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Climate change makes my head hurt. Remedies seem insufficient and technological breakthroughs uncertain. While governments squabble, students at Berea College are re-thinking the planet’s future and working together. This year U.S. News and World Reports, in its annual college review, selected Berea College the #2 innovative college in the U.S. It’s no surprise. Berea, in … Read more
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s air safety authority said Thursday that a defect in an engine component of a Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A350 that caused a fire, forcing a Zurich-bound flight to return to Hong Kong, could have caused “extensive damage” to the aircraft. The report on the Sept. 2 incident by Hong Kong’s … Read more
Vodafone and Three have rejected claims by the UK’s competition watchdog that their proposed merger would lead to higher prices for millions of mobile users. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has “provisionally concluded” the deal would weaken competition between mobile networks. It has particular concerns that customers who are least able to afford mobile … Read more
UKHSA’s Prof Susan Hopkins questioned over face masks at Covid inquiry. There is only “weak evidence” that high-grade face masks better protected health workers than surgical ones in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has been told. Prof Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said respirator masks – known as … Read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Week 4 of the high school football season is in the books and we’ve got all the scores and TV highlights in one place to catch you up on all the Friday night action. The area’s No. 1 team went down in the Varsity 4 Game of the Week with host and … Read more
CNN — Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has been announced as one of three 2023 Polar Music Prize recipients, putting the Benin-born singer-songwriter in rare company. Founded in 1989 by ABBA manager Stig “Stikkan” Anderson, the Sweden-based Polar Music Prize has been awarded since 1992 and is considered to be among the most prestigious honors … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the Fed’s interest rate decision, what was behind the central bank’s decision to cut rates by 50 basis points, key takeaways from Fed Chair Powell’s commentary, and more. Source link
Transitioning a front yard from the standard American flat patch of obsessively produced green lawn into something more waterwise (and less fertilizer intensive) is a smart trend among many suburban homeowners. (And I couldn’t be happier to support a lawn-free front yard meadow conversion!). Drought, oil costs, and climate change are fueling the desire for … Read more
To my now-surprise, I had no idea who Ron Finley was, despite Marianne saying that HGTV should hire him (not Martha). Or Allen quoting him and describing him as “the community activist and guerrilla gardener from South Los Angeles.” I’ll blame my ignorance on living 3,000 miles away. But then my nephew, a writer for … Read more
LONDON — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at 5% Thursday despite a big cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve, its first since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic more than four years ago. The decision was widely expected amid ongoing concerns about inflation within the bank’s monetary policy committee, particularly … Read more