Kim Jong-unSome observers said he would survive a few months as the head of a nuclear-armed state but, a decade later, the North Korean leader has proved them wrong
Missile tests, horse rides and executions: Kim Jong-un’s leadership in pictures It was not, perhaps, the image Kim Jong-un would have wanted to project in his first public appearance as the latest authoritarian leader of North Korea in 2011. As wailing citizens exhibited their grief along the snowbound streets of Pyongyang, Kim, then only in his late 20s, cut a forlorn figure. Read More...
10 of the bestMiles DavisThe trumpeter started recording more than 70 years ago and altered the course of jazz many times. Here are 10 key tracks from his extraordinary career
1. Venus de MiloBetween his first recording session in 1944 and his death in 1991, Miles Davis changed the course of music many times. The first of these came with the short-lived lineups he assembled for a New York residency and three studio sessions between January 1949 and March 1950. Read More...
New York This article is more than 1 year oldNew York governor legalizes human composting after deathThis article is more than 1 year oldState becomes sixth to pass legislation since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, on Saturday legalized natural organic reduction, popularly known as human composting or terramation, after death.
The legislative move makes the state the sixth to do so since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial deemed environmentally friendly. Read More...
