A new Manhattan pop-experience, “Ocean Cube,” takes visitors underwater in a technical simulation filled with bioluminescent sea creatures. The exhibition, on view this week through Aug. 18 at 60 Grand Street on the Lower East Side, features five different deep-sea rooms, leading from a coral tunnel flowing with hundreds of fiber strands to a sea […]
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The Latest on the French Open (all times local): ——— 3:20 p.m. Johanna Konta has reached the French Open semifinals for the first time after beating last year’s runner-up Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-4. It was the 26th-seeded Briton’s third win in three meetings against the 2017 U.S. Open champion, all of them this year. Konta
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Jeremy Corbyn has told crowds at an anti-Trump protest in Whitehall that the president should “think on, please, about a world that is one of peace and disarmament”. Despite turning down an invitation to a state banquet with President Trump, the Labour leader said he was “absolutely not refusing to meet anybody”. “I want to
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Anheuser-Busch is making good on its pledge to be a more renewable brewer. The company said it is partnering with San Francisco-based solar developer Recurrent Energy, which will build and maintain a 2,000-acre solar farm in Pecos County, Texas. Once it’s completed in 2021, Anheuser-Busch will buy credits based on the energy the facility is
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Paris’ regional health agency is recommending that children under seven and pregnant women who live near Notre Dame Cathedral take a blood test over concern the fire that ravaged the monument caused lead pollution. Interested in Notre Dame Fire? Add Notre Dame Fire as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Notre
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Image copyright Sotheby’s Image caption The chess piece had been bought by an Edinburgh antiques dealer for £5 in 1964 A medieval chess piece that was missing for almost 200 years had been unknowingly kept in a drawer by an Edinburgh family. They had no idea that the object was one of the long-lost Lewis
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Image caption Almac’s global headquarters is in Craigavon, County Armagh Pharmaceutical company Almac made a pre-tax profit of £27m on a record turnover of £548m in 2018. The company, which has its headquarters in Craigavon, County Armagh, said it had been “another strong year.” Profits are down from the £33m achieved in 2017, reflecting a
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After years of anonymity, one of China’s leading dissident cartoonists has revealed his identity to the BBC. The Australia-based artist whose work satirises China’s one-party rule explains why, despite threats, he is choosing the 30th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy Tiananmen protests to reveal his identity. Video by: Danny Vincent, BBC Chinese Source
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Samsung Electronics’ Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has vowed to keep up robust investments in key businesses as South Korea’s leading company weathers slowing demand and the impact of trade clashes between Washington and Beijing. In a weekend meeting with top Samsung executives, Lee called for “unwavering focus on long-term, fundamental leadership in technology” and reaffirmed
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Pitchers took a backseat at the Major League Baseball draft. On a night when a record 22 position players and nine shortstops were chosen in the first round, the rebuilding Baltimore Orioles went for a cornerstone at catcher, selecting Oregon State switch-hitter Adley Rutschman with the top pick Monday. Rutschman became the first catcher to
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