Booming cold drink sales mean more plastic waste. So Starbucks redesigned its cups
Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks stores have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served in.
Water guns are in full blast to mark Thai New Year festivities despite worries about heat wave
Itโs water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the countryโs traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern.
What to stream this weekend: Conan OโBrien travels, 'Migration' soars and Taylor Swift reigns
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's eagerly anticipated album โThe Tortured Poets Department,โ a family of ducks is coaxed into flying south for the winter in the kid-friendly animated movie โMigrationโ and Conan OโBrien makes himself the brunt of jokes in his new travel show โConan OโBrien Must Goโ for Max.
Christiania, Copenhagenโs hippie oasis, wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the communityโs lucrative market for hashish by ripping up the cobblestoned street where it openly changes hands.
What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and 'Food, Inc. 2' chows down
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary โFood, Inc.,โ Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and โDora the Explorerโ gets a reboot on Paramount+.
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fool's Day joke
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Foolโs Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago.
King Charles stresses importance of kindness as he skips pre-Easter service amid cancer treatment
King Charles III stressed the importance of friendship and acts of caring in a recorded message delivered to a traditional pre-Easter church service, which the monarch skipped as he undergoes cancer treatment.
Book of kids' drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela
Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiroโs Mare neighborhood gathered for the launch of a book in which they show, with their own words and pictures, how violence in their poor, bayside community weighs on their young lives.
Girl Scout troop resolved to support migrants despite backlash
As government officials debate how to handle the influx of new arrivals, the Girl Scouts โ whose Troop 6000 has served kids who live in the shelter system since 2017 โ are quietly welcoming hundreds of the cityโs youngest new residents with the support of donations.
The double cancer blow to Kate and King Charles leaves Britain's royal family depleted and strained
The Princess of Walesโ disclosure that she has cancer and will take time off to recover leaves the ranks of working royals depleted and strains a monarchy that King Charles III has sought to slim down.