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The photo that changed history
A NEW book about the life of Jack Ma has revealed a little-known story of how an Australian family helped set the Chinese billionaire on the path to founding e-commerce giant Alibaba. In Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built, which goes on sale tomorrow, author Duncan Clark reveals how in 1980, electrical engineer and Communist...
Katya Lel accidentally showed lover
Tragicomic story happened a few days ago with the performer of unforgettable hits "Musi-pusi" of Katya LEL. Having decided to advertise her concert in Moscow, she created a group in a telephone messenger WhatsApp, including in it all the subscribers of her contact list and sent a message asking to make a repost about...
Experts: Safety protocols should have prevented Amtrak crash deaths
Joe Carter was known as the railroad engineer who could thread a needle with a backhoe. He was on his machine last Sunday morning when a southbound Amtrak train barreled down the track at 106 mph near Chester, Pa., and caught Carter and his colleague Peter Adamovich in an area they likely thought had been shut down by...
Both sides ‘will respect’ Yemen truce
The Saudi-led coalition supporting government forces in Yemen has said it will respect a UN-backed ceasefire which came into force on Monday. Iranian-allied Houthi rebels who are trying to overthrow the government have said they will also respect the truce. More than 6,000 people have been killed and 2m displaced in more than a...
My secret life as a gay ultra-Orthodox Jew
Chaya, not her real name, is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who is gay. Here she describes her struggle to accept her sexuality, and why she has to keep it a secret from those who would make her choose between her identity and her family. I would lose everything if I came out. We are a tightly knit community and I think few...
John Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima memorial
US Secretary of State John Kerry has made a historic visit to the Hiroshima memorial in Japan, which commemorates the world's first atomic bombing. He is the first US secretary of state to ever visit Hiroshima, where around 140,000 were killed when the US dropped its atomic bomb in 1945. Mr Kerry was joined by foreign...
Garage Geniuses: The Basement Restaurant With a 10-Year Wait List
Earlton, a rural town in upstate New York over 100 miles north of Manhattan. Saying “he showed them” might be an understatement, as Damon Baehrel (which is also the name of the restaurant), has thrived, with glowing reviews and one of the longest wait lists you’ll ever come across. “There were folks that...
Taxes Under Trump Presidency
If taxed under Donald Trump, a family of 4 making $80,000 would see their taxes go down $103 per...
12 famous couples who broke up after many years of marriage
Over the past couple of years it became known about several divorces of famous couples who have had a decent experience of marriage. News surprised many people, because some of these couples were regarded as a model of strong families for many years. Most of them were able to leave quietly and...
Super Bowl Winner Will Smith Shot, Killed in New Orleans; Suspect Arrested
A man was arrested Sunday in the shooting death of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith, who helped the team win Super Bowl XLIV, its only championship. Smith was rear ended while driving in New Orleans's Lower Garden District on Saturday night, causing him to hit a vehicle in front of him, police said. The...
Gosha Kutsenko abandoned daughter
Kutsenko described difficult relationships with his daughter.Gosha Kutsenko — the father of two daughters. The eldest of them, Pauline, is twenty now, she wants to follow her father's footsteps. Polina — daughter of Gosha Kutsenko and actress Mary Poroshina. At the presentation of a new clip...
Elena Podkaminskaya showed her little daughter
Elena Elena Podkaminskaya shared an imagewith her daughter. The star of "Kitchen" series Elena Elena Podkaminskaya, who recently divorced her husband, rarely shows her daughter to the public and tryies to hide all the details of her personal life. Now Elena spends all her time...