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The Nintendo Switch is today’s must-have game console. It’s both portable and playable on your TV, plus it has a wealth of amazing games—including loads of gems from Nintendo itself.

Mitchell Blatt

Politics, Asia

Beijing’s tactics since Occupy Central have radicalized protesters.

At one of the deliberation days for Occupy Central in 2013 I was reporting on, a socialist told me he would like to see an uprising overthrow the government like in Egypt. Many others present at the Left21 deliberation day criticized the leadership of the Occupy Central movement for being, in their minds, too bourgeois or too risk averse.

The movement pushing for universal suffrage was a diverse one. Читать дальше...

It’s more than a month since the oil markets sunk to a nadir in the mother-of-all market routs. Since then, oil prices have staged an impressive recovery, especially from WTI’s negative trade zone visited on April 20. There’s real optimism in the air with the formidable headwinds of a massive supply glut and limited storage nearly in the back mirror while the markets even recently dodged a big bullet.  Yet, resting uncomfortably in the back of trading minds is this: Oil storage remains painfully squeezed... Читать дальше...

DSN Office is an architectural design and construction office. Located in Karawaci (about 20 km outside Jakarta), it is predominantly housing estates with fixed urban typology. The office is situated between two houses of tropical style with Dutch gable roof structure. Therefore, we deconstructed the roof and made it into the face of the building, to give a sense of belonging and volumetric uniqueness.

When you have enjoyed the lockdown as much as Jacob Stockdale has there is probably no-one better to cheer someone up who is having a tougher time of it during the Covid-19 restrictions.

1. Are plans for a play-in tournament just to get Zion Williamson in the bubble?  NBCSports.com
2. Report: 75% of NBA GMs Prefer Play-in Tournament over World Cup-Style Format  Bleacher Report
3. Adopting 1-16 seeding for the 2019-20 NBA Playoffs is not such a bad idea  ClutchPoints
4. Roundtable: What Is the Best Format for the NBA to Complete the Season?  Sports Illustrated
5. NBA players are looking for clarity on the return on the season - Brian Windhorst | SportsCenter... Читать дальше...

Mark Bezos—brother of world's richest man Jeff Bezos—is selling his swanky estate in Scarsdale, NY. The mansion is listed for $11 million.

Just this morning (May 28), Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was interviewed by TSN’s Gino Reda and talked about his excitement for what might unfold in the near future. Related: A Return to Play: How the Maple Leafs Stack Up Against the Blue Jackets Tavares noted, “I think guys are excited about getting back on the […]

KATE, the Duchess of Cambridge, could be helping Prince George and Princess Charlotte with a particular subject she excelled at after Prince William admitted he struggled with the topic during a BBC documentary.

Check out this vintage NEA press panoramic photograph featuring several Major League ballplayers wearing mask while playing a barnstorming game in California, dated February 10, 1919 (RMY Auctions). Per the descriptor on the reverse:
Masked Ball Game, Pasadena, Cal. -- The first baseball game in which the players, umpire and spectators wore "flu" mask was played when the Pasadena and Standard Murphy clubs clashed at Pasadena. The game went 11 innings and not once during the time did any of the players remove the masks. Читать дальше...

Photo: YouTube/AEW

Mike Tyson seems to have found a comeback fight of sorts in the form of AEW’s Chris Jericho.

Cancer patients who have fallen ill with COVID-19 have a 13 per cent higher chance of dying from the disease compared to other patients, according to a new study.