11 most beautiful new homes around the world

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  383 words  |  Noelle Montes

Every year, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) celebrates the most incredible new buildings from around the world. The 2017 finalists in the housing category, located in cities from Tokyo to Copenhagen, are no exception. During a three-day event in Berlin in November, the WAF jury will name the World Building Of The Year, one of the most prestigious accolades in architecture. Take a look at some of the most impressive housing projects from the WAF shortlist below. [Read More]

14 Surprising Facts About Miguel Indurain

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1546 words  |  Lashay Rain

Source: Cyclist.co.uk Miguel Indurain, the legendary Spanish cyclist, is a household name in the world of professional cycling. With an illustrious career that spanned from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, Indurain solidified his status as one of the greatest riders of all time. Renowned for his extraordinary power and endurance, he dominated the sport and achieved unprecedented success in several prestigious races, including the Tour de France. While Indurain’s accomplishments on the bike are well-known, there are many interesting and lesser-known facts about this cycling icon that might surprise you. [Read More]

From bar crawls to bear crawls: the public humiliation of training for Hong Kongs Spartan Race

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  641 words  |  Aldo Pusey

It feels like everything is beating down on us, although the beat down is much less severe for my noticeably fitter work(out) mate. This week’s session focused on crawl techniques, with Power keen to explain that we needed to develop comfort and skill with several as they would be put to the test when the Spartan Race comes to Hong Kong on April 14. We’ve only done the bear crawl and all I can think is it’s no wonder bears hibernate. [Read More]

On first day of Trump hush money trial, prosecutors say ex-president corrupted 2016 election

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  885 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Prosecutors portrayed the payment as a criminal effort to deceive voters at a time when Trump was facing other accusations of crude sexual behaviour. “This was a planned, coordinated, long-running conspiracy to influence the 2016 election, to help Donald Trump get elected through illegal expenditures to silence people who had something bad to say about his behaviour,” prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said. “It was election fraud, pure and simple.” Colangelo told the jury that they would hear Trump working out the details of the scheme in recorded conversations and see an extensive paper trail to back up the testimony of witnesses. [Read More]

Salma Hayek cautiva y enamora con este gran gesto para un fan en concierto de Madonna

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  464 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Los exitosos shows de Madonna en México terminaron con la aparición de Salma Hayek sobre el escenario del Palacio de los Deportes. Fue así que la legendaria cantante, la más importante de todos los tiempos, dio las gracias a nuestro país tras abarrotar el recinto para dar los mejores temas de su icónica carrera. De este modo, la también histórica actriz mexicana, Salma Hayek, estuvo de invitada por la mismísima 'Reina del Pop', causando muchas emociones a los miles presentes, pero también llamó la atención el gran gesto que tuvo con un fan presente en el 'Domo de Cobre'. [Read More]

Beca BBVA Secundaria 2023: fecha lmite y cmo conseguir $2 mil pesos al mes

 Posted on May 13, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  532 words  |  Lashay Rain

La Beca para Chavos que Inspiran de la Fundación BBVA, es un apoyo económico que este reconocido banco otorga a las y los jóvenes mexicanos que están por iniciar la educación secundaria dentro de la República Mexicana. Convocatoria 2023Desde el pasado 16 de mayo y hasta el próximo 20 de junio, estará abierta la convocatoria para solicitar esta beca, la cual va dirigida a: Estudiantes mexicanos que estén por ingresar a primer año de una secundaria pública en el ciclo escolar 2023-2024. [Read More]

Easy Chinese steamed pork patty with dried cuttlefish - recipe

 Posted on May 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  263 words  |  Zora Stowers

This recipe is based on a luxurious version of the homestyle dish that I ate at an upmarket restaurant in Hong Kong. The chefs there had hand-chopped the meat, which makes the texture so much better than pork that's ground in a mincer, and they also used a fatty cut (I use skinless pork belly). Hand-mincing takes some patience and very sharp knives; you should freeze the meat slightly, so it's firmer. [Read More]

Israel-Gaza war: Chinese satellites detail scale of destruction in besieged Palestinian territory

 Posted on May 13, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  513 words  |  Noelle Montes

About 60 per cent of all the buildings in Gaza have been damaged in the past six months, according to analysis of Chinese satellite images presented at a space conference.“Comparative analysis shows that as of March 2, 2024, 58.4 per cent of buildings and 34.1 per cent of farmland in the Gaza Strip were damaged,” Li Deren, a professor of remote sensing at Wuhan University, told the China Space Conference in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday. [Read More]

SMART LEADER (B456) | Horses | HK Racing

 Posted on May 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  390 words  |  Kary Bruening

06-05-2024 - Reverse cantering 2 inner circuits (R.B.) (CH) 05-05-2024 - Slow canter site (R.B.) (CH) / Swimming 04-05-2024 29.4 25.4 (54.8) - (R.B.) (CH) / Slow canter site (R.B.) (CH) / Swimming 03-05-2024 - Reverse cantering 1 inner circuit (R.B.) (CH) / Swimming 02-05-2024 - Reverse cantering 2 inner circuits (R.B.) (CH) / Swimming 01-05-2024 - Slow canter site (R.B.) (CH) / Swimming 30-04-2024 [Read More]

South Korea-China ties under further strain over envoys alleged power abuse, as Yoon fights nepot

 Posted on May 13, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  836 words  |  Noelle Montes

“We will also investigate this case thoroughly under this principle”, he said. Chung denied the allegations as “unilateral and groundless”. In a statement released last week, he said he would “restrain myself from further comments” pending the completion of the investigation. Chung, 64, is a former international relations professor at Seoul National University. He was appointed in June 2022 as the first envoy to China under Yoon’s administration. Chung is widely recognised as Yoon’s trusted confidant, with a bond that stretches back decades to when they were high-school classmates in Seoul. [Read More]