even as the coronavirus pandemic hammered global demand for expensive goods.
Bill Gates, Amazon and British Airways are backing a hydrogen plane startup
A California-based startup that promises to make zero-carbon flight a reality has just received a major vote of confidence.
One year later, New Delhi continues to drag its heels on controversial citizenship law
Author: Thu, 2020-12-17 02:54 NEW DELHI: Dec. 11 marked the first anniversary of the passing of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India....
Isaan road trip: Searching for normalcy in Thailand’s northeast
An overweight dog naps by an open-air som tam (papaya salad) shop. The scent of chicken grilling over charcoal fills the lane. A chorus...
She tweeted from Sweden about the plight of her Uyghur cousin. In Xinjiang, the authorities were watching
Friday, September 4 was one of the happiest days in recent memory for Mayila Yakufu and her family.
Deadly ‘brain-eating amoeba’ has expanded its range northward
You can thank climate change for this too.
Two strange blobs of X-ray energy are swirling out of the galaxy’s center
The eROSITA X-ray telescope just revealed two strange bubbles of X-ray energy, sitting smack-dab inside the Fermi Bubbles.
US imposes sanctions on companies over support for sale of Iranian petrochemicals
Wed, 2020-12-16 18:43 LONDON: The US Treasury Department said it has imposed sanctions on companies accused of supporting the sale of Iranian petrochemical products. The four entitie were blacklisted for...
‘Connect the dots’ between street protests and global turmoil, urges Guterres 
DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands 
A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom 
Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?