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Boy band NCT wins endorsement deal from Thai firm Singha

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean idol group NCT has been hired by Thailand's Singha Corp. to promote the company's popular dried seaweed snack, the group's agency said Thursday. Five of the total 15 NCT members -- Ten, Taeyong, Doyoung, Mark

5 places you can educate yourself online for free

BusinessInsider.com 

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What do you want to learn more about this year? Nanotechnology? Virtual reality? Bitcoin? How to protect democracy?

According to neuroscience professor Ken Kosik, adult education, or specifically engaging in challenging new learning experiences, encourages brain plasticity. And plasticity is associated with flexibility, innovation, and joy.

Equally as compelling, continued learning has been shown to protect your brain from developing diseases like Alzheimer's.

Finally... Читать дальше...

Full-go for NC wind farm that politicians claimed is threat

TheRepublic.com 

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s first large-scale wind farm is fully operational despite efforts by some of the state’s most powerful politicians to shut down the $400 million project as a possible national security threat. Avangrid Renewables said Thursday its 104 wind turbines reaching 50-stories tall are now generating enough electricity for 60,000 homes. Amazon



Malaysian ship with aid for Rohingya arrives in Yangon

Stars and Stripes 

A Malaysian ship carrying 2,300 tons of food and medicine to help members of Myanmar's persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority arrived in Yangon on Thursday as rights groups accuse the army of mass killings, rapes and other crimes targeting the ethnic group.

Greenville man gets life in prison for couple’s 2013 killing

TheRepublic.com 

CORYDON, Ind. — A judge has sentenced a southern Indiana man to life in prison in the 2013 slayings of a couple during a robbery. WDRB-TV reports the the judge gave 21-year-old Kevin “Drew” Schuler of Greenville life in prison plus 65 years with no chance of parole. Schuler pleaded guilty in November in the

People in Hong Kong are moving into 20-square-foot 'coffin homes' to save money

BusinessInsider.com 

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Simon Wong has spent the last 20 years learning the hard way how to live with less. Less clutter, less money, and, most noticeably, less space.

Wong, a 61-year-old Hong Kong resident, is one of a growing number of citizens forced into so-called "coffin homes," 20-square-foot cages that offer just enough space to lie down and hang a few shirts and pairs of pants.

His monthly rent of $226 would be enough to share a roomy one-bedroom apartment in many American... Читать дальше...

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Panama Probe Exposes 'Secrecy and Deceit' of Bankers, Lawyers, Accountants

Sputnik International 

An investigation into the Panama Papers tax avoidance scandal has exposed the deep chasm between EU policymakers and bankers, lawyers and accountants who create increasingly complex structures to reduce company tax liabilities, which Sputnik has been told amounts to "secrecy" and "deceit."





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