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Month: November 2019

Malls are now targeting millionaires

Suburban malls in the middle of America have been hit hard due the financial woes of anchor tenants like Macy’s and JCPenney and the slow death spiral at Sears. It’s a very different story in bigger cities. Shopping centers catering to the upper middle class and affluent — as well as tourists — are thriving

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Half of Shakespeare’s ‘Henry VIII’ was written by another playwright, a new analysis shows

It’s widely accepted that Shakespeare worked with an uncredited author to complete “Henry VIII.” Now, a new algorithm provides further proof that credit for the play should be evenly split between the Bard and his contemporary, John Fletcher. The five-act recounting of the British monarch’s life marks a stylistic departure from the master playwright’s earlier

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Cárceles clandestinas y posibles torturas, la denuncia del Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos

(CNN Español) – En Nicaragua persisten las denuncias sobre el hostigamiento, la represión a opositores y la militarización de espacios públicos. De acuerdo con un informe del Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH), presentado este viernes en Managua, la cifra de presos políticos en el país es de 139. El organismo detalla que “81 de los

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Beirut once billed itself as a glitzy capital. Now its economy faces a painful reckoning

If you’re visiting Beirut, your typical walking tour will span the tip of the peninsula to historic neighborhoods in the eastern quarter. You’ll likely walk along the seaside boardwalk, saunter through the glitzy downtown area, and barhop on Gemmayze street, or its nearby nightlife hotspots. Along the way, you may circumnavigate broken sidewalks, and remark

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