7 h. ago Modern marvel or concrete ‘blob’? Inside LA’s divisive $700m art gallery

Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new building has been a decade in the making and has long vexed critics, but its CEO hopes to turn things aroundAs Los Angeles county’s new $720m art museum building nears completion, it’s still haunted by a single, vexing question: how do you hang art in a gallery where every single wall is made of massive slabs of concrete?Designed by Peter Zumthor, a prizewinning Swiss architect, the new building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) has sparked controversy in the art world since its initial designs were made public in 2013. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago St Sophia’s Primary bury time capsule as school nears completion

St Sophia's Primary will be the first EnerPHit certified school in the UK.

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3 d. ago South Lanarkshire's digital switchover of community alarms nearing completion

More than 6000 systems have already transferred.

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7 d. ago Trump administration almost totally dismantles Voice of America with latest terminations

Terminations of 639 employees were announced at organization founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propagandaThe Trump administration has terminated 639 employees at Voice of America and its parent organization in the latest round of sweeping cuts that have reduced the international broadcasting service to a fraction of its former size.The mass terminations announced Friday rounds out the Trump-led elimination of 1,400 positions since March and represents the near-complete dismantling of an organization founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, whose first broadcast declared: “We bring you voices from America.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Air India plane crash Live Updates: Amit Shah at plane crash site, says retrieval of bodies nearly complete

Air India plane crash Live Updates: Amit Shah at plane crash site, says retrieval of bodies nearly complete  India Today

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3 w. ago Escort found beheaded after fearing for her life as suspect says 'she blackmailed me'

Police discovered an escort who was beheaded near an abandoned farmhouse – with part of her body completely burned – miles away from the scene of the crime buried in brambles

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3 w. ago New West Lothian railway station plans 'imminent' amid hope it could open by 2030

The business case for development of the station is near completion and designs are ready to go to planning consent.

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3 w. ago BIG and Heatherwick's landscraper revealed nearing completion in London

BIG and Heatherwick's landscraper revealed nearing completion in London  Dezeen

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last month Trump adviser confident tariff ruling will be overturned and says three trade deals nearly done – live

Kevin Hassett says three trade deals are nearly complete and more expected; Stephen Miller says ‘the judicial coup is out of control’ after federal court blocks tariffsTrump allies rail against court ruling blocking wide swath of tariffsA federal judge will consider on whether to further block the Trump administration from revoking Harvard university’s ability to enroll international students (see post at 10.38 for more details).At a hearing in Boston, US district judge Allison Burroughs will weigh whether to extend a temporary order she issued last Friday that blocked the US department of homeland security from carrying out the revocation it issued a day earlier. Continue reading...

Economics

last month Canada wildfires: 17,000 forced to evacuate as forest fires rage across Manitoba

Fires force complete evacuation of Flin Flon city near Saskatchewan border after winds shift and pushed flames dangerously close to community

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