If you get off the Seibu Railway train at Higashi-Murayama station, a gateway to the suburban Tokyo city of the same name, you will be greeted by a somewhat surreal statue of a feudal lord in kimono giving a chin-level salute. It might leave you puzzled if you don’t know the context, but a majority […]
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Being invited into the Rio de Janeiro home of the Brazilian singer and songwriter Anitta was a dream come true. It was at once everything I imagined and nothing like what I expected. The house was completed with the Brazilian firm Studio Ro+Ca in record time—only six months—and without a single in-person meeting. Instead, everything
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After the devastating earthquake in Christchurch in 2011 destroyed this coffee shop’s original location, they found a new home in an unexpected place: the former High Street Post Office building. With its high ceilings and immense windows, this rare architectural jewel is one of the most picturesque spots to grab a coffee anywhere. To add to
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Tom Ciabrowski, who oversaw ABC’s “Good Morning America” during one of its most successful eras, is joining CBS News as president and executive editor. The storied news division, which has been reeling over its legal battle involving President Trump, announced Thursday that Ciabrowski will oversee newsgathering and programming. Ciabrowski will report to Wendy McMahon, president
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LaLiga president Javier Tebas says the Spanish league has filed a legal complaint to the EU Commission, alleging that Manchester City have breached EU Competition Law. Tebas said the complaint was filed in 2023 and is linked to the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The regulation concerns foreign subsidies granted by non-EU states to companies engaged in
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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday evening issued an order pausing a judge’s deadline requiring the Trump administration to send out nearly $2 billion in funds promised for health and humanitarian aid across the globe. President Trump’s lawyers said the new administration is reviewing those grant programs and that the judge’s
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The island of Sandoy in the Faroese Archipelago, is made up of cliffs, caves, lakes, giant fields of green grass, and lots of sheep. The picturesque island’s scenery is the perfect setting for a slew of local folktales, including Nykur on Vágar, the Seal Women of Mikladalur. According to the tale, the lake of Gróthúsvatn is home
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Burnley head coach Scott Parker says he will make “the decision I feel is right” as to whether to involve Hannibal Mejbri in Saturday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie against Preston. After the Championship meeting between the two clubs on February 15, Hannibal said he had suffered “disgusting abuse” amid an investigation into an alleged racist
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Sky Sports’ Sam Blitz is joined by senior reporter Melissa Reddy and football journalist Zinny Boswell as they analyse Manchester United’s recent turmoil on and off the pitch. Stuck in the bottom half of the Premier League and announcing up to 200 redundancies due to cost-cutting, is it crisis time at Old Trafford – and
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Victoria Bridge, also known as Enggor bridge, is Malaysia’s oldest railway bridge. Located slightly north of Perak’s old capital Kuala Kangsar, it crosses the Perak River at Karai. Perak was the first sultanate on the peninsula to sign a treaty with the British, which began its colonial era. A mining boom followed, making colonial Perak
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