Yearly Archives: 2025
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A lantern workshop makes snakes cute for the Lunar New Year
The brightly lit snake lanterns coil from oversized heads that don’t fit the usual image of the slithery reptile — they are cute. It’s the year ... -
Air crash investigators extract black box data as grieving families mourn the victims
Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korea plane crash gathered at the site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day, ... -
A new year dawns on a Middle East torn by conflict and change
In Damascus, the streets were buzzing with excitement earlier this week as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise ... -
1993: US and Russia halve nuclear warheads
The United States of America and the Russian Federation have agreed to cut the number of nuclear warheads they have by between 3,000 and 3,500. US ... -
In Grammy spotlight, Khruangbin wants to ‘let the music speak for itself’
If you think your Spotify playlist is getting a little too long, consider the one shared by the members of Khruangbin. It’s got 51 hours of ... -
Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations, documents in ‘major’ cyber incident
Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said earlier this week. The ... -
Gunman who killed at least 12 people in a shooting rampage in Montenegro dies by suicide
At least four others were wounded in the shooting rampage in the western town of Cetinje on Wednesday that followed a bar brawl, officials said. The ... -
Latest spy series installment offers nothing new
Washington does enjoy a spy story. It seems that a frisson of excitement spreads through the political circle in the US capital at the thought of ... -
Friday, January 3, 2025 – edition no. 4634
* In favor of the odds — Casinos surpass gov’t expectations, closing 2024 with an impressive GGR of MOP226.78 billion, buoyed by record-breaking border movements * ...
