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The pandemic is making Americans question the logic of capitalism in a way no one could have imagined a month ago

This free browser extension lets you play and pause Netflix shows in sync while you're in quarantine.

The United States has a long-running love affair with natural gas, with fossil fuels acting as the lynchpin in the country's power generation mix, while nearly half of American homes use the fuel for heating. With the transition from fossil fuels to renewables in full swing in many states, natural gas serves as the bridge that will make the switch smoother and less jarring. It's hardly been smooth-sailing for the industry, though, with natural gas prices plunging to multi-decade lows thanks to an oversupply from fracking. Читать дальше...

The U.S. government has extended for another 60 days sanction waivers that allow Russia, China, and European countries to continue nonproliferation work at Iranian nuclear sites. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo approved the waiver extensions on March 30 but maintained that the decision restricts Iran's atomic work. "Iran's continued expansion of nuclear activities is unacceptable. The regime's nuclear extortion is among the greatest threats to international peace and security," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. Читать дальше...

Komorebi [木漏れ日] - a Japanese word depicting the interplay between light and leaves when sunlight shines through trees. The exact definition of this word is difficult to interpret in other languages since it has many layers of special meanings. This is a renovation project for an old house located on a hill in the center of Da Lat city.

If you're tightening your business's belt, Zuitte can be a major asset.

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Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, all of Bellator’s May events have been called off.

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2. Coronavirus: 13-year-old boy dies, says London hospital trust  BBC News
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4. UK's youngest coronavirus victim confirmed as boy, 13, with no known underlying health conditions  Manchester Evening News
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A gloomy outlook for residential prices awaits the real estate industry this year, but there are signs a recovery could happen by 2022, according to property tech firm Juwai IQI.

When the president of Earth Day Network Kathleen Rogers talks about environmental protection, she speaks with an impassioned plea. She tries to instil in listeners a desire to play an effective role in addressing environmental issues, weighing heavily on the physical and emotional well-being of society.

Under the Emergency Decree and a partial lockdown until the end of April, citizens are asked to employ social distancing and to stay at home, and to minimise physical contact in order to contain Covid-19.

Isolation at home during the Covid-19 outbreak can become a turning point in our lives if we learn to spend the two weeks of self-quarantine examining our inner selves. This is the idea behind the "The 14-day Menu To Build Mental Immunity: I Can Do", launched by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation last week.

Working and staying at home during the Covid-19 crisis does not need to be an obstacle to keeping fit and healthy, as Fitness First Thailand and Celebrity Fitness Thailand have come up with live online workout classes open to all free of charge every day.

Although the Covid-19 outbreak has forced people to hunker down and stick to their home isolation protocol as encouraged by the government, apparently it cannot prevent them from accessing knowledge.

Many Thai filmmakers would agree that our movie industry is in the rough. Several obstacles are preventing it from flourishing. A group of film professionals recently gathered for a plenary discussion held at Unesco Bangkok to address the challenges of, and the changes they want to see in, the Thai film sector.

Sitting with Boaz Zippor in his quiet garden hidden in a small soi, it seems he's found what makes him happy and brings him satisfaction.

In Southeast Asia, as the health crisis escalates and countries go into different variations of a lockdown, it is affording regimes with authoritarian tendencies the opportunity to suppress political expression, enforce strict obedience and consolidate their rule. Unless this is called out and actions taken to address these measures, a post-Covid-19 Southeast Asia will put democracy on the...

The risk is obvious. There are 377,000 prisoners across the country jam-packed in prisons built to accommodate no more than 250,000 inmates. This overcrowding has resulted in each inmate having a space of less than one square metre in which to sleep.

The basic choice all along with Covid-19 has been: Do we let the old die, or do we take a big hit economically? So far, the decision almost everywhere has been to take the hit and save the old (or most of them), but in some places it has been a very near-run thing.

Covid-19 is a test for humanity on many levels -- health, management, economy, innovation and more importantly, morality.

Mobile users can register for 10 free gigabytes of data usage, starting from April 10, as part of a public assistance scheme during the Covid-19 crisis, according to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

The Digital Council of Thailand (DCT), which covers private digital business operators, has introduced a central donation platform aimed at enhancing medical supply management, while three mobile operators are offering affordable mobile packages for students to support e-learning amid the coronavirus outbreak.