Month: May 2021

As the author of a new book about a doomed Antarctic expedition explains, something about the southernmost continent really drives people mad. By Julian Sancton May 3, 2021 The Belgica’s Norwegian boatswain, Adam Tollefsen, who never recovered his reason.Courtesy of the De Gerlache Family Collection The harrowing story of the Belgica, stuck fast in Antarctic
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Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta told CNBC on Wednesday there are reasons to be optimistic about the recovery of corporate travel following a prolonged coronavirus-related slowdown. “This is as good as I’ve felt since the pandemic started in terms of where we are and what I see in forward-looking trends and bookings in the business,” Nassetta
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May 5, 2021, 1:17pm The Clio Awards, which recognize innovation in advertising, design and communication, have just awarded their grand prize to “The Uncensored Library,” a library that houses books and articles censored in their country of origin—a library built entirely in Minecraft. Reporters Without Borders, aided by creative agency DDB Germany and production company
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(CNN) — When the European Union recently announced that vaccinated Americans will be allowed to enter the EU this summer, many US travelers celebrated, eager to dust off their passports for a long-awaited trip abroad. But for many families in the EU separated from loved ones in non-EU countries — some for a year or
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(Photo by Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images) STXfilms, Black Bear Pictures, and Anonymous Content have announced that Ben Mendelsohn (Babyteeth, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) has joined Daisy Ridley (Star Wars trilogy) in Neil Burger’s (Limitless, The Illusionist) highly anticipated psychological thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter. The forthcoming adaptation of Karen Dionne’s best-selling novel of the
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The world’s biggest electronic device manufacturer is forming a new venture designed to cater to the lower end of the chip market. XSemi will be a joint venture between Foxconn’s parent company, Hon Hai, and electronic component maker Yageo, both of which are Taiwanese . It will focus on the development of semiconductors with average
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Chase Strangio, who has won a series of landmark court cases in his role as ACLU deputy director for transgender justice, explains why states across the country are suddenly targeting the freedom of trans youth with a wave of new laws. By Saeed Jones May 5, 2021 Chase Strangio at the Sundance Film Festival in
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TODAY: In 1927, Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse is published. Annette Gordon-Reed on Juneteenth, an oral history of ACT UP, and a new Bob Dylan biography all feature among May’s new and noteworthy nonfiction. | Lit Hub Reading Lists David Coggins wants you to experience the poetry of fly-fishing. | Lit Hub Sports “My main problem
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