‘Horizontally’ recycled nappies go on sale in Japan in world first | Japan
With the aging of society, demand is shifting from diapers for children to diapers for the elderly, and a Japanese company has begun selling the world’s first “horizontal” recycled diapers. Unicharm, based in southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture, launched adult and infant diapers this month in shopping centers in Kyushu (one of Japan’s four main islands) in […]
Most difficult global outlook for a century heralds end of US-led world order | Larry Elliott
TWe are almost halfway through the 2020s, and it looks certain to be the most difficult decade for the global economy since the 1930s. All the finance ministers and central bank governors who attended the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington last week know this, even if they are not prepared to admit it […]
In New York City, chess champion sets new world record for ‘longest chess marathon’
A Nigerian man has set a Guinness World Record for ‘Longest Chess Marathon’ after playing for almost five days straight. Tunde Onakoya, 29, began a 60-hour game of chess in New York City’s Times Square on Wednesday, April 17, and ended at 12:40 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, according to the Associated Press. That’s what […]
Trump says Biden ‘should be in jail’ and ‘on trial,’ while blasting NY case: ‘The whole world is watching’
As former President Trump left the courtroom for the third time, he slammed the case against him, saying, “The whole world is watching this scandal in New York,” and that he “should be in jail.” The person who should be brought to justice is President Joe Biden. The day of his historic and unprecedented criminal […]
How many ballerinas can dance on tiptoes in one place? A world record 353 at New York’s Plaza Hotel
NEW YORK (AP) – Hundreds of young dancers wearing white tutus and coiffed hair gathered at New York’s Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break a world record for dancing on pointe. The spectacle, held over three nights at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, was organized by Youth America Grand Prix, a ballet scholarship program […]
Life-size Stations of the Cross to be built right outside Disney World in Orlando ‘to convert and inspire Christianity’
Orlando’s increasingly woke Walt Disney World is home to various monuments depicting fictional characters invented by men. Outside the walls of corporate imagination, artists seek to erect monuments depicting historical figures that billions of Christians understand to have not only conceived but saved humans from sin and death. There is. Catholic artist Timothy P. Schmalz […]
Hundreds of ballet dancers go on tippy toes simultaneously to break Guinness World Record at NYC’s Plaza Hotel
They remain wary of competition. Hundreds of young ballet dancers simultaneously sat on tiptoe and held the grueling pose for more than a minute, setting a new world record Wednesday at Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel. A total of 353 dancers from around the world held the position known as “en pointe,” beating the current Guinness World […]
Russia-Ukraine war live: world ‘dangerously close to a nuclear accident’ amid Zaporizhzhia attacks | Ukraine
important events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholzsaid he hoped Berlin and China could help achieve a “just peace” in Ukraine during talks with the Chinese side. Xi Jinpingin the Chinese capital. Scholz said he hoped to meet with Xi at the Diaoyutai State […]
IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the world at risk
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Russia and Ukraine traded blame Monday at the U.N. Security Council for the attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said the attack brought the world “dangerously close to a nuclear disaster.” . ” Without attributing responsibility, IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said […]
Sumo wrestling world championship shakes up MSG — PHOTOS
The International Sumo League will hold the World Championship Sumo “Earth’s Greatest Show” event on April 13, 2024 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Amateur wrestlers from around the world will perform, including notable athletes from Egypt, America, Japan, Samoa and Russia. Fans attend the World Championship Sumo (WCS) event […]