Daily Report Facebooks Lucrative Long View
Mark Zuckerberg has told investors over and over Don't expect Facebook to focus much on quarterly earnings. The company is taking the long view. But that long view is sure looking spectacular in quarterly earnings. Read more...
Looking for someone to hang out with Parents peg details of their children on a washing line in bid to find them a partner
The bizarre dating ritual takes place at People's Park in Shanghai, and the ads reveal everything from the child's age and height to their job and income. Read more...
Jailbreak Attack by ISIS Rages On in Eastern Afghanistan
Officials scrambled to recapture hundreds of prisoners after a car bombing at the 1,500-inmate prison in Jalalabad turned into an ongoing gun battle between militants and guards. Read more...
A Team by Any Other Name Is Fine, It Turns Out
The Washington N.F.L. franchise is picking a new name. As other pro franchises have learned, the process of rebranding can be as unique as the result. Read more...
Kurt Maflin warned for giving the cue ball the MIDDLE FINGER in Snooker World Championship match
World Snooker confirmed that Maflin would not face any further punishment beyond the referee's warning, while Eurosport commentator Dominic Dale apologised to viewers for any offence. Read more...
E.P.A. Inspector General to Investigate Trumps Biggest Climate Rollback
The agencys watchdog office said Monday it would investigate whether the reversal of Obama-era fuel efficiency standards violated government rules. Read more...
'I should end up dead' 19-year-old pleads for capital punishment after murdering Good Samaritan while high on PCP
Jason Jones says that he doesn't deserve to live after shooting dead the man who tried to prevent his Dallas crime spree. Read more...
New South Wales records a further 13 new cases of coronavirus
Three of the new cases are in returned travellers currently in mandatory hotel quarantine and another is in a person who returned from Victoria. Read more...
The Romans Called it Alexandrian Glass. Where Was It Really From?
Trace quantities of isotopes hint at the true origin of a kind of glass that was highly prized in the Roman Empire. Read more...
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Report Income of at Least Million in 2019
The couples investments, mostly in real estate, were worth at least 4 million and as much as 3 million. Read more...
Rate of very premature births falls by as much as 90% during coronavirus lockdowns
Two separate, pre-peer-review studies conducted in Denmark and Ireland found rates of very early births declined by 90 and 75%, respectively, as women stayed home to stay safe from COVID-19. Read more...
From Fort Salem to Elizabeth Is Missing and The Hater The best on demand TV this week
Three American teenagers are off to do their basic training on a prestigious military course. But it's not West Point. It's Fort Salem - and this is special forces with spells. Read more...
Procol Harum singer Gary Brooker recalls his best and worst travel adventures
Gary Brooker reveals how during a birthday celebration in St Petersburg, the 'vodka flowed for four days' and that he was given a bottle of vodka 'shaped like a rifle'. Read more...
Grilled by Lawmakers, Big Tech Turns Up the Gaslight
It is less clear that tech executives strategy of evasive answers will continue to work now that lawmakers have begun doing their homework. Read more...
Pimlico Plummers tycoon Charlie Mullins FIRES staff who refused to return to work from furlough
Charlie Mullins said around 30 staff lost their jobs when Pimlico Plumbers ended its use of the furlough scheme on Friday. He said many on furlough 'are never going to get a job again'. Read more...
The fastest manned aircraft ever
Bold, black and blazing fast The North American X-15 was a plane unlike any other. And although it first flew over 60 years ago, it is still the quickest manned aircraft ever to fly. Read more...
Barcelona 2020 pigeon race rocked by suspected poisonings
TheBarcelona 2020 pigeon race will take place tomorrow without a strong French contingent of birds after two were found dead on Monday morning, followed by nine more. Read more...
Bulked Up DeChambeau Is a Travelers Championship Favorite
DeChambeau gained 40 pounds and is now routinely hitting drives 50 yards past the competition. I have to chase down the most scientifically efficient way to get the golf ball in the hole. Read more...