Stonehenge, a 5,000-year-old monument in the United Kingdom, was erected with two types of stones. Archaeologists traced one type of stone, the smallest blue stones, to a site in Wales. But the origins of Stonehenge’s huge sandstone rocks, called sarsens, remained a mystery. A new study shows that most 25-ton …
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Iraqi political life may seem like a gang war to strangers, but most of the day its turbulent surface hides a calm and joyous looting business. In each government ministry, the highest loot is allocated by unwritten agreement to one faction or another. Sadrists have the Ministry of Health, the …
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During the United States Judiciary antitrust hearing on Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook, the CEO of the latter, Mark Zuckerberg, tried to minimize dominance of the service market by pointing out the areas behind his competitors. Remarkably, Zuckerberg called Apple in a surprise diversion. Each CEO of the top four …
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In comments planned during Wednesday’s congressional hearing on possible antitrust violations by tech companies, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg framed Facebook as a homegrown American success story whose future is threatened by China. In response, the CEO of TikTok, whose parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, criticized Facebook for calling …
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San Jose, California Mayor Sam Liccardo looks at how the city is handling the recent surge in coronavirus cases. Los Angeles health officials ordered three area food providers to close for unreported coronavirus outbreaks among their workers. S&S Foods in Azusa, California was told to close after 58 employees tested …
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