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Chinese Diplomats Started Burning Documents Hours After They Were Ordered to Leave the U.S.

Officials started dumping documents into burning barrels hours after the State Department told them they had to leave.
David Gilbert
7.22.20
food news

Bars Are Serving Ridiculous $1 Menu Items to Stay Open During COVID Restrictions

Offerings like "Cuomo chips" and "Handful O' Croutons" have appeared on menus in New York as bars look for ways to keep their doors open.
Jelisa Castrodale
7.22.20
music news

Researchers Need 4,000 Volunteers to Study How Coronavirus Spreads at Concerts

Contact tracers at a German concert will observe how close attendees get to each other, where they stand, and which surfaces they touch the most.
Jelisa Castrodale
7.22.20
food-features

When It Comes to a Recipe, What’s in a Name?

What do we lose when paratha is called "flaky bread," or bibimbap a "rice bowl"? Recipe developers explain why names matter.
Bettina Makalintal
7.22.20
mind

How to Find a Sex-Positive Therapist

Some therapists advertising kink- and polyamory-friendly treatment might not be all they seem. Here's what to look for if you're seeking mental healthcare that doesn't see "sexual deviance" as deviance.
Penda N'diaye
7.22.20
Recipe

Stuffed Peppers Recipe

If you ask us, bell peppers were basically created to be stuffed with as much meat, cheese, and rice as possible.
Farideh Sadeghin
7.22.20
Coronavirus

No PDA. Masks in Strip Clubs. Here Are Some of the Weird Ways Asia Is Preventing COVID-19.

The coronavirus outbreak remains a universal problem across Asia, but some of the ways countries are dealing with it are very unique.
Miran Miyano
7.22.20
relationships

How Instagram Is Being Used to Rebrand 'Black Magic'

With juju being sold openly on social media, the tradition is going through a modern renaissance.
Adenike Fapohunda
7.22.20
World News

New Study Shows How Much Worse Our Mental Health Is After Lockdown

Researchers found that more than a quarter of UK households reported “clinically relevant” levels of stress during late April.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
7.22.20
world hong kong

Mobile Game Banned in China, Exec Resigns After Netizens Find Coded Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Slogan in Song

That the song didn’t even appear in the Taiwanese game wasn’t enough to spare it from the wrath of the mainland.
Miran Miyano
7.22.20
Noisey

UK Drill is Breaking Through With or Without a Drake Co-Sign

The Canadian rapper's link up with Headie One on "Only You" is artistically underwhelming, but it's a huge signifier of the rise of UK drill.
Ryan Bassil
7.22.20
Black Lives Matter

How Right-Wing Trolls Silenced India’s BTS ARMY on All Things Political

When the world's biggest K-pop band aligned themselves with BLM, their Indian fanclub stayed quiet. They'd been burned before.
Pallavi Pundir
7.22.20
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