Founder of Asian super-app Gojek sentenced to years in jail for corruption
BBC NewsThe case against Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim relates to a laptop deal made during his term as Indonesia's education minister.
Read Full Story →The case against Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim relates to a laptop deal made during his term as Indonesia's education minister.
Read Full Story →Those surveyed showed a 78.9% rate of workers who "reported feeling positive at the end of their shifts."
Read article →The blast was caused by an explosive device which appeared to contain bolts and pellets, the head of Monaco's government said.
Read article →Netflix's Human Vapor is a sprawling conspiracy story filled with intruiging turns built on one of Toho's most beloved Showa era tokusatsu films.
Read article →Derek Lam has more than 31,000 followers on TikTok and nearly 40,000 on X as of this writing. He is shirtless a lot, he dances a lot, and he is shirtless dancing a lot, which may explain how he got so many fans. His c...
Read article →Grab your baker boy caps; an immersive “Peaky Blinders” experience is coming to London, U.K.The experience, called “Peaky Blinders Underworld,” will transport guests into the shadowy criminal world of Thomas Shelby (p...
Read article →Modern Warfare 4 isn't coming to Game Pass on its release date this year, and the latest ads are reminding players of that.
Read article →When President Donald Trump moved from a stance of military confrontation with Iran to seeking a ceasefire and engaging in diplomatic talks, many commentators highlighted the political motives behind this change. Some...
Read article →The moves come as oil traders monitor the prospect of U.S.-Iran talks in Doha on Tuesday.
Read article →Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu emerged as twin forces reshaping the landscape of women's basketball in 2023–2024. Clark broke the all-time NCAA scoring record and drew unprecedented national attention, while Ionescu competed in a headline-grabbing 3-point contest against Stephen Curry at NBA All-Star Weekend, drawing 5.4 million viewers in a single 15-minute window. The convergence of the two stars reflected a broader surge in the sport's popularity. The WNBA Draft audience grew 42 percent from 2022 to 2023, and Ionescu's New York Liberty became one of the league's marquee franchises. Together they signaled that women's basketball had entered a new era of mainstream visibility and commercial relevance.
Read Full Story →Evergrande Group, once the world's most valuable real estate developer, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States in August 2023 after defaulting on its financial obligations in 2021. With more than $300 billion in liabilities, the collapse sent shockwaves through China's property sector, which accounts for roughly 30 percent of the country's GDP.
Read article →The Lycurgus Cup is a 4th-century Roman glass chalice that appears jade green when lit from the front but shifts to a glowing blood-red when light passes through it from behind. Held at the British Museum, the cup depicts King Lycurgus of Thrace ensnared in grapevines. For decades after the museum acquired it in the 1950s, scientists were baffled by its color-changing properties.
Read article →Michał Kalecki was a self-taught Polish economist who independently developed many of the same macroeconomic insights as John Maynard Keynes, yet remains far less known today. Working from a Marxian class perspective, Kalecki built models of business cycles, effective demand, and income distribution that challenged the assumption that households, not firms, are the key economic decision-makers.
Read article →E3 — the Electronic Entertainment Expo — officially shut down in December 2023, ending a nearly 30-year run as the gaming industry's most prominent annual showcase. Launched in 1995, E3 became the event where console makers, publishers, and developers unveiled their biggest titles and hardware announcements each summer in Los Angeles.
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