Новости за 25.03.2021

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets fell to the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 3-0 on Wednesday and now have a rare day off before getting back in action against the Washington Nationals on Friday night. And exactly a week from today, we will all be enjoying regular season baseball games again, on […]

Many members of the House had earlier urged the government to curtail the sittings of the Budget session after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had tested positive for COVID-19.

As the title suggests, this thread is a place to post any rumours or actual info into next year’s kit and kit sponsorship. I have none (lol)... anyone else?

Kikuko Tsumura's new novel follows an unnamed protagonist who embarks on a series of odd temp jobs — and discovers that as the jobs get duller, the demands of her male supervisors get more intense.

The modern artist has what can seem like an unlimited range of materials from which to choose, a variety completely unknown to great Renaissance masters like Leonardo da Vinci. Few, if any, can say, however, that they have anything like the raw talent, ingenuity, and discipline that drove Leonardo to draw incessantly, constantly honing his […]

Sharon Osbourne has hired a lawyer to deal with CBSs investigation into The Talk.

Think there's a wall for every color? Guess again! There are a few shades that should be given the heave-ho, say the paint pros.

Kevin Bacon finds it very relaxing to sing to his wifes pet goats.

In terms of raw footage, the Syrian civil war may be the most extensively documented conflict in history. Cellphones capture what TV cameras miss. Satellite imagery compares the state of military and archaeological sites before and after their destruction. Syrian journalists cut their teeth writing, filming, and photographing the conflict, while foreign journalists parachute into […]

Athletic departments will scramble to find the cash necessary to recruit paid male quarterbacks. But don't expect bidding wars for female athletes.

Kyle Larson previously stood out as an analytics darling for a middling team. Now with Hendrick Motorsports supplying him the fastest car in the NASCAR Cup Series, he's realizing the potential his advanced stats suggested was there all along.

It is 76% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 instead of the 79% previously claimed According to the Observer, AstraZeneca has recalculated the study data on the effectiveness of its vaccine and concluded that it is 76% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 instead of the 79% claimed earlier this week. “The recalculation of the data had […]

‘To quote the scary new mantra: if you can do your job from anywhere, someone anywhere can do your job’

Plus: The US’s largest natural gas distributor’s net-zero pledge, three new energy transition reports to read and the Dallas Federal Reserve’s business activity index’s new record

We started to investigate Artificial Intelligence decades ago with an R&D focus. In 2017, we fully realized the potential of this technology and decided to use it as a driver of change at EDF. Since then, a hundred use-cases have been investigated and around thirty are implemented in our different business units.

Witnesses have come forward in the first war-crimes trial held in Liberia, against former rebel Gibril Massaquoi, to testify about alleged rape and ritual murder.

Tamil Nadu minister Kadambur Raju says no suspicion over Sasikala's role in Jaya's death

Suez Canal navigation temporarily suspended amidst efforts to refloat stuck container ship

New data shows another disaster unfolding alongside the pandemic.

In the nineteenth century, the Concert of Europe successfully preserved peace for a half-century in the absence of a dominant power and amid ideological diversity. Something similar would be a boon to global governance today.

Image: Bank of England

The Bank of England has revealed the design for the UK’s new £50 note featuring computer scientist and codebreaker Alan Turing. Turing was selected to appear on the note in July 2019 in recognition of his groundbreaking work in mathematics and computer science, as well as his role in cracking the Enigma code used by Germany in World War II.

Two hundred years ago today, Greece declared its independence. From the start, Harvard was there, helping both in the fledgling Mediterranean country and back in the United States.

The documentary about Tina Turner, who is now in her 80s, is not just a summing up of her life, but a kind of farewell.

This Giorgio Serafini movie takes us to a retirement center, a drag race and the DMV, not to mention a dizzying encounter on public transportation.

The mistreatment of essential workers during the pandemic speaks to our nation's persistent labor crisis