Tarouba [Trinidad], December 22 (ANI): After a four-wicket defeat in the fifth T20I match against West Indies on Friday, England’s skipper Jos Buttler said that the conditions were different at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Speaking at the post-m…
China’s BYD to build new energy vehicle production base in Hungary
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is to build a new energy vehicle production base in Hungary, it said on Friday. The new facility to be built in Szeged, southern Hungary is expected to create thousands of local jobs, BYD said in a …
As instigator in residence, ShaDawn Battle will focus on Chicago’s ‘footwork’ dance for National Public Housing Museum
CHICAGO — Imagine dancing so fast your feet are moving at 160 beats per minute. That’s “footwork” — a style of dance as ubiquitous in Chicago’s Black community as pizza. And thanks to the National Public Housing Museum, Chicago footwork will get its mo…
Commentary: What would former U. of C. leader Robert Zimmer say about antisemitism on campus?
Since the troubling testimony before Congress on Dec. 5 by university Presidents Claudine Gay, Liz Magill and Sally Kornbluth, I have been asked several times what I thought my late husband, University of Chicago’s 13th President Robert Zimmer, might h…
Commentary: US soldiers at risk of suffering brain injuries from their own weapons
The military is currently experiencing a mental health crisis, with suicide now the second leading cause of death for service members. Brain injuries suffered by service members are a big part of this crisis, and new information has revealed the risk t…
Spain’s Q3 GDP expanded 0.3% from previous quarter – final data
(Reuters) – Spain’s gross domestic product growth slowed down slightly in the third quarter, though it showed more resilience than in neighboring countries, final data showed on Friday. The economy expanded 0.3% from the previous quarter, down from a 0…
Alex Batty breaks silence after being found alive in France – but admits he LIED about daring escape
Alex Batty who was found alive after going missing in 2011, said he lied about his escape to protect his mother and grandfather. The 17-year-old left in the dead of night because he wanted to lead a normal life after six years of wandering across Europ…
Pak Supreme Court grants Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi Bail in Cypher Case
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 22 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cypher case, Dawn reported. The court directed the PTI leaders to submit …
Woman killed by falling Christmas tree on Belgian market square
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A woman was killed and two people were injured by a large Christmas tree that fell over in the Belgian city of Oudenaarde on Thursday evening, authorities said on Friday. Security camera footage on Belgian news media showed a brigh…
Japan prepares for missile shipments after easing arms export restrictions
By Sakura Murakami (Reuters) -Japan said on Friday it would prepare to ship Patriot air defence missiles to the United States after revising its arms export guidelines earlier that day, in the pacifist nation’s first major overhaul of such export curbs…