Month: April 2020

Climate change is hard to deny when we see how much change has happened in the time we’ve been practicing social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the carbon dioxide levels in New York City were 50% lower than they were in March 2019. Environmentalists are also tracking the air pollution above Wuhan
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Labour has appointed Rachael Maskell as the new shadow charities minister. The MP for York Central, who entered parliament in 2015, last week replaced Vicky Foxcroft, who has become shadow minister for disabled people. The changes came as part of a wider reshuffle of Labour’s ministerial team after the election of Sir Keir Starmer as
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Arcade Fire’s Win Butler has shared a handwritten update with fans, saying “work is flowing” on the follow-up to Everything Now. Although the record will be out “eventually, not soon,” Butler says “writing has intensified” during coronavirus lockdown. “We had been exploring a lot of lyrical and musical themes that feel almost eerily related to what
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Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $1.84 per share, a 31% decline from a year earlier, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $29.67 billion, a 0.6% decline
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Enter into an extraordinary world, filled with masterful cuisine, live music, cooking workshops, yoga, and outdoor cinematic experiences – where strangers become best friends, and friends become family. Set over 50,000 hectares of nature and wildlife, Habitas Namibia is the go-to accommodation for all unforgettable Africa adventures. Offering a variety of outdoor activities and luxury
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Wanstead Park is providing respite for the residents of east London during the coronavirus lockdown. But how many visitors know about its fascinating history? The Duke of Wellington’s nephew has plenty to answer for. Were it not for William Wellesley-Pole’s rakish ways, east London might have a stately home – perhaps even a royal palace – to
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JPMorgan kicks off earnings season on Tuesday. The bad news: Short-term guidance will be very ugly.   But there’s some good news:  1) The Securities and Exchange Commission has told corporations that this earnings season is not routine and has encouraged companies to provide forward-looking guidance, and not be concerned that the information may change rapidly.
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Overseas students attend a long-table feast marking the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in China on Jan. 4, 2020, as the coronavirus in China was just becoming known to the world. Xinhua | Huang Zongzhi | Getty Images With the coronavirus initiating international travel bans and campuses shut down, colleges and universities are seeking alternative ways to
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FOX has renewed its top-rated drama series, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star, from creators and executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, for the upcoming 2020-2021 television season. The news was announced Monday by Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, FOX Entertainment. The series renewals allow 9-1-1 to enter its fourth season and 9-1-1
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Lionsgate, in conjunction with Fandango, YouTube and NATO, is launching Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies a four-consecutive Friday night live-stream of movies which kicks off on April 17 with The Hunger Games on the distributor’s YouTube page and Fandango’s Movieclips YouTube page.  Lionsgate’s initial donation as well as the audience and partner donations throughout
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Charities, social enterprises and small businesses affected by the coronavirus crisis can apply for a total of £100m in loans as part of a programme launched by a group of social investors. The programme of loans, organised by the Impact Investing Institute, Big Society Capital and the Social Investment Business, is designed to ease cash-flow
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Agriculture in the future will see increasing use of scientifically precise farming techniques, where automated ‘agro-bots’ monitor, treat and work the land, using advanced technology designed to help maximise yields and minimise disease. With its extensive experience in automation and agricultural mechanisation, Yanmar is now showing the way in advanced field robotics research. Time for
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Concerts “Realistically” Won’t Return Till Fall 2021 In today’s terrifying Covid-19/Coronavirus news, the vice provost for global initiatives and director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute at the University of Pennsylvania; host of a new podcast about coronavirus, “Making the Call”; and author of the forthcoming book “Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care?” Zeke Emmanuel
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