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Новости за 27.09.2024

Here's what's open and closed in Ottawa on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Ottawa Citizen 

Each year, Sept. 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Although National Truth and Reconciliation Day is not a provincial statutory holiday in Ontario or Quebec, people working for a federally regulated […]

'The Church very good at aggressively protecting its own when accused of truly horrendous crimes'

France24.com (en) 

Belgium’s prime minister on Friday blasted Pope Francis to his face for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups in his country, demanding “concrete steps” to come clean with the past and put victims’ interests over those of the church. Alexander De Croo's blistering welcome speech at the start of Francis’ visit was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trip, where the genteel dictates of diplomatic protocol usually keep outrage out of public remarks. Читать дальше...

Utilities complete transmission line linking Iowa and Wisconsin

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

A group of utilities has completed a high-voltage transmission linking Iowa and Wisconsin. American Transmission Company, Dairyland Power Cooperative and ITC Midwest announced Friday that work on the Cardinal-Hickory Creek line is done and that the line was fully energized Thursday. The line runs over 100 miles between Iowa's Dubuque County and Wisconsin's Dane County. The utilities say the line will improve reliability and support renewable generation resources. A coalition of conservation groups... Читать дальше...

Hamburg man gets probation for stealing over $300K from dead relative's estate

Wivb.com 

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Hamburg man was given five years of probation for stealing more than $300,000 from a deceased relative's estate for a period of nearly seven years, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday. Craig Arno, 63, stole a total of $342,036 from the relative's estate between September 2016 and August [...]

Edelweiss Fin Services sells 6.2% stake in Nuvama Wealth for Rs 1,481 cr

Business Standard 

Edelweiss Financial Services on Friday sold a 6.2 per cent stake in financial services company Nuvama Wealth Management for Rs 1,481 crore through open market transactions. Edelweiss Financial Services, through its two subsidiaries, ECap Equities and Edel Finance Company, sold shares of Nuvama Wealth through separate block deals on the BSE. ECap Equities offloaded 17.09 lakh shares of Nuvama Wealth Management while Edel Finance Company sold 5 lakh shares, amounting to a total of 6.24 per cent stake in the company. Читать дальше...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel carries out attack on Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The Israeli military says it carried out a “precise strike” on the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut. The Israeli army spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said it targeted the main Hezbollah headquarters, located beneath residential buildings. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV said buildings were reduced to rubble in the blast, so powerful it rattled windows and shook houses some 30 kilometers north of Beirut. Over 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Читать дальше...

Afghanistan’s Embassy in UK officially shuts down

Khaama Press (Afghan News Agency) 

The Afghanistan embassy in London closed on Friday, according to AFP. Earlier this month, Zalmai Rassoul, the ambassador of the former Afghan government in London, said that the embassy would close “at the official request of the host country” on September 27. However, the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) denied responsibility for the […]

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Carlos Alcaraz

Sportsnet.ca Tennis News 

Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz both advanced at the China Open on Friday.

Trust donates borehole to pensioner

The Herald 

Herald Reporter A blind Harare pensioner, Mr Tera Kutya, has received a borehole from the Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust. Mr Kutya became blind after getting an eye infection in 2020. Through its welfare initiative, the Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust sourced funds from different organisations to install a borehole for Mr Kutya in Retreat, Waterfalls. At […]

Research team succeeds in ultra-fast switching of tiny light sources

Phys.org 

Extremely thin materials consisting of just a few atomic layers promise applications for electronics and quantum technologies. An international team led by TU Dresden has now made remarkable progress with an experiment conducted at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR): The experts were able to induce an extremely fast switching process between electrically neutral and charged luminescent particles in an ultra-thin, effectively two-dimensional material.