Progressive lawmakers including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led dozens of their colleagues Friday in calling on President Joe Biden to take executive action to ensure railroad workers are afforded the paid sick leave they have long called for, but which was left out of a contract brokered by the White House.”While this agreement was much better than the disastrous proposals put forward by the rail industry, it still does not guarantee a single paid sick day to rail workers who work dangerous and difficult jobs, have risked their lives during the pandemic to keep our economy moving,…
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Jennifer Lawrence is explaining her recent comments regarding female representation in action movies. During a Dec. 7 Variety’s Actors on Actors interview with Viola Davis, the Joy actress recalled her time making the Hunger Games franchise, in which she starred as protagonist Katniss Everdeen. She said that before her work on the project, “nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie, because it wouldn’t work, we were told.” Lawrence is now clarifying that her words are “certainly not what I meant to say at all” after her initial remarks received backlash on social media. “It was…
Jeremy Hunt, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has unveiled a package of measures aiming to protect the City of London’s position as one of the world’s leading financial capitals. With the UK having lost nearly a tenth of the financial assets it manages since Brexit, plus at least 7,000 jobs, mostly to mainland Europe, much of the focus of these “Edinburgh reforms” is on making London more competitive. This includes rowing back on rules introduced a decade ago to avoid a repeat of the global financial crisis, such as the ring-fence between customer deposits and investment banking activities, and…
The Council, meeting in special session in response to the crisis that was sparked by the death in September in police custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, heard Mr. Türk criticize “the fortress mentality of those who wield power” in Iran. The “unnecessary and disproportionate use of force” must end, he insisted. Harrowing images “It pains me to see what is happening in the country,” he told the packed chamber. “The images of children killed. Of women beaten in the streets. Of people sentenced to death.” The UN High Commissioner highlighted how the security forces, “notably the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
Iran’s execution of protester Mohsen Shekari is the first after a huge wave of unrest swept around the country in the autumn of 2022. Shekari was found guilty by a Iranian Revolutionary Court of “moharebeh” (enmity against God), news sources reported. Human rights groups say Shekari and other protesters who have been arrested are not being given access to lawyers and have faced sham trials. At least 28 people, including three children, could face execution in connection with nationwide protests. Six others have already been sentenced to death on charges related to the protests. And 15 more face imminent trials…
A trove of internal documents from companies including BP, ExxonMobil, and Chevron reveal how the fossil fuel industry has continued to make massive long-term investments in oil and gas extraction even as the corporations have publicly claimed to be committed to aiding in a transition to a renewable energy economy.Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, joined Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who chairs the panel’s Subcommittee on the Environment, in releasing a roughly one million pages of documents uncovered as part of the committee’s yearlong investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in spreading climate…
ENGINO®, one of the fastest-growing companies in the STEM field recently announced the launch of its STEM CLUB Subscription Box. Available in the UK and Europe and on Amazon within the US, the subscription box invites children of all ages to explore how things work. The box includes exclusive ENGINO® sets and e-learning programs, designed to help children develop STEM skills, with activities designed with different age ranges in mind. “The subscription boxes for Junior Adventures Gino and Gina [3-6 years], Young Engineers Space Engineers [6-9 years] are available now, with Master Engineers Time Travel Adventures [9 years+] coming soon.”The…
In the last 40 years obesity has been constantly rising. This has happened despite the popularity of all kind of diets ranging from low carb, paleo or even ice cream based. Many scientists believe this is because cheap junk food has filled supermarket shelves and fast food takeaways. This food is high in calories and other not so healthy ingredients such as saturated fats, simple sugars, and salt. But it’s designed to taste delicious. Taste is a dealbreaker when it comes to deciding what to eat, diet plans or not. Yet our understanding of what makes food taste good is…
A woman walks by the emergency entrance to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on March 31. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) As the coronavirus outbreak continues to unfold in the United States, Americans have grown increasingly concerned by the threat posed to the country’s population, economy and personal finances. This analysis focuses on perceptions of international threats to the U.S., including views of the threat posed by the spread of infectious diseases. Many of these questions have been asked previously, including in the U.S. in 2019 and globally in 2018. The analysis also includes Americans’ views of international cooperation on…
Airbus is developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine that may be used to power the company’s zero-emission aircraft, expected to enter service by 2035. The French aerospace company is planning to commence ground and flight testing the fuel cell engine architecture onboard its ZEROe demonstrator aircraft towards the middle of the decade. The A380 MSN1 flight test aircraft for new hydrogen technologies is currently being modified to carry liquid hydrogen tanks and their associated distribution systems. “Fuel cells are a potential solution to help us achieve our zero-emission ambition and we are focused on developing and testing this technology to…