Australian Army ends training mission in Iraq
The operation to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS has been up and running since 2015 but was scaled back earlier this year due to coronavirus. Read more...
U.K. Finds That Green Business Is Good Business
With a boom in wind power and a drop in carbon-dioxide emissions, the island nation has found success in clean energy. Read more...
How residents armed with AR-15s and wearing bullet proof vests are defending businesses
Heavily armed vigilantes wielding everything from bats to rifles have started appearing at protests, threatening to take action if things turn violent in the absence of law enforcement. Read more...
For Some Minority-Owned Businesses, Their Lenders Are Now Their Defenders
Black- and Latino-owned businesses have suffered damage from vandals and arsonists on the fringes of the protests over police brutality. Non-bank community lenders are out to protect them. Read more...
Evercore Inc offers incoming junior bankers ,000 to delay their start date by a year
Evercore Inc will offer ,000 to incoming junior bankers to defer their start date by a year and ,000 to defer until January, according to external recruiters. Read more...
Drunk ex-nurse drowned in ditch after going for a cigarette while celebrating her 54th birthday
A former nurse drowned in a drainage ditch behind a marquee at a cider farm near Highbridge, Somerset while celebrating her birthday at a traditional drinking event, an inquest heard. Read more...
Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa pledges 'to do better' to honor star Vanessa Morgan
The Canadian actress, whose mother is Scottish and father is Tanzanian, had aired her grievances on Twitter and got a response from Aguirre-Sacasa on Thursday. Read more...
Athletes Invoke Colin Kaepernick in Response to George Floyd Protests
As a range of players called for unity and understanding in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the debate over Colin Kaepernick and his campaign for social justice resurfaced. Read more...
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Variety Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller takes a two-month leave
Variety Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller announced she would be taking an administrative leave after getting into a Twitter fight with journalist Piya Sinha-Roy over diversity in its newsroom Read more...
Pretty Woman The Musical review Looks more bargain-basement than high-end
If you've ever wondered how the 1990 movie Pretty Woman, which made a fairytale romcom out of a rich-man-meets-prostitute premise, would fare in the age of MeToo - well, this production won't help. Read more...
Thrifty mother builds stunning greenhouse she's 'always wanted' for 60
Elizabeth Bloodworth, from Newbury, built her dream greenhouse using old materials and windows donated by a local company and used an Amazon gift gard to buy extra materials. Read more...
Israel limits coronavirus cellphone surveillance to 'special cases'
The Israeli cabinet limited on Sunday the involvement of the Shin Bet security service in the cellphone-tracking of people infected by the coronavirus, saying the measure would be a last resort where epidemiological investigation proves insufficient. Read more...
Fascinating speeded-up LNER cab ride footage shows a train hurtling through the Highlands at 830mph
The footage, released by LNER, was filmed from the cab of a hi-tech Azuma train between Carrbridge and Edinburgh - the most severely graded line on the UK railway network. Read more...
Mini bars replaced. Housekeeping robots. And no more buffets... how coronavirus will change hotels
Hotel owners are working tirelessly to prepare to please guests once more. But what will you get for your cash? And what measures are being put in place to keep you safe?Here's what to expect... Read more...
Lena Dunham calls for 'reparations' and is 'distributing my funds' to black-led organizations
On Thursday, the 34-year-old New Yorker and creator of Girls added her voice to the calls for change and for action in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Read more...
Mike Leach Undermines Racial Progress at Mississippi State
By tweeting an image of a woman knitting a noose, Mike Leach undercut the universitys reputation for broad-mindedness on matters of race connected to sports. Read more...
N.F.L. Owners Will Review Incentives to Boost Racial Diversity
The leagues owners will meet virtually on Tuesday and vote on measures which would grant competitive advantages to teams that hire nonwhite coaches and general managers. Read more...
Multitasking with Chrome OS and Linux on the Chromebook Pixel
Google's Chromebook Pixel is quite versatile after all. I can run Chrome OS and Linux at the same time, and switch between the two, allowing me to use Skype and other third party apps! Read more...
For the Deaf, Social Distancing Can Mean Social Isolation
Masks, enforced social distance and other public health measures intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus pose unique challenges to the 37 million American adults with impaired hearing. Read more...