Новости за 06.09.2024

The Supreme Court is due to make a ruling on a road traffic accident case which may clarify the extent to which a passenger is responsible for ensuring their own safety.

Cooler weather in place with early fall scenes. A dry start to September after a very wet summer. We are beginning our first big push of ski trail work as we constantly prepare for the winter months. The woods are very lush and green thanks to abundant moisture this spring and summer. Many wildflowers, mushrooms, … Continue reading Trail Report →

This summer is on track to being the hottest on record, with 2024 very likely to be the hottest year. Fueled by global warming, extreme heat is the leading weather-related cause of death in the United States. It claims the lives of around 2,000 workers and injures another 170,000 in heat stress-related incidents each year, More

The index heavyweights that pulled the BSE Sensex down in terms of contribution to the index included SBI, Reliance Industries, HCL Tech, ICICI BANK, Larsen & Toubro, and Infosys fell up to 1 per cent

Strides Pharma Science Ltd announced that its subsidiary has received approval from the USFDA for its generic version of Theophylline extended-release tablets, used to manage chronic asthma and other respiratory conditions. The tablets, available in 300 mg and 450 mg doses, will be produced at their Bengaluru facility and have a market size of around USD 11.5 million.

New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday said that the state has secured MOUs (memorandum of understanding), worth Rs 850 crores with US-based companies Lincoln Electric, Vishay Precision, and Visteon. In a post on the social media platform "X", the Tamil Nadu CM said, "In the land of opportunities, every new dawn ignites fresh hopes. We've secured MoUs worth Rs850 crores with Li

Canberra [Australia], September 6 (ANI): Injury-prone Australia pacer Tayla Vlaeminck is determined to put a frustrating few years behind and make a major impact at the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup. Vlaeminck has suffered a lot of injuries after making her international debut against Pakistan in Kuala Lumpur in 2018, and the 25-year-old got a taste of the big time when she made a sole appearance at the T20 World Cup in

The government of Sir Keir Starmer, despite remaining glued to a foreign policy friendly and accommodating to Israel, has found the strain a bit much of late.  While galloping to victory in the July elections, leaving the British Labour Party a heaving majority, a certain ill-temper could be found among the ranks on his attitudes regarding More

(Photo credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images) Even though they didn't play, the New York Mets continued their climb up the National League wild-card standings on Thursday. They'll look to remain hot and maintain no worse than a tie for the final NL wild-card spot Friday night when they host the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a three-game series. Left-hander Sean Manaea (11-5, 3.35 ERA) is slated to start for the Mets again

(Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images) Credit the Pittsburgh Pirates with a short memory. One day after being no-hit for the first time in four years, the Pirates bounced back with a 9-4 win over the Washington Nationals in the opener of a four-game series on Thursday. The Pirates (66-74) will look to build on the victory when theycontinue the series against visiting Washington on Friday. Nick Gonzales drove in

The recent Socialism 2024 conference in Chicago was by all measures a great success. The three-day conference was sponsored by Haymarket Books, and it was the largest Socialism conference in its history with over 2,300 people attending from across the country, along with a small contingent of international visitors and speakers. There were ninety co-sponsoring organizations, including the More

Mirai is on a month-long voyage to study environmental changes in the Arctic, which is believed to be warming faster than anywhere else on Earth.

It was only 3 years ago when a group of distinguished climate scientists led by Erin C. Pettit (Oregon State University) said Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf of the Thwaites Glacier/Antarctica, aka: Doomsday Glacier, could collapse “within as little as 5 years.” (Source: C34A-07 Collapse of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf by intersecting fractures, American Geophysical Union, More

The Delhi High Court has warned Wikipedia that it could be blocked in India if it does not comply with local laws. The court issued a contempt notice after Wikipedia failed to provide details on subscribers who edited the page of news agency ANI, which had filed a defamation suit against the platform.

The restrictions cover critical technologies, including quantum computing and semiconductor goods, and is aimed at China and other competitors.

When the subway riders boarded the 1 train at 116th Street on Manhattan’s West Side, it was apparent that many riders on this Labor Day were students. The subway car wasn’t particularly crowded and one of the people I guessed was a student sat down next to me. We began talking about the difference in More

As the country moves rapidly toward the 2024 elections, Black Americans are experiencing the best economic conditions they’ve had in generations. Record low unemployment rates, record low poverty rates, and record high levels of income and wealth paint a picture of Black prosperity. Yet African Americans remain mired in great economic insecurity, reflected in their More

(Telecompaper) NEC has developed a technology that minimises wireless communications latency when remotely controlling Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in warehouses and factories...

Over the course of a career that included two women's World Cup titles and an Olympic gold medal, Alex Morgan elevated the women's game through her play on the field and activism off it. The 35-year-old Morgan, who said she is pregnant with her second child, announced on Thursday that she is retiring from soccer after a 15-year career. She was near tears in a video posted to social media. This decision wasn't easy, but at the beginning of 2024 I felt in my heart and soul that this was the last season that I would play soccer, she said. Читать дальше...

1. S&P 500 futures dip as traders gear up for big August jobs report: Live updates  CNBC
2. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 continue September swoon ahead of pivotal jobs report  Yahoo Finance
3. Business  The Economist
4. Dow falls 200 points, S&P 500 posts third straight loss as growth fears plague investors: Live updates  CNBC

Americans are up to their eyeballs in debt. At a time when the national debt exceeds $35 trillion, U.S. citizens are awash in red ink. They’ve got medical debt, credit card debt, mortgage debt, educational debt and more. Contrary to the popular bromide that we are a nation of homeowners, we aren’t. Only 25 percent More

Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue turned sixty-five last month, the same age at which the trumpeter would die thirty-two years after recording the album. The record shows no signs of infirmity. It has no plans to retire, isn’t tempted to ease into the rocking chair heard to sigh and squeak in Davis’s elegiac rendition of More

This is not a tough one. First and foremost, workers are better off today because they overwhelmingly have jobs if they want them. They also are getting higher pay, even after adjusting for inflation. And they tell us they are much more satisfied at their jobs. When President Biden took office, the unemployment rate was More

Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. ― Donald Trump Caught as we are at a deeply polarized moment, so intensely consuming, that it’s hard to recognize that, to quote Ecclesiastes, time and chance happens to us all. In other words, things will move on. Or just move. The curtain More