10 great craft spirit distilleries in Japan with tours and tastings


Map: 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Indonesia

View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.

Map: 5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southern Spain

View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.

BBC seeks to subpoena Trump's family members in Panorama lawsuit

Last December, Trump sued the BBC and subsidiaries BBC Studios Productions and BBC Studios Distribution over the 2024 Panorama episode.

Trump's lawsuit - filed in Florida - accuses the BBC of "intentionally, maliciously and deceptively doctoring" the speech he gave outside the Capitol on 6 January 2021.

The BBC has apologised for an editing error that gave "the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action".

However, the BBC has asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit


漢堡排烤魚不開火,微波爐也能做出專業口感

漢堡排烤魚不開火,微波爐也能做出專業口感

※本文為 2025年3月20日刊登文章 的重新刊載。 Text and Photographed by 山崎 舞

電子微波爐是每天料理不可或缺的工具。

雖然能確實加熱食材,但因為不是使用明火,所以不會產生焦痕。

正想著「如果能以微波爐的便利性享受焦痕就好了

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Air India pilot's reported cannabis test: What it can and can't tell investigators

A review by aviation-medicine specialist David Newman for Australia's Transport Safety Bureau reached a similar conclusion.

Cannabis affects behaviour, cognition and psychomotor performance in a dose-dependent way, and complex tasks such as flying are particularly sensitive. The review also found evidence of residual effects lasting up to 24 hours.

The science has become more complicated, however, as cannabis use has become more widespread and the potency of cannabis products has increased in many parts of the world.

A 2022 randomised clinical trial


Wear now, pay later: the new rules of Southeast Asia’s indulgence economy

Illustration: Kevin Wong
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Windows 11 can now run Linux containers without Docker, and I tested if WSL Containers could actually replace it

It's not quite the same but it works well for development tasks

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朱鎔基去世的幾個問題(上):中國人為什麼會有「總理情結」?

本文藉前總理朱鎔基逝世,回顧其經濟改革、主導中國入世等功過。並進一步剖析「總理情結」、西方對中國民主化的誤判,以及中共維持統治的本質,藉此理解當代中國。