Even with streaming video, a third of Americans still buy and rent
One-third of Americans still buy and rent videos, in addition to using streaming services like …
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The dangers of organizations that orbit around one powerful man
In some cases, they were the stars of shows bearing their names: Bill Cosby, Bill …
A high-end Chinese kindergarten is accused of child abuse after needle marks were found on students
Beijing authorities are investigating child-abuse allegations at a kindergarten run by a US-listed preschool education …
The UK’s base case scenario for Brexit is even bleaker than before
Most official economic forecasts for the UK economy assume a smooth Brexit process. For the …
Despite their many conflicts, south Asian nations aren’t talking to each other
This question is especially pertinent as the much-talked-about China factor has assumed new potency, thus …
These portraits of India’s last tattooed headhunters capture a vanishing culture
Made of up several groups, each differentiated by language and distinctive facial tattoos, they all …
Every second person in India has been duped, says a new study
Retail merchants in the country, particularly, suffer high fraud rates, losing about 5% of their …
With the right moves, India’s renewables push could lift thousands of rural workers out of poverty
The Narendra Modi government aims to install 175 gigawatts (GW, 1 GW = 1,000 megawatts) …
Your Thanksgiving turkey isn’t as all-American as you might think
The turkey might be indigenous to the Americas, but it was only after the bird …
As Robert Mugabe finds a new home, here’s where other African dictators went to retire
The stuffed lions guarding Robert Mugabe’s statehouse are well known. They are also tattered and …
The ridiculously complicated tale behind the origin of the word “turkey”
Unlike Brazil vs. the brazil nut (spoiler alert: they’re both named after the brazil-wood tree) and canaries vs. the Canary Islands (the birds …
China has flown its first flight to the US powered partly by used cooking oil
A Hainan Airlines Boeing 787 carrying 186 passengers and 15 cabin crews took off from …