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3 weeks, 1 day ago

The shock reason why Rebecca Maddern's long-time Channel Seven co-host Mike Amor was a no-show on her final day

Rebecca Maddern's long-time Seven News Melbourne co-host Mike Amor was forced to miss her emotional farewell over the weekend, after contracting an illness. Maddern, 47, bid farewell to her old gig on Sunday in an emotional TV farewell, but was not accompanied by her long-time co-anchor Amor, 57. Maddern's final show went off without a hitch and she later took …

Sport Weekend Role Mike Rebecca Bec Farewell

1 month ago

China, Brazil elevate ties to forge shared future

China Daily

President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sign and issue a joint statement on jointly building the China-Brazil community with a shared future for a more just world and a more sustainable planet in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov 20, 2024. STRENGTHENED VOICE FOR GLOBAL SOUTH The elevation of China-Brazil ties to a community with a shared …

Global China Developing Countries Brazil Shared Future

1 month, 1 week ago

Swedish Minister's phobia sparks 'banana-free' zones on official visits

India Today

In an unusual twist of government protocol, Sweden's gender equality minister, Paulina Brandberg, suffers an unusual phobia called bananaphobia and requires special accommodations on official visits to keep her surroundings free from the fruit. According to leaked emails seen by the Swedish news outlet Expressen, staff working for Brandberg have requested the removal of any bananas from rooms and venues …

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Dutch Billionaire Ali Niknam's IT Investment Propels Him Up the List

Dutch News

The richest Dutch are getting richer, despite last year's economic slowdown. The top 500 richest people in the Netherlands have a total wealth of €252.7 billion, up 5% from a year ago. However, some people have seen their assets decline. Ali Niknam, the director of Bunq, has added the most assets to his fortune, taking him from 28th to 12th …

Belgium

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dutch Billionaire Ali Niknam's IT Investment Propels Him Up the Quote 500 List

Dutch News

The richest Dutch are getting richer, despite last year's economic slowdown. The top 500 richest people in the Netherlands have a total wealth of €252.7 billion, up 5% from a year ago. However, some people have seen their assets decline. Ali Niknam, the director of Bunq, is one of the biggest winners, with his fortune increasing by €800 million.

Belgium

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Santa Ana punts question of admonishing a councilman until after election

LA Times

Santa Ana Councilman Johnathan Ryan Hernandez blasted the investigation into him as “systemic racism.” With Election Day a week away, the Santa Ana City Council met to discuss but ultimately delayed taking any action, including censure, against Councilman Johnathan Ryan Hernandez. At the same time, another probe into a complaint made against Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua by former City …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Asian nations in strong race to host 2036 Olympics

China Daily

Athletes from South Korea arrange themselves in the shape of the Olympic rings, showing their determination to give their all at the 2024 Paris Olympics, on Dec 19. YONHAP NEWS AGENCY Hard work ahead However, experts in India and Indonesia warned the bidding governments they should not be too hasty in wanting to host the Olympics. Eko Noer Kristiyanto, a …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Brazil's ties with Beijing key to energy transition

China Daily

China's increasingly close relationship with Brazil could prove key to generating more renewable energy in both countries and, in time, address the global climate crisis, experts said. "Exchange of knowledge and technologies between China and Brazil can be mutually beneficial, with Brazil contributing its expertise in biomass and hydropower, while China brings innovations in solar panels, batteries and smart grid …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Endorsement: Sherlett Hendy Newbill for Los Angeles Unified School Board District 1

LA Times

Voters in Los Angeles Unified District 1, which includes much of South L.A., Mid-City and Koreatown, need an experienced and responsive person to fill the open seat of retiring school board member George J. McKenna III. The best choice is Sherlett Hendy Newbill, who spent decades at Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Baldwin Hills as a basketball coach, teacher …

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3 months ago

Experts laud China's human rights efforts

China Daily

Poverty relief assistants and village officers help carry melons planted by villagers in Dongqin village, Congjiang county of Southwest China's Guizhou province, Nov 11, 2020. Evandro Menezes de Carvalho, a law professor at the Federal Fluminense University in Brazil, said China and some other countries prioritize economic development and poverty eradication as pivotal to their human rights agendas. "Without societal …

Global Human Rights International China Latin America Western Countries

3 months, 1 week ago

Boris Becker's latest love match: German tennis ace prepares to make fiancee Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro his third wife in three-day Italian nuptials

Daily Mail

Boris Becker is set to make fiancée Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro his third wife this weekend - with a three-day-long wedding party in a swanky Italian resort. Boris Becker is set to wed his fiancee Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro this weekend in Portofino Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro is a political risk manager from the African island of São Tomé and …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Ten L.A. schools to stop standardized tests amid debate: ‘Endless boredom’ or essential tool?

