Since it was established more than 80 years ago, the Best Supporting Actress Oscar category has seen a whopping 30 women be nominated for their first film performances. 2024 will mark the 10th anniversary of the entry of newest club member Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”), who could soon feasibly be followed by newcomers […]
‘SpaceX auroras’ are bright red balls caused by SpaceX rockets burning their engines in ionosphere
Winter hasn't arrived yet, but French ski resorts are already resorting to snowmaking. Milder temperatures as a result of climate change have effectively led to its use becoming entrenched in recent years, with 29% of French ski slopes area equipped with snowmaking machines, such as snow propeller canons or snow lances. Snow is manufactured by spraying micro-droplets of water in a cold atmosphere, which solidify before they hit the ground. The consistency is close to that of compacted snow.
Plastic pollution has spread to Earth's farthest reaches, with widespread effects on wildlife, the environment and human health. To curb this problem, U.N. member countries are negotiating a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which they aim to complete by the end of 2024.
Showcasing “WTO reform by doing”, members approved on 30 November a report capturing 127 concrete steps taken since the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in June 2022 to improve the functioning and efficiency of the Council for Trade in Goods (CTG) and its 14 subsidiary bodies. As a follow-up to the MC12 mandate, members also adopted a draft report on the WTO response to the COVID-19 pandemic and preparedness for future pandemics, including lessons learned. The Council addressed 44 trade concerns.
At the final round of e-commerce negotiations for 2023, taking place from 27 to 30 November, the co-convenors of the talks — Australia, Japan and Singapore — drew up a roadmap for negotiations for the remainder of the year and the first quarter of 2024. Participants “parked” the negotiating text on privacy, bringing the total number of “parked” articles to 13. The co-convenors said the initiative has achieved “substantial conclusion” on several global digital trade rules that will facilitate electronic... Читать дальше...
Dorothy and her companions in the movie The Wizard of Oz feared lions and tigers and bears as they journeyed through the woods to visit the wizard. But real people living today might fear frighteningly large numbers more than large wild animals.
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By Brian VanHooker Published: November 30th, 2023
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV) has posted a resource update for its Tanda-Iguela gold property in Côte d’Ivoire that shows it’s among the most...
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A PR guru has suggested that Omid Scobie may have focused on the Royal Family in his new book Endgame because he doesn't "want to break ties" with the Suits star.
PLAINS, GA—As he finished getting ready for his first night out since the passing of his wife Rosalynn earlier this month, former President Jimmy Carter reportedly sprayed a little cologne down the front of his pants Thursday before a big first date. “I just might get lucky, so I better make sure she likes the smell…
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LE SSERAFIM take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. What is the LE SSERAFIM workout? Which member owned their Fearless era? Yunjin, Sakura, Kazuha, and Eunchae answer all these questions and much more!LE SSERAFIM's new English single Perfect Night is out now.Director: Katherine WzorekDirector of Photography: Francis BernalEditor: Paul TaelTalent: Eunchae, Kazuha, Sakura, YunjinLine Producer: Joseph BuscemiAssociate Producer: Brandon WhiteProduction Manager: D. Читать дальше...
Blumhouse, the horror film studio started by Jason Blum, has expanded into games and it has hired two more leaders to help run its game studio.
The twenty-eight Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change opened on Thursday. Some 70 thousand diplomats, political and business leaders from almost 200 countries will attend the 2-week summit in Dubai. They are gathering at Expo City, a special district built in an effort to create a low-carbon, sustainable city for the Dubai World Expo 2020. Heads of state will appear during the next two days, addressing plenary sessions in what’s called the World Climate Action Summit. Читать дальше...
Telegram is rolling out a new feature that lets you repost Stories that show up in your feed and even record video messages over them in a TikTok-like update.
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Google today detailed the new Winter 2023 features for Android. A number of them are for Wear OS, like the Google Home app adding support for manually setting Home/Away.
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There are now over 1 billion monthly active users with RCS enabled in Messages, and Google is celebrating by adding a ton of whimsy to the app across emoji (with Photomoji), voice recording, and customization.
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It's around that time that we wonder who will be the champion of Hell's Kitchen.
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Henry Kissinger, 1923–2023.
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Spotify's 2023 Wrapped is here, and this time you'll be assigned a distinct character and your own "Sound Town."
A handful of playful new RCS messaging features are debuting in open beta today. | Image: Google
November has been a big month for RCS — the mobile messaging protocol championed by Google — and now, the company is capping it off with the announcement of a milestone and some festive new features. First, the number: according to Google, over 1 billion monthly active users are using RCS in Google Messages. That’s huge, considering support was scarce just a handful of years ago, though not... Читать дальше...
Businesses are hoping the dry El Niño weather pattern keeps high levels of E coli detected in river water from washing into the sea
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Former president Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. called out Fox News during an interview on Wednesday, blasting the network for their support of his father's GOP rival.