Новости за 19.12.2023

SEOUL, South Korea — In a joint announcement on Tuesday, South Korea, Japan and the United States said they had activated a system to detect and assess North Korea's missile launches in real-time and established a multi-year trilateral military exercise plan. Separately, national security officials of the three countries held a video conference about curbing North Korea's illicit cyber activities, which may be channeling funds to its weapons programs, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's office said. Читать дальше...

The ruling military, which is struggling with recruitment, denies abducting young men and boys to fill its ranks. But five men say it happened to them.

Fabrizio Romano has revealed that former Tottenham Hotspur manager Nuno Espirito Santo is now the leading contender to replace Steeve Cooper at Nottingham Forest. Nuno replaced Jose Mourinho as Tottenham head coach in the summer of 2021 but the Portuguese coach lasted only four months in the job, making way for Antonio Conte in November […]

The Democrat bench looks weak. Newsom, Whitmer and Harris all have their flaws but there's a dark-horse candidate as President Joe Biden's 2024 election insurance policy.

Plus: My boss tries to make me feel guilty for having a personal life.

Andy Lennox reflected on 2023 and looked at what's ahead in 2024 for Wellington County.

FYI: The University of Chicago Press has made available online — at no cost –five volumes of The History of Cartography. Or what Edward Rothstein, of The New York Times, called “the most ambitious overview of map making ever undertaken.” He continues: People come to know the world the way they come to map it—through […]

The fund seeks to leverage digitalisation and technology to overcome geographic limitations and facilitate deeper market penetration.

My daughter was immediately uncomfortable sharing a room, let alone a bed, with a boy, regardless of the student’s gender identity, and snuck into the bathroom to call me.

Natural Resources Canada is hoping to release an updated version of Canada's plant hardiness zones map in 2024. The last time it was updated was in 2014.

Ricky Williams admitted that some New Orleans Saints members were resentful when he was drafted and said his style would've fit the Cleveland Browns.

New planning legislation that aims to boost biodiversity in development projects will come into effect in England in January. Here, Dezeen explains what architects need to know. What is biodiversity and why does it matter? In this context, biodiversity usually refers to the variety of all species living within a certain area or ecosystem, including

The Washington Post recently tapped two human rights experts, Omar Shakir and Raji Sourani, to lambast Israel over viral photographs of Palestinian prisoners clad in their underwear. In that story, headlined, "Hungry, thirsty, and humiliated: Israel's mass arrest campaign sows fear in northern Gaza," Shakir called for an international investigation into the Jewish state. Sourani condemned Israel for littering Gaza with "corpses all over the place."

British citizen Jimmy Lai, 76, faces a life sentence under China’s draconion National Security Law

The stars of George Clooney's new movie "The Boys in the Boat" talk about the University of Washington junior rowing team's incredible journey to the 1936 Olympics.

Daniel George started traveling and working remotely in 2021. He's been living in hotels full time for three years thanks to credit-card points.

I always like to say gay people are not a monolith, but I’d be damned if I said I’ve met more than a handful of gay people who have not been on Grindr at least once in their life. It turns out that our collective obsession with that app has allowed the brand to collect some pretty robust information on us, and is releasing its own version of Spotify Wrapped called Grindr Unwrapped, with data revealing which cities have the most tops, what tags users are searching for, and what songs all of us are putting on our profiles. Читать дальше...

Jay Newman, a lawyer turned hedge-fund manager, explains why Bill Clinton and Donald Trump both want to know Javier Milei.

We’re facing significant challenges at home and abroad. But in America’s long history, that’s nothing new. Our greatest leaders were molded into towering figures by the challenges they faced.

A fiery volcanic eruption, a flower preserved in amber and a ‘superbloom’ of wildflowers feature in New Scientist’s selection of stunning nature images from the past year

Amid the housing crisis, a community legal worker with Dal Legal Aid says the tight rental market is making it easier for landlords to discriminate against prospective tenants.

MICHAEL OWEN had a cheeky way of making sure he was never late for training.

Kumail Nanjiani discusses voicing a duck in "Migration," in theaters Friday, and the attention to detail paid to his character.

Bradley Cooper ran a strict set on "Maestro," his second film as a director and actor. He says he did not allow chairs on set, which sparked some controversy online.

Tech-help website Exceljet was cloned by a competitor using AI. It poses thorny questions for Google.