Current conditions: Torrential rains forced Mauritius to shut down its stock exchange • “Once in a century” flooding hit southern China • In the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks tonight. THE TOP FIVE 1. Biden kicks off Earth Day with $7 billion for expanding sol … | Continue reading
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a decree banning military personnel from online gambling sites amid growing concerns about addictive… Continue reading Ukraine bans military from online gambling amid addiction concerns The post Ukraine bans military from online … | Continue reading
In 1796, President George Washington lambasted political parties for allowing “cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men” to “subvert the power of the people.” His indictment seems brutally timely today, just a few months after 147 Republican US congress members publicly challenge … | Continue reading
Frank Thorp V, Sahil Kapur and Ryan Nobles, NBC News: The Senate voted to reauthorize a powerful surveillance tool the U.S. government describes as critical to combating terrorism, after defeating efforts by civil liberties advocates on the left and right to rein it in. The vote … | Continue reading
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Supports New Projects Building Grid Transformers, Manufacturing EV Chargers and Solar Components, and Processing Critical Minerals, Helping Revitalize Local Economies with Clean Energy Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of En … | Continue reading
Cynthia Williams, president of Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast, has resigned from her post. The shock news… Continue reading Wizards Of The Coast President Resigns, leaving legacy of disharmony The post Wizards Of The Coast President Resigns, leaving legacy of d … | Continue reading
Philip A. Goduti, Jr. in The Conversation: In my view as a scholar of Kennedy’s life, he set the modern-day standard for public service that is all but absent in the 2024 presidential election dominated by the legal woes of Donald Trump and the age of 81-year-old President Joe Bi … | Continue reading
WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal removed from Apple App Store in China. | Continue reading
Albuquerque, New Mexico — During remarks at the National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration in Albuquerque today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the availability of up to $95 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for projects to bolster w … | Continue reading
Athens, Georgia — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Joan Mooney was in Georgia today to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is supporting wildland fire management. During a visit to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia … | Continue reading
A Dozen States Have Applied for Home Energy Rebates Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, Helping Households Across the Nation Receive up to $14,000 for Energy Efficient Home Upgrades, Slashing Home Energy Bills and Building Up a Local Clean Energy Workforce … | Continue reading
On April 5, distinguished INESC researchers Ana Paiva (INESC-ID) and Alberto Rodrigues da Silva (INOV and INESC-ID) were officially appointed as Secretaries of State in a ceremony at Ajuda Palace in Lisbon, presided over by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo … | Continue reading
On the morning of April 16, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) met with President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Photo credits: Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Cambodia Science|Business - Table.Media partnership Science|Busi … | Continue reading
European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen speaking at the European Defence & Security Summit 2024, on April 17, 2024. Photo credits: Aurore Martignoni / European Union Following the shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, defence spending and R&D has jumped up the EU’s li … | Continue reading
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Equips Utilities and Power Providers With a Suite of Tools to Meet Increasing Demand, While Keeping Costs Affordable for Consumers, Cutting Emissions and Ensuring Reliability Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) toda … | Continue reading
Former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta (left) and the European Council president Charles Michel attending the press conference on the Report on the future of the Single Market on April 17, 2024. Photo credits: European Union The European Union needs a revamped single market t … | Continue reading
Michiel Scheffer, president of the European Innovation Council, during day two of Web Summit 2023 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Photo credits: Oliver Hardt / Flickr European investment in research and innovation is “insufficient, in both quantity and quality”, and shou … | Continue reading
In the United States-Japan Joint Leaders’ Statement released today, the collaboration between RIKEN and Argonne National Laboratory on AI for Science was welcomed. On April 5, the two institutes signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for carrying out joint research in the are … | Continue reading
Between them, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko have as many wives as there are women ministers in their new cabinet. | Continue reading
‘We showcase once again that Europe stands with Ukraine for as long as it takes, and that we are ready to deliver much-needed financial support,’ says president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. As the United States continues to waver over providing more aid to Ukr … | Continue reading
"President Biden has made tackling PFAS a top priority, investing historic resources to address these harmful chemicals and protect communities nationwide." Government implements first-time policy that will alter tap water for millions of Americans: 'This action will prevent thou … | Continue reading
Nicole Grobert (left), chair of the scientific advice group SAM, Margrethe Vestager (second from left), Commission executive vice-president, and research commissioner Iliana Ivanova (center) on April 15, 2024. Photo credits: Iliana Ivanova / Linkedin Scientific advisors to the Eu … | Continue reading
Nicole Grobert (left), chair of the scientific advice group SAM, Margrethe Vestager (second from left), Commission executive vice-president, and research commissioner Iliana Ivanova (center) on April 15, 2024. Photo credits: Iliana Ivanova / Linkedin Scientific advisors to the Eu … | Continue reading
A suggestion of showing appreciation to developers — with cash — has been proposed by former Blizzard President Mike Ybarra,… Continue reading Former Blizzard president suggests gamers leave $20 tips for developers The post Former Blizzard president suggests gamers leave $20 tips … | Continue reading