LA Times

Social Justice Humanitas Academy in San Fernando is a “community school” that integrates academics, health and social services, youth development and community engagement to address students’ needs. Once “corporate America” decided that standardized tests would “judge all of what’s going on in schools,” she said during the board meeting, “we began to have an industry providing enormous amount of materials: …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Representatives laud Shanghai's development, keen to cooperate with China

China Daily

The participating legislators embarked on a two-day exploration of Shanghai ahead of the forum to several notable sites, such as the historic Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its accompanying Memorial Hall on Sept 2. Representatives from five continents praised Shanghai's rapid development and China's modernization drive, underscoring the international community's keen interest …

China Shanghai Memorial Hall

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found thousands of miles apart

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along a type of highway 120 million years ago before the two continents split apart, according to new research. “One of the youngest and narrowest geological connections between Africa and South America was the elbow …

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4 months ago

Liverpool transfer news and rumours: Joan Garcia link, Adrien Rabiot rumour and Sepp van den Berg exit

The Independent

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Spanish goalkeeper Joan Garcia has been linked with …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Scrapyard explosion rattles Watts high school on first day of classes

LA Times

On the first day of classes, students and staff at Jordan High School in Watts were rattled by an explosion at a neighboring scrap metal recycler, according to officials. In recent years, Jordan students and staff have complained that school grounds have been pelted with metal projectiles and coated with metallic dust due to Atlas’ operations. In December 2002, the …

School Explosion Metal Los Angeles District Jordan Watts

4 months, 1 week ago

Liverpool target Martin Zubimendi makes decision over Real Sociedad future

The Independent

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Liverpool have suffered a blow after Martin Zubimendi …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Brentford CONFIRM £27.5m signing of Liverpool star Fabio Carvalho after beating off competition from Leicester and Southampton

Daily Mail

Get breaking Premier League news straight to your phone on Mail Sport's new WhatsApp channel Fabio Carvalho has signed a five-year contract with the option of a further year The 21-year-old has completed a £27.5m transfer to Brentford from Liverpool Brentford have completed the £27.5m signing of Fabio Carvalho from Liverpool after fighting off other Premier League clubs for the …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

California’s two biggest school districts botched AI deals. Here are lessons from their mistakes.

Associated Press

With all the hubris of a startup founder, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, took to the stage in March to launch Ed the chatbot. When education leaders rush to adopt AI from education technology providers anxious to sell AI, both may cut corners, said Anaheim Union High School District Superintendent Michael Matsuda, who hosted an AI …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

International Seabed Authority elects new secretary general amid concerns over deep-sea mining

Associated Press

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Members of the International Seabed Authority elected Leticia Carvalho of Brazil as the group’s new secretary general Friday amid growing support for a preliminary halt to deep-sea mining. The ISA concluded its session Friday with no consensus on a regulatory framework for deep-sea mining. The drawn-out debate raises concerns that the authority could receive an application later …

Mining

4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining

Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A U.N. body that regulates deep international waters is preparing to elect its next leader, a crucial position as it faces pressure to either ban, approve or place a moratorium on seabed mining. The upcoming election comes as the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority ended a two-week session on Friday without reaching a consensus on a …

Mining Deep Lodge Authority

4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A U.N. body that regulates …

Mining Lodge Authority

5 months ago

LAUSD test scores rise in math and English, positive marks after pandemic setbacks

LA Times

Alberto Carvalho wraps up his annual back-to-school speech on Tuesday at the Disney Concert Hall, in downtown L.A., after welcoming to the stage Oscar-winning co-director Kris Bowers of “The Last Repair Shop” and student violinist Porche Brinker. In a step forward from pandemic-era learning setbacks, standardized test scores in the Los Angeles school system showed gains in all tested grade …

English Students School Test California Los Angeles District

5 months ago

Carvalho, who unplugged school AI chatbot, wants task force to tell him what went wrong

LA Times

Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. It’s been attested to by everybody I’ve spoken with.” After the preview of “Ed” in the speech a year ago, the district presented the finished chatbot in March. And that’s exactly what I’m seeking.” L.A. Unified has paid AllHere $3 million of a potential $6-million contract, and district officials said all the payments to …

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The shock reason why Rebecca Maddern's long-time Channel Seven co-host Mike Amor was a no-show on her final day

China, Brazil elevate ties to forge shared future

Swedish Minister's phobia sparks 'banana-free' zones on official visits

Dutch Billionaire Ali Niknam's IT Investment Propels Him Up the List

Dutch Billionaire Ali Niknam's IT Investment Propels Him Up the Quote 500 List

Santa Ana punts question of admonishing a councilman until after election

Asian nations in strong race to host 2036 Olympics

Brazil's ties with Beijing key to energy transition

Endorsement: Sherlett Hendy Newbill for Los Angeles Unified School Board District 1

Experts laud China's human rights efforts

Boris Becker's latest love match: German tennis ace prepares to make fiancee Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro his third wife in three-day Italian nuptials

Ten L.A. schools to stop standardized tests amid debate: ‘Endless boredom’ or essential tool?

Representatives laud Shanghai's development, keen to cooperate with China

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found thousands of miles apart

Liverpool transfer news and rumours: Joan Garcia link, Adrien Rabiot rumour and Sepp van den Berg exit

Scrapyard explosion rattles Watts high school on first day of classes

Liverpool target Martin Zubimendi makes decision over Real Sociedad future

Brentford CONFIRM £27.5m signing of Liverpool star Fabio Carvalho after beating off competition from Leicester and Southampton

California’s two biggest school districts botched AI deals. Here are lessons from their mistakes.

International Seabed Authority elects new secretary general amid concerns over deep-sea mining

UN body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining

UN body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining

LAUSD test scores rise in math and English, positive marks after pandemic setbacks

Carvalho, who unplugged school AI chatbot, wants task force to tell him what went wrong