59 h. ago Dozens hospitalized and 11 in critical condition as chemical spill prompts evacuations in Oklahoma City

A shelter-in-place order was lifted early Thursday morning

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4 d. ago Don't give Britain's Traffic Taliban any ideas! Slovakia introduces 3.7mph speed limit for PEDESTRIANS

A new law to improve safety on pavements in Slovakia has prompted mockery and criticism, with claims that fleet-footed pedestrians could be caught speeding.

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2 w. ago JK Rowling leads backlash against Glamour magazine after nine trans activists

Glamour Magazine named nine transgender activists amoing their Women of the Year at their annual awards ceremony in London on Thursday - prompting criticism from JK Rowling .

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3 w. ago Fide to investigate Kramnik over attacks on Naroditsky as chess reels from player’s death

Chess world mourns 29-year-old streaming pioneerKramnik criticized for reckless cheating accusationsFide CEO’s statement prompts calls for resignationThe International Chess Federation (Fide) said on Wednesday it is examining former world champion Vladimir Kramnik’s public attacks on Daniel Naroditsky, the American grandmaster whose sudden death at 29 has stunned the chess world and laid bare fissures in the sport’s digital age.Naroditsky, among the most visible faces of chess’s pandemic-era renaissance, was one of the most popular players and teachers of his generation, a Stanford-educated prodigy who won the Under-12 world championship, became a grandmaster at 18 and went on to amass more than 800,000 followers across Twitch and YouTube. Known by his nickname Danya, the California-born Naroditsky’s mix of patience, humor, generosity and gift for communication made him a standard-bearer of chess’s online boom, helping to bring vast new audiences to a centuries-old pastime. Continue...

Events

3 w. ago Pandemonium at pop star Rosalía's flash mob prompts criticism from Madrid's mayor

Rosalía’s surprise unveiling of the cover her new album has drawn criticism from Madrid’s mayor after thousands of fans of the pop star gathered in a flash mob in Spain’s capital on Monday

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3 w. ago White House’s East Wing partially demolished as work begins on Trump’s $250m ballroom

Ex-congressman calls major renovation ‘utter desecration’ as demolition in East Wing reportedly under wayConstruction crews have started demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to make way for Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, prompting widespread criticism on social media and beyond.One former lawmaker even called the renovation an “ utter desecration”. Continue reading...

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