Japan's boom in weird wearable tech
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This Spicy White Bean Soup Is a Poem in a Pot
Filled with winter greens, savory beans and just a little bit of turkey, this piquant soup is both hearty and light. Read more...
Third division Spanish side become first team ever to buy a player with BITCOIN
The striker was unveiled by Spanish third division sideDUX Internacional de Madrid, also known as Inter Madrid, after they teamed up with their new cryptocurrency sponsors to make a unique move. Read more...
Woman becomes first patient to have NHS operation that made her liver work like a pancreas
At Christmas 2019, for the first time in two years, Claire Aylott ate a solid meal. The problem was pancreatitis, a condition that affects more than 40,000 people in the UK each year. Read more...
How the Green Bay Packers routed the Los Angeles Rams to reach the N.F.C. title game.
Green Bay amassed 484 total yards of offense against the N.F.L.s toughest defense. Read more...
Labour MPs tell Tories to give parents 15 in their accounts to buy food rather than provide meals
Labour's shadow education secretary Kate Green urged ministers to 'sack the companies' which provided those meals and give the money to parents instead. Read more...
New year sees housing sales soar, says Rightmove
More transactions were finalised than during the post-election 'Boris Bounce' at the start of 2020. But in a sign that the mini boom is waning, asking prices fell for the third month in a row. Read more...
The Noise Upstairs Is Unbearable. How Do I Stop It?
You have the right to live in peace easier said than done in an apartment building where everyones cooped up for the winter. Read more...
Toyota to Pay a Record Fine for a Decade of Clean Air Act Violations
Toyotas 0 million settlement with the federal government follows a series of emissions-related scandals in the auto industry. Read more...
Erratic weather batters Queensland bringing flash flooding and crazy storms
Heavy rainfall with the potential to produce flash flooding and major river flooding may affect coastal areas between Innisfail and Bowen on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Bureau of Meterology said. Read more...
Egypt Denied an Oxygen Failure Killed Covid Patients. We Found That It Did.
For many Egyptians, a video offered a rare and uncensored view of the coronaviruss real toll at the peak of Egypts second wave of the pandemic. Read more...
What to Watch in the College Football Playoff Semifinals
Alabama will play Notre Dame and Clemson will meet Ohio State on Friday as a chaotic season nears its end. Read more...
The Champagne Toast Takes on Extra Special Meaning
When my parents first met the man who would become my husband, they ordered a bottle of Piper-Heidsieck and waited for news of a proposal. Read more...
Debra Ivory, Smiling Owner of a Barbecue Haven, Dies at 62
In her mid-50s, she cashed out some retirement savings to buy an Oklahoma City eatery, revamping the menu with family recipes. She died of complications of Covid-19. Read more...
Nadhim Zahawi brands Pimlico Plumbers' boss Charlie Mullins 'discriminatory' over Covid jab rule
Charlie Mullins, the high profile founder of pipe-unblocking giant Pimlico Plumbers said he would insist his staff had the jab to protect his workers and customers. Read more...
VIVIENNE PARRY Joan Bakewell is misguided to demand all over-80s get second jab within three weeks
VIVIENNE PARRY Simply put, giving a scheduled second shot to Joan Bakewell and others means that someone else, whose need for protection is equally important, cannot be given their first. Read more...
New photography book Brutal North offers a celebration of brutalist architecture in northern England
Simon Phipps sees brutalist structures as visionary. And for his book Brutal North he ventured to the place that 'harbours the finest examples - the North of England'. Read more...
The Work Diary of an Executive Who Must Find Just the Right Words
A communications strategist for an investment firm, Arielle Patrick has developed playbooks for companies in the event of a crisis, like a data breach or MeToo incident. Companies that dont do this are, frankly, delusional, she said. Read more...
Ugandan President Museveni wins re-election in vote his rival says was rigged
Uganda's longtime leader Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term amid allegations of fraud and lack of transparency around the vote count. Read more...
Producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector dies
Music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector died of natural causes on Saturday at the age of 80, according to a statement released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Read more...
Sale of Drilling Leases in Arctic Refuge Fails to Yield a Windfall
Just half of the 22 available tracts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge got bids, and big oil companies stayed away. Read more...