Time Out's 30 Coolest Streets in the World
18th Street is no. 21 on Time Out’s annual rankings of the Coolest Streets in the World. It’s official—Chicago is home to one of the coolest streets in the world. The Pilsen thoroughfare is filled with many of the city’s best restaurants, bars, art galleries and local businesses.
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The World’s Oldest Lipstick in Iran
The hand-carved stone vial is made of chlorite and includes a hole on the top for extracting the contents. Scientific Reports Researchers analyzed the deep-red beauty product last month. The ancient beauty product, measuring 2 inches tall by three-quarters of an inch wide, resembles a smaller version of the traditional cylindrical lipstick container.
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READ MORE The US Military Plans to Construct a Pier to Facilitate Food Into Gaza
READ MORE Some of Haiti’s top political elite will meet privately over the next few days to try to form a transition council as delegates from other countries – including the U.S., Canada, France, and Caribbean countries. Russia and Ukraine Pres. Putin quietly fired his top naval commander, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, after a series of embarrassing naval strikes on the Black Sea Fleet he commanded.
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South African Airways to be sold to Takatso Consortium
The government announced the planned deal to sell a controlling stake in SAA to the Takatso Consortium in 2021. But Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan told reporters the government and the company had agreed “there was no clear path forward” for the transaction. The government thought the airline could sustain itself financially for the next year to 18 months.
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Uzbekistan Plans to Boost IT Services to $5 Billion by 2030
The Central Asian country plans to increase its export of IT services to $5 billion by 2030 (compared to $344 million in 2023) The Ministry of Digital Technologies and IT Park of Uzbekistan jointly hosted their first US event this week to attract more American companies to outsource their IT needs to the country. In India, escalating labor costs and high levels of employee churn are eroding its competitive edge while China’s outsourcing landscape is fraught with regulatory complexities.
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St. Johns County IMAX Theater in St. Augustine, Fla.
St. Johns County confirms the IMAX Theater at the county-owned complex isn’t closing anytime soon. The theater’s future had been uncertain since the World Golf Hall of Fame Foundation announced plans to cease operation in St. Augustine by the end of 2023.
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Michael Kassan Without UTA
The Madison Avenue impresario once ran a media-buying operation and parlayed his experience there into a role as the ultimate go-between among ad agencies, big-spending clients and the media outlets that crave them. In an explosive arbitration filing that surfaced Tuesday, Kassan alleged UTA had undermined the business since his arrival. For its part, UTA said in a statement that it was about to take legal action against him in Los Angeles. At stake is a little-known
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England White-Ball Captain Jos Buttler Confident Jofra Archer Can Play at the T20 World Cup
Jos Buttler remains confident Jofra Archer can be a key player at this summer’s T20 World Cup. The fast bowler has not represented his country since last March when he featured in a T20 in Bangladesh and not played on the global stage since May. Buttler said in January the plan was for Archer to be fit for the West Indies and United States, which starts on June 2.
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New Aston Martin Vantage GT3 to Challenge for Class Podium at Sebring
The new Vantage GT3 and GT4 return to racing action this weekend. Aston Martin Racing’s partner teams, US-based the Heart of Racing (HoR) and Magnus Racing, seek to build on the car’s encouraging fourth place in the season opener as well as the fantastic LMGT3 class double-podium finish recorded by HoR and D’station Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship curtain-raiser.
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SEN-FRIENDLY WORKSHOPS
To celebrate World Autism Awareness Day on Tuesday 2nd April we are hosting a range of workshops and activities across the Easter Holidays. From designing their own Mood Mug and Draw String Bag to LED Happy Hula Hooping and Interactive Storytelling.
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