News Mash-up: American Laws Posted June 22, 2021 NY state set to legalize recreational marijuana New York is poised to join a growing nu…
Paper cowboy rides out quarantine in hotel Posted June 21, 2021 By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He’d watched a few seasons of The S…
Super League fiasco blows up in face of England’s ‘Big Six’ Part 2 Posted June 20, 2021 Continued from Part 1… The big clubs previously threatened a Super League in 2016 and leveraged that to secure four automatic Champions League qualification places for…
Super League fiasco blows up in face of England’s ‘Big Six’ Part 1 Posted June 19, 2021 For years, the “Big Six” soccer clubs have thrown their weight around in the English Premier League. But their latest move — announcing April 18 …
25 Greatest Inventions of the 20th Century: Vacuum cleaners Posted June 18, 2021 Welcome to our countdown of the 20th century’s top inventions, where we look at some of the things we take for granted and show how they changed the world. We …
News Mash-up: Famous People Posted June 17, 2021 Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, who created Henry Huggins, dies at 104 Beverly Cleary, the cel…
N Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings, warns of consequences Posted June 16, 2021 North Korea on March 29 accused the United Nations of a “double standard” over its reaction to the North’s recent missile launches, warning it of a serious
News Mash-up: Ancient Discoveries Posted June 15, 2021 UK researchers say they have found an answer to the mystery of Stonehenge The prehistoric standing stone…
Big Tech vs. the news Posted June 14, 2021 The Australian government is in the middle of a fight with Big Tech companies Google and Facebook over the future of news in Australia. What’s it all about? In two words: adver…
Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 2 Posted June 13, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Yokoyama chose to conduct this interview entirely in English, saying that he always likes to strike a good balance “inside my head” between Engl…