China has problems with developers of condominium homes for its citizen. Many of these homes cannot be delivered to purchasers as promised. As a protest,buyers are withholding paymentson their unfinished homes. To make matters worse, the prices of condominium homes have started to ...
It was intended to make a deterrent impression on potential criminals and to demonstrate the power and order of the State. However, the many and variable responses to hanging in chains meant that the practice did not always have the intended effect. Gibbetings were infrequent and memorable and ...
he was based in Paris covering NATO as a correspondent for the Hearst empire's International News Service (INS). As he once recalled, "every time my byline appeared in the newspaper anywhere on the planet, a clipping of it was rushed to me by diplomatic pouch in ...
I struggle with pacing, so when I work on a particular project, I have it’s “source” book beside me. If my pacing goes off, I read a passage of the book to get back into the flow. Each project I’ve worked on so far has a different “source” so they have a different kind...
The Sackler family has been known for their charitable contributions across the US and the UK, and is now inscribed in a law suit alleges that the family “actively participated in conspiracy and fraud to portray the prescription painkiller as non-addictive (which couldn’t be further from the...
Michael Ray is an assistant managing editor who has worked at Britannica since 2003. In addition to leading the Geography and History team, he oversees coverage of European history and military affairs... Michael Ray Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia...
Only the main island, Funafuti, has an airport. From there, travelers continue to the outlying communities by passenger ferry. Free from the crowds that fill beaches in popular destinations like Fiji, these islands are an untouristed haven where you can watch flying fish skim the water, spend...
Netflix’s longest-running ongoing comedy isSex Education, which has popped out three seasons and 24 episodes since its 2019 debut and has a fourth on the way.Never Have I Everis set to end with its upcoming fourth season, while comediesEmily in ParisandThe Upshawsare also set to air a ...