The NBA has postponed Wednesday night’s game in New Orleans between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pelicans after a historic winter storm dumped about a foot of snow in the Big Easy. Tuesday’s winter storm made road travel treacherous in a subtropical city with minimal snow-clearing equipment on hand. The Milwaukee Bucks beat the weather…
An Amazon delivery truck passes people holding signs and marching during a strike by Teamsters union members at an Amazon facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, Dec. 19, 2024. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Amazon workers across seven facilities in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois went on strike Thursday to lobby for better benefits, higher wages and…
* Dozens of North Kor TJWG report details enforced disappearances of North Koreans * 80% of disappearances occurred inside North Korea, rest in China or Russia * UN estimates up to 200,000 people held in MSS-run gulags By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL, – More than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after being caught by secret…
The start of the new year brings another opportunity to attend some of the biggest and most historic sporting events from all over the world. This past year was filled with once-in-a-lifetime experiences, from Game 1 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees to the gold medal match of…
Waka Flocka Flame is one of hip hop’s most vocal Donald Trump supporters, and it turns out his chatterbox has been his only political contribution — records show he actually never cast a vote for his ace!!! Waka flocka NEVER VOTED y’all according to records. Some Twitter users pulled up his info. So he’s basically…
The Scot in charge of an Australian lighthouse A Scottish man has landed his “dream job” as a lighthouse keeper on a remote Australian island. Sandy Duthie, 42, jumped at the chance when the previous lighthouse keeper decided to retire after 25 years on Gabo Island, off the coast of Victoria. Sandy, from Aberdeenshire, visited…
A senior police officer has been referred to Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog over an alleged road rage incident outside a school. Victoria police on Friday confirmed it had referred deputy commissioner Neil Paterson to the state’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (Ibac) over an incident at a Melbourne school in July. Paterson, who is understood not to…
Mauritius’s deputy prime minister has hinted that negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands are being held up over the amount of money involved. Under the terms of the original agreement, which was announced in October, the UK would relinquish sovereignty to Mauritius over the archipelago but maintain a 99-year lease…
I love big, non-candle-shaped candles as much as the next person — but, as a dirty martini-lover, I especially love it when they’re shaped like fist-sized olives. Nata Concept Store has taken our cultural obsession with aperitivo snacks of late (is tinned fish and cheese still “girl dinner”?) to new heights with its very White…
Residential 19th century style residential buildings in historic center of Paris, France. Kolderal | Moment | Getty Images Europe’s real estate sector is poised for further recovery in 2025, as investment activity picks up and growth returns across key market segments, analysts have predicted. A gradual uptick in transactions in 2024 looks set to gain…
