The Daily Populous

Red is (or, perhaps, was) a popular color for barns due not to its color shade but for its usefulness.

Farmers had to be resourceful in finding or making a paint that would protect and seal the wood on their barns.

When paint became more available, many people chose red paint for their barns in honor of tradition. »

Wong – known locally as “Grandma Wong” – was a regular fixture of the huge democracy protests that swept Hong Kong in 2019.

Alexandra Wong waves a British union jack flag outside West Kowloon court in Hong Kong on 1 April.

Protest is now all but outlawed in Hong Kong. »

The Belt and Road infrastructure megaproject doesn’t just include rails and highways, it’s aimed at helping nations achieve energy independence, too.

China’s futuristic nuclear fusion reactor just set a new world record for the longest duration of time in sustaining the sun-like temperature needed for fusion to occur.

While China is still a long way from a fusion power plant, the achievement is an important step towards clean, sustainable electricity generation. »

"Democrats are going to continue to use every tool in our toolbox to slow them down, to fight them, to stop them.".

After walking out of the House chamber shortly before the midnight deadline for passage of the bill, Texas Democrats gathered at Mt.

"Now we need Congress to do their part by passing H.R. 1 and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.". »