Monthly Archives: December 2016

Hong Kong (CNN)Hong Kong has some of the glitziest hotels in the world, all offering plenty of ways to live lavishly. But if your tastes run to more understated comfort, you might want to skip the bling of the five-star classics and opt for something quieter. Each of the 36 full-floor bedroom suites feature soothing […]

A jury on Sunday night found a Louisiana man guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of retired NFL player Will Smith, following an April vehicle collision in New Orleans. Cardell Hayes, 29, was charged with the second-degree murder of Smith, a former defensive lineman for the New Orleans Saints and a prominent member of […]

Who owns the air above our cities? The public and the media are in danger of losing access to a valuable common resource, with corporations given priority We woke up before dawn and caught the first train to Waterloo, so we could capture some aerial footage in the early morning London light with no one […]

London (CNN)The UK government will adopt an international definition of anti-Semitism in order to tackle rising levels of hatred expressed towards Jewish people. It is the first country to embrace the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance‘s (IHRA) explanation of the term, according to that organization. It aims to make it harder for culprits to get away […]

This is a response to Were the stories about Japanese internment during World War II unbalanced? Two letter writers think so in the LA Times. Here is a reminder of something else they published many years ago: A viper is nonetheless a viper wherever the egg is hatchedso a Japanese-American, born of Japanese parentsgrows up […]

President-elect postponed until January a long-awaited press conference on what he will do with his real estate and intellectual property when he takes office Donald Trumps long-awaited announcement on the future of his business enterprises has now been postponed until January. The Guardian can confirm that the president-elects press conference on what he will do […]

Six people arrested in Derby, Burton on Trent and London detained on suspicion of engaging in preparation of act of terrorism Counter-terrorism investigators have made six arrests after disrupting what they believe was a significant plot to attack the UK that was influenced by Islamic State. Material recovered from an address raided in Derby has […]

Snoop: always got one eye on Instagram.Image: APRex Features via AP Images 2016, on the whole, can do one. Whether it was the death of Bowie or the birth of Brexit, the slow motion car crash of the presidential election and the subsequent Trumpocalypse or the hacks, attacks and outages that peppered the year, it […]

Caracas, Venezuela (CNN)Venezuelan officials have confiscated nearly 5 million toys from a toy distributor, accusing the company of planning to sell them at inflated prices during the Christmas season. Critics say the consumer protection agency, which targeted the toy warehouse this week, has become “the Grinch that stole Christmas” because many families won’t be able […]