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By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – The Sydney Opera House fireworks soared into the sky, but the harbour below was empty as a ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. A woman sells a 2021 decoration at a popular entertainment street on New Year’s…
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – The Sydney Opera House fireworks soared into the sky, but the harbour below was empty as a ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge during downsized New…
When the Democratic Senate candidate Reverend Raphael Warnock tweeted that he was a “pro-choice pastor,” backlash arrived within minutes. Conservative commentators including Ben Shapiro and Erick Erickson lined up to mock Warnock. A group of conservative Black ministers recently sent Warnock a letter asking him to reconsider his position. Representative…
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) – As the world faced up to its annus horribilis, Breakingviews readers showed a voracious and varied appetite for agenda-setting financial insight. Sure, the Covid-19 virus was on everyones mind, but an analysis of the most-read stories of the year proved our readers are rarely myopic.…
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Look, you watched the Browns lose on Sunday to the Jets less than 24 hours after they lost five players, including four wide receivers, to contact tracing and a sixth to a positive COVID-19 test. Then they add Andrew Sendejo, Harrison Bryant and Karl Joseph to the…
Escapism is bliss, but knowledge is power. It’s why the humble documentary is more important than ever, unearthing truths, offering different perspectives, and introducing you to stories you might not have come across in your short time on this planet. Netflix’s documentary offerings are strong stuff, with many of the…
Then, in 1966, Mao unleashed the Cultural Revolution, a decade-long period of chaos that upended Chinese society. Militant Red Guards accused Mr. Fu, a prolific translator of writers like Balzac and Voltaire, of having capitalistic artistic taste, among other crimes. They humiliated and tortured the scholar and his wife for…
HONG KONG: Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a licence. The takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities. Including the 39,000 games,…
There is a rather sobering number of people throughout history who have just dropped off the face of the earth to vanish and never be seen again. In every case these mysterious people leave behind myriad questions and clues but few answers, and in quite few cases these people were…
