Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)’s Great Britain Christmas can multipacks will now include NaviLens codes on its cardboard packaging designed to aid partially sighted or visually impaired individuals. Shoppers who are partially sighted can scan the barcodes using the camera on their smartphone, and the NaviLens software contextualizes the product information. Consumers do not need to be aware of the exact location of the codes as they can be seen from broad angles, up to four meters away, and when not concentrated. “People with sight loss should have the same access and choice as our sighted counterparts, but currently, important information…
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BUENOS AIRES — Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a prominent and polarizing figure in Latin America who served two terms as president of Argentina, was convicted Tuesday on corruption charges, sentenced to six years in prison and given a lifetime ban from holding public office.A panel of three judges found the 69-year-old Peronista, perhaps the nation’s most influential politician of the past two decades, guilty of fraud during her tenure as president for directing millions of dollars in taxpayer money to a family friend. The court did not consider the prosecutors’ request that Kirchner also be charged as head…
LONDON — Prince Harry and Meghan’s attempt to seize control of the narrative of their rift with the House of Windsor — and to profit from the same — is sparking strong emotion in Britain ahead of a docuseries about the couple’s well-documented ups and downs.At the end of one of the trailers released by Netflix, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, looks at the camera and asks: “Doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?”Some royal watchers here might say no, not really.In contrast to the United States, where the couple who quit their royal jobs and took…
The 2022 World Cup is underway in Qatar, moved from its usual spot on the sports calendar to avoid the summer heat. The group stage has ended and the knockout-round matchups are now determined.The group stage saw four matches a day, starting in late November. The top two teams in each group advanced to the round of 16. That included the U.S. men’s national team, led by Coach Gregg Berhalter, which finished second in Group B after a thrilling 1-0 win over Iran.This page updated during group play and now contains the full group standings and results. The full knockout…
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a global shift to remote work, with the latest evidence suggesting almost half of workers in Canada are still regularly working remotely. Employers are grappling with how to strike the right balance between flexibility for work from home and expectations for in-person time together. In November, Elon Musk announced the end of remote work at Twitter — a move 80 per cent of Canadians said would cause them to quit. Some of Canada’s largest companies are taking diverging approaches, from Shopify’s “work anywhere” policy to some of the big banks moving to two or three in-person…
Relatives of the late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick—who died a day after being assaulted by right-wing rioters on January 6, 2021—refused to shake hands with Republican leaders at a Tuesday Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor those who defended democracy and the complex during last year’s attack.Video footage of Sicknick’s family bypassing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)—who’s aiming to be the next speaker—quickly spread on social media and was called both “amazing” and “awkward.”Asked why she didn’t shake the hands of McConnell and McCarthy, Gladys Sicknick, the fallen officer’s mother, told CNN…
LONDON — Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos I, on Tuesday won the latest stage of a London court battle with an ex-lover who accused him of harassment after they split up.Danish socialite and businessperson Corinna Larsen, 57, was the unofficial partner of Juan Carlos for years. She sued the former monarch, alleging he caused her “great mental pain” by spying on and harassing her after their relationship ended.Juan Carlos, 84, denies wrongdoing and disputes the allegations.A U.K. High Court judge ruled earlier this year that Larsen’s claims could be considered at a trial in England. But Juan Carlos won on…
Donnie Freeman was always a big kid. His parents are tall, and he inherited their height. But when Freeman was in middle school, he kept growing. One spurt after another carried him from average height to above-average height to attention-grabbing height.“There was one winter break in seventh grade, I grew three inches,” said Freeman, now a 6-foot-9 Division I basketball recruit. “I came back to school and everybody was looking at me. My family saw me every day, so they didn’t notice. But when I walked into school, people were staring.”As a junior at St. John’s, Freeman’s height — and…
We might look back on 2022 as the year when Australian governments finally started taking climate change as seriously as it needs to be. Our new report shows federal, state and territory governments all substantially improved their climate action goals this year. But we’re not home and hosed yet – there’s more to do, especially if we are to hold global warming under 1.5℃. Most of us know the federal government improved Australia’s emission reduction targets, legislating a 43% cut on 2005 levels by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050. But states and territories have been forging ahead too. For the…
IATA’s global air cargo data for October 2022 shows that headwinds continue to affect demand. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTK), fell 13.6% compared to October 2021 (-13.5% for international operations). Capacity was 0.6% below October 2021, the first year-on-year contraction since April 2022. Month-on-month capacity, however, increased by 2.4% in preparation for the year-end peak season. International cargo capacity grew 2.4% compared to October 2021. Several factors in the operating environment should be noted: – New export orders, a leading indicator of cargo demand, are shrinking in all markets except China and South Korea, which registered slightly higher…