Living in the African mountain kingdom of Lesotho comes with its fair share of challenges, including land degradation and climate change, which are upending traditional farming practices.
Canadian Bianca Andreescu will defend her U.S. Open title. Andreescu, who turned 20 on Tuesday, defeated Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 last September to claim her first Grand Slam title. The 2020 competi
Of the 19 seats where polling will be held, four each are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand, and one each from Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
More than 40 different FinTechs, digital currency companies and nonprofits are teaming up to launch a universal payment ID in a bid to make transferring money akin to sending an email. Members of the newly-formed Open Payments Coalition, which include GoPay, Ripple, Blockchain.com, BitPay, Brave, Flutterwave, and Mercy Corps, say the newly minted PayID will […]
The West Coast is preparing for a future where giant diesel transport trucks go electric. Utilities and state agencies in California, Oregon, and Washington announced a plan to transform highway infrastructure that would speed the transition.
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THE Government is planning to enter phase 3 of lifting lockdown no earlier than July 4th, and it has ambitions of reopening remaining businesses and premises such as pubs and gyms. Health Secretary Matt Hancock changed the law, which means people in England will have to wait four weeks before coronavirus orders are tweaked. When is […]
With 3,752 new cases, Maharashtra recorded the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, according to the State Health Department. The total number of COVID-19 cases now stands at 1,20,504, while the death toll stands at 5,751 after 100 deaths were reported today.
Spotify Technology SA shares [S: SPOT] are up more than 12% in Thursday trading amid optimism for a series of podcast deals. The company announced Tuesday that it was partnering with Warner Bros. and DC to create and distribute exclusive narrative podcasts focused on the DC universe. "In addition to producing narratives based on existing characters and franchises from across Warner Bros. and DC, the two entities will also collaborate with Spotify to create new programming from original intellectual property," Spotify said in a blog post. Читать дальше...
The strength of police unions within larger unions is a barrier labor must confront during and after the port shutdowns.
Quantum computing promises to improve our ability to perform some critical computational tasks in the future. Machine learning is changing the way we use computers in our present everyday life and in science. It is natural to seek connections between these two emerging approaches to computing, in the hope of reaping multiple benefits. The search for connecting links has just started, but we are already seeing a lot of potential in this wild, unexplored territory. We present here two new research articles... Читать дальше...
On Tuesday evening, famed chef (and all around wonderful human being) José Andrés tweeted about how Twitter had taken down his videos "without really a detailed explanation of why or whom."
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Novak Djokovic 'very glad' US Open going ahead
The Friends has, over time, established a strong ongoing conservation program for the 42 sculptures, tablets, plaques, and fountains we care for in the three parks. Working with Sarah Hutt, our Collections Care Manager, each year we decide on a selection of monuments to maintain in the three parks, moving through a regular cycle of conservation cleaning in order to keep each piece in good condition. The expert evaluation and subsequent conservation is paid for using funds from the ...
NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkey's navy failed to respond to an allied call for inspection this month in the Mediterranean, the alliance chief said on Thursday, an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya.
The Apple Watch has a function that drives out water trapped inside. This slow-motion video shows it in action.
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Cape Town - While you're staying home and staying safe during lockdown, exercise your brain and sharpen your wits by joining IOL's virtual pub quiz.
Two police officers were gunned down by a suspect whose car had crashed after an earlier attempt to stop the vehicle. The two officers had tried to stop the vehicle moments earlier but had lost sight ...
President Trump attacked his former national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday, saying he should have fired Bolton for “stupidly” tanking negotiations with North Korea by suggesting a “Libyan model” for nuclear talks. Trump lashed out at Bolton after news organizations published excerpts from his forthcoming book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House...
A Rutgers-led study finds that online misinformation, or "fake news," lowers people's trust in mainstream media across party lines. The researchers defined fake news as fabricated information that looks like news content but lacks the editorial standards and practices of legitimate journalism.