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Trump’s China summit shows toll of a
Trump’s China summit shows toll of a difficult year for the president The Washington PostTrump Calls Xi a ‘Friend.’ But He Left China Without Any Breakthroughs. The New York TimesPresident Xi Jinping Holds Talks with U.S. President Donald J. Trump fmprc.gov.cnBrass bands in Beijing make way for sticker shock at home as Trump returns to escalating inflation The Boston GlobeOpinion | The Good-News-Is-No-News China Summit WSJ
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 9:40 am
Swatch shuts stores after crowds queue for
Swatch shuts stores after crowds queue for new watch BBCA $400 Swatch Watch Is Driving Fans Insane WSJSwatch stores cancel Audemars Piguet-Swatch sale as crowds surge The Seattle Times'Defiant' crowd breaks down doors at King of Prussia Mall before Swatch release, police say FOX 29 Philadelphia3 arrested after Austin Police disperse crowd at The Domain Swatch store KXAN Austin
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 9:30 am
Lizzo Says Being Called Fat by Azealia Banks
Lizzo Says Being Called Fat by Azealia Banks Is Endearing TMZ
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 9:22 am
Colorado governor faces backlash over
Colorado governor faces backlash over clemency for 2020 election denier Tina Peters BBCLauren Boebert suggests Trump withheld funds to Colorado over prosecution of election denier The GuardianTina Peters isn’t the first Colorado convict to become a central figure in a governor’s race The Colorado SunColorado governor says he will grant clemency to Trump-aligned election conspiracy theorist PoliticoColorado Gov. Polis commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressure PBS
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 9:16 am
Frequent burials and at least 80 dead as
Frequent burials and at least 80 dead as Congo grapples with Ebola outbreak CBS NewsA new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people NPRUganda confirms Ebola case in man from neighboring Congo who died in Ugandan capital PBSEbola outbreak kills 65 in eastern DR Congo's Ituri province BBCNo vaccine for new highly lethal Ebola outbreak, DR Congo warns, as death toll hits 80 France 24
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 9:13 am
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How Ancient Greeks and Romans Used Dark
Ancient Greeks and Romans used lead curse tablets—known as defixiones—to try to bind rivals in sports, court cases, and love. Archaeologists have found more than 1,500 of these folded, often nailed tablets across the Greco-Roman world, revealing a long-lived tradition of ritualized magic. [history.com]
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 10:00 am
WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio
A Cincinnati-area FM station known as The Oasis has adopted the WKRP call letters after buying them from a nonprofit station in North Carolina. To mark the launch, it played the sitcom’s theme song for six hours and will keep airing classic rock from the 1960s through the 1980s. [openculture.com]
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 8:20 am
DLR: The Early Years
How the Docklands Light Railway was planned, built, and launched from a small Blackfriars office — with anecdotes about tight budgets, route-finding, and early teething troubles. [londonist.com]
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 5:40 am
You can’t prepare for the next pandemic
On Covid media, haunting, and hantavirus [slowboring.com]
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 4:00 am
Luxe Chinese Seafood Restaurant
Dim sum at Luxe Chinese Seafood in Langley, with a server-order format instead of push carts. Standouts include deep-fried taro dumplings, baked BBQ pork pastries, har gow, siu mai, tripe, and egg tarts, while the XO daikon radish cake misses because the wok sauce makes it soggy. Overall, solid for Langley, though still behind Richmond’s better dim sum spots. [shermansfoodadventures.com]
Posted on 16 May 2026 | 3:40 am