“There’s someone her to see you,” one of my volunteers, said. “Who?” I said, not looking up from my paperwork. “A couple with two kids. They said they need to talk to you.” Even though Christmas is just under two months away, the food pantry I run is already busy preparing for the holidays. In […]
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Guinness World Records has named a South African restaurant as the official titleholder for 'Most Varieties of Milkshakes Commercially Available'.
Cherished figures from pillar of country’s culture among the dead, as virus hits working-class areas
Like so many of his neighbours in Madureira – a working-class neighbourhood considered Rio’s “cradle of samba” – Álvaro Silva was a diehard supporter of the local samba school, Portela.
Just a few weeks ago the 76-year-old percussionist watched in delight as the group to which he had dedicated more than half of his life took to the streets for its annual carnival procession.
Continue reading...The pandemic is giving us a lesson in life, hope and death. It’s one we should never forget
Back in the days when we all still hurried oblivious through crowded city streets, the names chalked on the pavement must have been easily missed. But now a long-running campaign by rebel botanists across Europe to highlight overlooked nature in the city, scribbling names and plant details alongside a pretty weed growing through a wall or a tree spreading overhead, has unexpectedly found its niche.
Going for a walk is the only real freedom many have had for weeks, and with no particular place to go but out, there is finally time to notice nature creeping through the cracks: the birdsong no longer drowned out by traffic; the daffodils in front gardens giving way to frothy peonies; a fat supermoon hanging heavy on the night horizon.
Continue reading...Found on every continent except Antarctica, donkeys are some of the most well-bred and well-known animals in the world.
World Donkey Day is a show of respect for one of the most enduring and respectable animals in the Equidae family.
Throughout history, it has served throughout the world as both a mount and a beast of burden in some of the most challenging terrains and forbidding climates, and has done so with pride and endurance.
But how much do you know about these surprisingly deep and intelligent creatures?
Here are some fun facts you probably didn't know.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sells 11.77 million units in 1st 11 days for "best start ever"
This fun Tumblr thread explores a notorious art world drama. The drama started with Anish Kapoor being a prick about ownership over colors. Then, we see another dude named Stuart Semple, come into the mix, and take things to petty heights like never before. It's honestly an awe-inspiring level of petty. Art world dramas are fun.
Coronavirus will overshadow Earth Day's golden anniversary, but the movement's successes are worth celebrating, says Gary Paul Nabhan
Climate models show that as the world warms, tropical cyclones will travel more slowly, dumping more rain in one place and making high-speed winds batter buildings for longer
Global warming has already made parts of the world – including cities in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates – hotter than the human body can withstand
South African Fredie Blom celebrated his 116th birthday on Friday unfazed by the coronavirus crisis, over 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic killed his sister. "I have lived this long because of God's grace," said Blom, possibly one of the oldest men in the world. Lighting a cigarette, he recalled the 1918 pandemic that left tens of millions dead worldwide including his sister.
Abayev and members of his search team rummage the steppe for remains of the Red Army soldiers who fell in the autumn of 1942 in fierce fighting with Nazi troops pushing toward the Caspian Sea south of Stalingrad. Stiff resistance by the Red Army stopped the Wehrmacht onslaught in the steppes of Kalmykia, and months later the enemy's forces were encircled in Stalingrad and surrendered, a major defeat for the Nazis that marked a turning point in World War II.
More than $8bn (£6.5bn) are pledged to help develop a vaccine and fund research into treatments.
Countries have "gone their own way" rather than working together, the ex-prime minister says.
Known as the Flower Moon, this is the last of three supermoons to take place during this year.
The UK is testing its own design but a Google-Apple initiative is winning over many other nations.
Some of the ways that people have expressed thanks to workers on the frontline against Covid-19.
It’s a rotten disease. You’re well enough not to need hospitalization, but too weak to do anything useful.
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To rest as soon as I feel badly takes letting go of many responsibilities. There’s comfort in that.
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