As always, a lot to get to. This is everything that wasn’t in any of the other categories. Bad News You might have to find a way to actually enjoy the work. Greg Brockman (President of OpenAI): Sustained great work … Continue reading → | Continue reading
As always, a lot to get to. This is everything that wasn't in any of the other categories. Bad News You might have to find a way to actually enjoy the work. Greg Brockman (President of OpenAI): Sustained great work often demands enjoying the process for its own sake rather than o … | Continue reading
In a letter to President Biden this week, US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) argued that Chinese EV imports, backed by the Chinese government, threaten the US auto industry. Insisting that such “cheating” poses severe risks to the US auto industry and its workers, Brown asked the Pr … | Continue reading
April 14 marks the anniversary of three awful, fabled events: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865; the Titanic striking an iceberg in 1912 (it sunk in the wee hours of the 15th); and the Black Sunday dust storm of 1935. Gillian Welch first brought attention to … | Continue reading
In 1951, a book by an unschooled dockworker predicted the forces that would give rise to radical politics on the left, populism on the right—and a president like Donald Trump. | Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration yesterday announced a series of historic milestones and actions to promote responsible clean energy development on public lands and help achieve President Biden’s goal of creating a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035. Secretary … | Continue reading
There’s still almost a year until audiences get to see their brand new Captain America, Sam Wilson, on the big screen—but Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige still decided it was time to debut the first footage from Captain America: Brave New World at CinemaCon 2024. Read more.. … | Continue reading
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by the Ukrainian president’s plea for more air defence as the civilian death toll rises. Russia’s war on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky scolded Ukraine’s western partners and pleade … | Continue reading
U.S. president Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden (right), Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko Kishida (left) at the White House, April 10, 2024. Photo credits: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Japan The AUKUS defence partnership between the US, UK and Australia has … | Continue reading
This week, I am joined by Dr. Lloyd Minor, the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs at Stanford University. Dean Minor talks about the transformative potential of AI in healthcare delivery, research, … | Continue reading
In Lost Cause debates, President Biden should be wary of casting the first stone: his own history demonstrates the complicated relationship the country has with its deadliest war and the men who led it. | Continue reading
As part of the Administration’s commitment to combating PFAS pollution, EPA announces $1B investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address PFAS in drinking water WASHINGTON – Today, April 10, the Biden-Harris Administration issued the first-ever nationa … | Continue reading
President Joe Biden is considering a request that the U.S. stop its legal proceedings against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who’s currently fighting extradition to the U.S. where he faces 18 federal charges related to his publication of secret military documents. Read more … | Continue reading
Meeting between EIB president Nadia Calviño (right centre) and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (left centre) to announce the opening of a new EIB office in Riga. Photo: Valsta Kanceleja / State Chancellery The European Investment Bank (EIB) is strengthening its presence in th … | Continue reading
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose government has been behind reforms that led to the EU unfreezing frozen funds, shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: Christophe Licoppe / European Union The unfreezing of up to €137 billion in EU fund … | Continue reading
Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk, vice president of the Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology, speaking at a Ministry of Science and Higher Education seminar in March 20, 2018. Source: Krajowy Punkt Kontaktowy Programów Badawczych Unii Europejskiej (@KPK_PL) / X The unfreezing … | Continue reading
I’m discovering the beauty of succulent plants. I’m just beginning to realize the photo possibilities in the dozens of succulent plants Maria has placed around the windowsills. I took this photo this morning; it is beautiful in a new way, a new step in my photography. Zip found … | Continue reading
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024 ...except on Fox & Friends: Let it be said that Max Boot might be wrong in his assessment. Also, Kevin Drum might be wrong in assuming that Boot is right. That said: In this column for the Washington Post, Boot asserts that President Biden shut the Iran-spon … | Continue reading
EPA announces eight selections under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda WASHINGTON – [Last week], April 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a … | Continue reading
by Mark Harvey Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book… —President Dwight Eisenhower, 1953 The other day I stopped in at one of those coworkin … | Continue reading
Hans Kundnani in The Ideas Letter: The idea of a “Blob” goes back to Ben Rhodes, President Barack Obama’s foreign-policy adviser–or “amanuensis,” as Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic magazine called him. The term first comes up in a profile of Rhodes in The New York Times Magazine … | Continue reading
This week in tech saw people passing the buck. Former President Donald Trump sued the co-founders of his social media platform for bungling the job when it went public, the owners of the cargo ship that caused a bridge to collapse say it’s not their fault, and a company that make … | Continue reading
Projects funded from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will simultaneously generate renewable energy and increase water conservation WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a $19 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to … | Continue reading
Louis Gossett Jr. who appeared in the movies A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and the mini-series Roots, died on March 29 2024 at the age of 87. Louis Gossett Jr. was born on May 27 1936 in Brooklyn, New York. He was class president at Abraham Linc … | Continue reading