Russia's Acres, if Not Its Locals, Beckon Chinese Farmers
“Our own people have been spoiled,” said Lyudmilla Voron, the head of the local council for the district covering Opytnoe Pole and four other villages in the Jewish Autonomous Region, an area in Russia next to the Chinese province of Heilongjiang. “The men drink too much and don’t want to work.” Locals, she said, “have much to learn from Chinese peasants.”She said there were no real figures for the number of Chinese working in the area as full-time hired hands for Russian landowners, seasona..>> view originalUber and Rival Didi Chuxing to Combine in China
Photo An Uber driver behind official taxis in Beijing. The planned merger of Uber’s operations in China with Didi Chuxing, the dominant car-hailing service in the country, signals a détente between the two companies. Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — The great ride-sharing war in China has finally ended.Didi Chuxing, the largest ride-hailing service in China, plans to buy Uber China, the Chinese arm of the American ride-sharing giant, in a deal tha..>> view originalDonald Trump Gives Questionable Explanation of Events in Ukraine
Photo A pro-Russian crowd during a rally outside a Ukrainian military base in Crimea in 2014, the year Russia annexed the region. Credit Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times Donald J. Trump on Sunday offered a muddled explanation of his views about the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and its continued efforts to undermine Ukraine’s control of other parts of the country, and he amplified his earlier suggestion that, if elected president, he might recognize Russia’..>> view originalHow an Elite New York Police Unit Rehearses for a Terrorist Attack
“The perpetrators in France demonstrated a familiarity with the French response,” Deputy Chief Scott Shanley said, referring to the coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people in November.The officers, who also played the roles of gunmen and bystanders, conducted two exercises.The first began with a dispatcher’s call: shots fired in the building.Officers in a patrol car would typically be the first to respond in this situation, and that was the case in the drill. Two officers,..>> view originalWhy it's New York vs. New York for president
Hillary Clinton, now a resident of Chappaqua, New York, and a former U.S. senator from the state, is the Democratic nominee. Republicans selected the uber New Yorker, Donald Trump, to represent their party. Democrats and Republicans, as Billy Joel sings, are "in a New York state of mind."It's been a long time since New York commanded such a prominent role in presidential politics. In recent decades, New York fell from grace as far as politics was concerned. While the state of New York is incred..>> view original7 Trucks Set Ablaze In East New York, Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — At least seven semi-trailer trucks were set ablaze early Sunday in East New York, Brooklyn. As CBS2’s Ali Bauman reported, police had no idea late Sunday who was behind it all. The smoked-out husks of the truck beds were first discovered along Stanley Avenue around 2:50 a.m. Others were found on Linwood and Chestnut streets – all industrial blocks, CBS2 reported. Seven trucks were torched in East New York, Brooklyn on Sunday, July 31, 2016. (Credit: CBS2) Seven trucks we..>> view originalFoul smelling "corpse flower" blooms in New York City
NEW YORK -- A foul smelling plant known as the "corpse flower" bloomed at the New York Botanical Garden in New York City.Visitors waited in line more than an hour to see the rare bloom. It started emerging Thursday afternoon after more than 10 years of growth.It's native to Sumatra's equatorial rain forests and emits an odor like rotting flesh while it's briefly in bloom.Jim Kelly, left, and his son Leo of Smithtown, N.Y., learn about the life cycle of Amorphophallus titanum, right, which is ab..>> view original'Cats' Gets a Second Life on Broadway
“Cats.” The “Hamilton” of its day?When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s love-it-or-hate-it musical transferred to Broadway in 1982, tickets were tough to get. Rather than wait a year for seats, my grandma paid $10 each so our family could stand in the back of the Winter Garden and hear Betty Buckley belt out “Memory.”I imagine I’m not the only one who will lap up the “Cats” revival, now at the Neil Simon Theatre, in part thanks to that musical touchstone. A nostalgia trip with updated choreography—by the m..>> view originalTheranos Damage Control, Tesla Earnings and the Jobs Report
Here’s a look at what’s coming up this week: Photo Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and chief of Theranos. Credit Brendan McDermid/Reuters TECHNOLOGYA troubled drug company’s effort to restore credibility.Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and chief executive of the beleaguered blood-testing company Theranos, is scheduled to speak Monday at the annual meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry in Philadelphia. In an effort to restore Theranos’s credibility — and ..>> view originalAndrew Miller Deal Signals New Approach for Yankees
Photo The Yankees traded closer Andrew Miller to the Cleveland Indians for four prospects. Credit Eric Christian Smith/Associated Press Trading Andrew Miller was a watershed moment for the Yankees. The package of prospects they got from the Cleveland Indians on Sunday — Clint Frazier, Justus Sheffield, Ben Heller and J. P. Feyereisen — looks promising, but that is almost beside the point. The Yankees, at last, have acknowledged reality.This is not just the reality of th..>> view original
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