In bankrupt Lebanon, locals mine bitcoin and buy groceries with tether, as $1 is now worth 15 cents
Aerial view of the seafront Manara district near downtown Beirut. Bilwander | Getty Images When Georgio Abou Gebrael first heard…
A Painting Nearly Destroyed in the Beirut Blast of 2020 Has Been Identified as a Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi—and Is Now Undergoing Restoration
The painting at Beirut’s Sursock Palace was lucky to survive the explosion in August 2020, which killed more than 200…
China reports third-quarter GDP grew by 3.9%, beating expectations
Shipping containers sit in stacks at the Zhangjiagang Port on October 21, 2022. Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING…
What Happens If You Give Someone Your IP Address?
Internet protocol address, aka an IP address, is a unique number assigned to every computer and device that connects to…
China’s factory activity contracts unexpectedly in July as Covid flares up
An employee operates a spinning machine at a textile factory on May 26, 2022 in China. China’s factory activity contracted…
Outraged by strike on Odesa, Ukraine still prepares to resume grain exports
A general view shows a fire engine at a scene of a burning building after a shelling, as Russia’s invasion…
Russia’s war on Ukraine could shake up global trade blocs. Here are the winners and losers
Aerial view of shipping containers and cranes at Qingdao Port on May 30, 2022 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China.…
New York’s LaGuardia Airport Unveils New Permanent Artworks by Mariam Ghani, Rashid Johnson, and Others
For the second time in as many years, New York has opened a new, state-of-the-art terminal at Queens’s formerly decrepit…
’I Am Not Banksy!’: A Welsh Politician Resigned After a Viral Rumor Identifying Him as the Mystery Artist Made It Impossible to Do His Job
A local politician in the U.K. has resigned in an effort to quiet baseless yet persistent rumors that he is…
Two Looted Ancient Greek Statues, Including One That Was on View at the Met, Have Been Returned by the U.S. to Libya
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has returned a pair of looted ancient Greek statues to Libya, one of which had…
A Cheesemaker’s Unbelievable Collection of 120,000 Artworks and Pieces of Ephemera Will Be Sold to the Spanish State
Spain is buying the Archivo Lafuente, a 120,000-piece collection of avant-garde objects and artworks amassed by José María Lafuente, a Spanish cheesemaker…
In a Quest to Quash Overcrowding, Venice Is Set to Become the First City in the World to Charge Day-Trippers an Entry Fee
Tourists looking to make a day trip to La Serenissima will soon be hit with a new tax. Lawmakers have…
Cruel, costly and ineffective: Australia’s offshore processing asylum seeker policy turns 9
This week marks nine years since Australia re-introduced a policy of offshore processing for asylum seekers arriving by boat. Nine…
An Artist’s Memorial on the Site of Last Year’s Devastating Blast in Beirut Has Been Met With Sharp Criticism
A year after the deadly explosion in Beirut that shattered the city, a new sculpture commemorating the victims of the…
China’s gateway to Europe – the New Silk Road (1/2) | DW Documentary
The “New Silk Road” is an enormous Chinese international development project. It’s a trade network that involves Asia, Africa, and…
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