More than 70 Chinese smaller cities and counties have dropped gross domestic product as a performance metric for government officials, in an effort to shift the focus to environmental protection and reducing […]
Smalle Chinese cities opt for quality of life over GDP as a measure of success
Plane crash kills Brazil election candidate
Brazilian Presidential candidate Eduardo Campos has been killed in a plane crash. The plane came down in bad weather in a residential area of the city of Santos. It is thought all […]
Mickey Rourke buys Putin t-shirt in Moscow
Long lines are greeting a vendor in Moscow who is selling t-shirts emblazoned with images of Russia’s favorite leader, Vladimir Putin. From a simple head shot with dark sunglasses to a relaxed […]
‘Enter Pyongyang’: Time-lapse film gives rare look inside North Korean capital
“Enter Pyongyang,” by J.T. Singh and videographer Rob Whitworth for Koryo Tours, takes viewers on a three-minute journey through North Korea’s capital city. “Images of Pyongyang are usually presented through government-issued photos […]
EXCLUSIVE FULL INTERVIEW: Obama on the World
President Barack Obama talks with the Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman about a wide range of issues at home and abroad.
No such thing as race in Sweden?
Is the fight against racism possible without legal references to race? Sweden plans to remove all mentions of race from Swedish law, arguing the concept of race is a social construct that […]
Listen to the music in Zola Jesus’ record bag
Recording artist Zola Jesus recently visited the famous Amoeba Music record store. This is what she left with. Zola Jesus (a.k.a. Nika Roza Danilova), is a singer/songwriter who creates dark wave, synthpop, […]
Finding Vivian Maier
This is the official trailer for the documentary film, Finding Vivian Maier. Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel A film unraveling the life of the now famous Vivian Maier and John […]
Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto
Palo Alto is a 2013 American drama film based on James Franco’s short story collection Palo Alto (2010). Gia Coppola directed the film and wrote the screenplay, while Franco stars with Emma […]
Improv Everywhere Turned An NYC Subway Platform Into A Spa
We turned a very hot NYC subway platform into an unauthorized luxury spa. Full Story: http://dft.ba/-SubwaySpa
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