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4:42 A selection of the best ever free-kicks in the Premier League Marcus Rashford scored a sensational free-kick for Manchester United on Wednesday, but how does his effort compare to some of the best from the Premier League? The striker
Rich countries have pledged $9.8 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change, the Green Climate Fund said Friday, as environmental activists slammed the United States for refusing to contribute and other nations for giving too little. Yannick Glemarec, the…
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has a tiny new namesake. London’s Natural History Museum said Friday that a minute species of beetle is being named “Nelloptodes gretae” in honor of the 16-year-old Swede who has pressed the world to do a…
Verizon added more cellphone customers after trimming prices for unlimited plans this summer. The country’s largest wireless company said Friday that it gained 444,000 phone customers who pay a monthly bill in the third quarter, up from a gain of…
Maserati of Italy is the latest Western business racing to prostrate itself before Chinese censors. Owned by Fiat, the car company recently requested that its local Taiwanese dealer drop sponsorship of the Golden Horse Awards, the Asian equivalent of America’s…
Beginning in the late 1950s, a dark miasma migrated from the verdant landscape of Berkshire, England, to drive-ins all across the United States. This creature was called Hammer Films, and according to Monster Show author David J. Skal, the studio…
