Win McNamee/Getty Images America’s national parks are overflowing with garbage and human waste as the US government shutdown prevents federal employees from cleaning toilets and picking up trash. While it’s common for national parks to close during a shutdown, the Trump administration has opted to leave them open to visitors. Many parks have been forced […]
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Secrets of Stonehenge: Properties around one of the world’s most mysterious monuments
NC The Coach House has a rugged attraction while the rooms are finished with a contemporary touch Sitting in the inevitable A303 traffic jam playing I-Spy is one of life’s major frustrations. So it’s no wonder that locals are excited by the continued push for an A303 traffic solution. It was back in December 2014 […]
Europe’s most famous monuments have been covered by a blanket of snow — and they look amazing
REUTERS / Manuel Silvestri European countries are in the grip of an Arctic blast from Eurasia. Cities that very rarely receive snow are being blanketed. Although the weather is reaping infrastructural havoc, the images of Europe’s most iconic monuments in the snow are stunning. Europe is currently being buffeted by “The Beast from the East” […]
Tesla made a phone battery pack that mimics Supercharger monuments
Tesla dropped an electric semi truck and a new Roadster at a recent event, but it apparently launched another product that didn’t get any stage time. The automaker has released, of all things, an external battery pack (the Powerbank) with USB, microUSB and Apple lightning connections that can charge your Android phone or iPhone on […]
Tesla made a phone battery pack that mimics Supercharger monuments
Tesla dropped an electric semi truck and a new Roadster at a recent event, but it apparently launched another product that didn’t get any stage time. The automaker has released, of all things, an external battery pack (the Powerbank) with USB, microUSB and Apple lightning connections that can charge your Android phone or iPhone on […]
National monuments’ land to be shrunk, angering conservation groups
The US Interior Department plans to scale back or eliminate national monuments, despite an outpouring of public condemnation for the policy set forth by an executive order by President Donald Trump. US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke delivered the recommendations to the president’s desk on Thursday, following a 120-day study of 27 national monuments. Zinke released […]
Uproar over Confederate statues in the US is forcing other countries to rethink their own monuments
LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images America has always been a trailblazer. Whether it be Silicon Valley technology or a subprime debt disaster, last week’s U.S. news is this week’s global news. The latest export from America is the removal of controversial statues, and the world has responded with their own figures of hate. It began with the protests in […]
Statues of discord: The toppling of monuments stretches far beyond anti-Confederate struggle
America’s struggle with symbols of its slavery past was highlighted amid clashes over a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Dealing with controversial pieces of historical art has a long, sometimes bloody, and occasionally amusing history. Toppling monuments is a tradition honored by centuries, even millennia. It has often been connected to cultural or […]
'Tear racist statues down': Activists target Confederate monuments across US
Monuments to Confederate generals and to those who fought for the South during the American Civil War have been targeted by protesters in a number of US cities, following the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. A protester in Richmond, Virginia climbed on a statue of Confederate General J.E.B Stuart and placed […]
Communist MP wants Poland ties severed over threat to Red Army monuments
Published time: 5 Jul, 2017 13:29 Communist Party MP Nikolay Kharitonov has urged fellow lawmakers to recall the Russian ambassador from Warsaw and sever all diplomatic ties with Poland, in protest at a recent bill that could see Red Army monuments razed. “Before the end of the day we must pass an address concerning the […]