As Tropical Storm Barry gathers strength on its way to a violent clash with the Louisiana coast, officials are rightly evacuating some residents, while advising others to shelter in place and have emergency plans in case the worst should happen. Barry is indeed a major threat — but the way we measure hurricanes may not be adequately driving home this storm’s dangers, renewing calls …
Read moreToday, June 8, is World Oceans Day, when stakeholders around the world stop to reconsider the value of ocean conservation. This year’s theme is “Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing”—making the case that by protecting the ocean we are ultimately protecting ourselves. One of its core pillars is supporting sustainable seafood, which, in some cases, means not fishing at all.Read more
On July 23, following months of rising case counts in numerous countries, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared monkeypox a global health emergency. That label is meant to prompt a coordinated global response, with the aim of getting the virus’ spread under control.
After that development on the global scale, you may be wond…
Read moreAbout 14% of U.S. adults said they used marijuana edibles as of 2022, and research suggests many of them do so in search of better sleep. One small 2021 study of cannabis users found that more than three-quarters of them thought they slept better thanks to the drug.
But despite the popularity of using edibles for sleep, the data on how well they help people drift off are surprisingly mixe…
Read moreIn October 2019, the Rotary Club of Bugolobi asked me to talk on the environment and climate change. I looked forward to the opportunity. It would be the first time as an activist that I’d be addressing Ugandan professionals, many of whom were my parents’ age (I’m 24). The audience would be civic-minded middle-class men and women who could raise awareness about the climate cri…
Read moreTesla Inc. handed over the first of its electric Semi trucks, a milestone for the automaker more than five years after it unveiled the vehicle.
“If you want the most badass rig on the road, this is it,” Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said Thursday at Tesla’s battery factory near Reno, Nevada. He capped off the delivery event with a handover of key cards to two PepsiCo…
Read moreRetail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent in November from October, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed on Friday, better than economists’ expectations of a modest 0.3 percent rise. October sales were unrevised to show a 0.3 percent gain.The better-than-expected outcome was enough to send the Australian dollar about 20 pips higher to $0.7205, a level not seen …
Read moreThe Dutch chain details having guaranteed, “payment for all pre-Covid orders which were being shipped, already produced, or in the process of production, at their original price and according to the agreed payment terms.” C&A also added that suppliers which had not yet started production of products were compensated either financially or by, “placing new orders using the raw materials al…
Read moreIn this digital age, it’s an apparently simple idea, but nobody had thought about it until Euveka, set up by Bergenthal five years ago, started working on it. And now the concept has been awarded a prize at the Luxury Forward conference in Paris.Euveka’s female mannequin is made of silicon and textile fabrics, and is equipped with a simple production-monitoring software that could revolutionise…
Read moreJust days after the head of the Toronto-based cosmetics company abruptly announced plans to shut down until further notice, Truaxe took to Instagram Thursday morning to share an email from Lauder lawyer Mark Gelowitz. The email states that the lawyer was instructed by Estée Lauder “to commence injunction proceedings in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice”. The first hearing was sche…
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