Grid Breakdown Triggers Worst Electricity Outage

Pakistan’s government began restoring power to millions of people on Monday after a breakdown in the grid triggered the worst electricity outage in months and highlighted the weak infrastructure of the heavily indebted nation. An inquiry has been launched into the outage, which began at around 7:00 a.m. local time […]


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China Pushes Daily Limit on Online Gaming for Minors

As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draw near with promises of feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash, children have another thing to look forward to –- one extra hour of online games each day. Only one hour. For years, Chinese authorities have sought to control how […]


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NOBODY GIVES A DAMN

‘NOBODY GIVES A DAMN:’ Home Depot co-founder blames ‘socialism’ for lack of motivation to work The co-founder of Home Depot is pointing the finger at socialism for why Americans no longer have the drive to work.   Bernie Marcus, who along with Arthur Blank made the home improvement big box […]


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Matthew McConaughey is Teaching a New Course

Matthew McConaughey is reprising a previous role in the spring: professor. The actor is returning to University of Texas—Austin to teach a course on commercials, where students will study his latest commercial work, according to the description of the class, which is called Script to Screen: Commercials. McConaughey will co-teach […]


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