Bank of Canada widely expected to make jumbo rate cut on Wednesday
Most economists are predicting a 50-basis-point cut
Most economists are predicting a 50-basis-point cut
GREGG Wallace and his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini looked tense after returning from their Italy holiday amid the BBC’s investigation into his ‘sexual comments’.
Читать дальше...The U.S. Army has updated its drug policy to explicitly ban the use of delta-8 THC hemp products, clarifying that soldiers are prohibited from using them.
Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how NoviOcean's hybrid platform uses wind, solar and wave power to generate clean energy.
Elon Musk has lambasted Der Spiegel after it proclaimed him “public enemy No.2” over his support for Donald Trump
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Some of California's most competitive congressional races are in districts with significant Latino populations. Those seats — all currently occupied by Republicans — are critical to the question of which party will control Congress next year.
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The Chilean mining company SQM will provide the iodine needed for next-generation refrigerants that the specialty chemical maker SK Enmove, a subsidiary of SK Innovation, is developing. SK says that in addition to carrying a lower global warming impact than fluorine-based options, the iodine refrigerants work better in the heating cycle, making them more useful in electric vehicles that cannot depend on waste heat for cabin heating. Читать дальше...
A new document shows the Department of Homeland Security is concerned that Chinese investment in lithium batteries to power energy grids will make them a threat to US supply chain security.
Hotel Rumour: a beguiling destination where anything can happen. As the oldest structure in Leiden, dating back to 1060, the Burcht van Leiden castle is one of the most evocative places in the city. Just down the hill is a carriage house that dates back to 1657. Studio Modijefsky has brought this humble building into the 21st century as Hotel Rumour: a vibrant social hub that can host everything from lively dinners to intimate drinks, private gatherings and dance nights – anything, in fact, apart from a sleepover. Читать дальше...
Michal Valko reveals machine-learning endgame.
How did Alexei Navalny stand up to a totalitarian regime?
Kick off the week by catching up on the latest science news.
People are pulling their kids out of traditional education to learn while they travel. Data on educational success are limited, but there are other reasons to consider worldschooling
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The western Canada trip did not get off to the best start.
Читать дальше...The archaeologist who discovered the mask believed it showed the Trojan War was real.
“People who can simultaneously attend to the needs of a newborn and a toddler have my unerring admiration; anyone working in recruitment should recognize their panoply of transferable skills immediately.”
In a personal essay for British Vogue, Annie Lord decides she needs to learn to trust her instincts more.
Two Vogue editors went to the Eras tour with a dream and the same Madewell bag. Here’s what happened.
Domico Watson and Marielle Beaulieu were officially crowned as the 2024 Swan's Charity 5K Male and Female Champions. Watson secured his second victory of the season with a winning time of 18:16. T
Donald Trump has done a lot of bad, evil, crazy, and weird things since he came down that golden escalator in July 2015. Some of them were truly ghastly—family separation, January 6. Others were partly ghastly and partly embarrassing or gobsmacking (the love/hate affair with “Rocket Man” Kim Jong Un). Still others were just embarrassing—Sharpiegate, trying to buy Greenland. All of them, serious or not, contribute to the picture of a man who shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office again.
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How Republicans win presidential elections, according to Republicans: We are the party of middle-American morals and values, and the Democrats are the party of amoral weirdos and un-American radicals, so voters naturally prefer us.
One of Donald Trump’s flagship promises is that he’d wipe out the U.S. Department of Education. “We will move everything back to the states, where it belongs,” he’s told cheering audiences. The states “can individualize education and do it with the love for their children.”
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I’m happy as the next guy to mock Donald Trump’s increasingly addled verbiage along the campaign trail, but it’s Trump’s momentary flashes of coherence that worry me most.
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