French expert: Dangerous chemicals remain in Beirut port
BEIRUT — Chemical experts and firefighters are working to secure at least 20 potentially dangerous chemical containers at the explosion-shattered port of Beirut, after finding one that was leaking, according to a member of a French cleanup team. French emergency workers, part of a special unit working with chemicals, stand next to damaged shipping containers […]
Powerful ‘derecho’ leaves path of devastation across Midwest
IOWA CITY — A rare storm packing 100 mph winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest on Monday, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it moved through Chicago and into Indiana and Michigan. A storm with gusts more […]
Listen To Hayley Williams’ Cover Of Radiohead’s ‘Fake Plastic Trees’
Hayley Williams has taken to Instagram today to share a moving cover of seminal Radiohead track, ‘Fake Plastic Trees’, after fans have consistently asked her to cover a song by the band. Williams wrote in the caption of the cover that it “seemed sacrilegious at first” to try and rework the song, until she “realized […]
CEOs: Post-Covid changes are permanent and there are more to come
– A new PwC survey of CEOs across the globe looks at the outlook for growth and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the way businesses operate now and in the future. – According to CEOs, shifts towards remote working, automation and low-density offices are here to stay. – Climate change, supply chain safety […]
Trendlines Medical Shanghai Opens its Doors
– Trendlines Medical Shanghai partners with Chinese medical companies, governmental programs, and entrepreneurs to develop novel medical technologies for the Chinese and global markets. SHANGHAI and MISGAV, Israel, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Trendlines Group Ltd. (the “Company” and together with its subsidiaries, “Trendlines” or the “Group“) (SGX:42T) and (OTCQX:TRNLY), an Israel– and Singapore-based investment […]
Iran nuclear deal at risk as UN council prepares to vote on arms embargo
NEW YORK — The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran, a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put the fate of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk. FILE PHOTO: A sign marks […]
White House guards shoot person, briefly evacuate Trump
WASHINGTON — Secret Service guards shot a person, who was apparently armed, outside the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said just after being briefly evacuated in the middle of a press conference. US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August […]
Courtney Barnett Shares Powerful, Minimalist Video For Her Kev Carmody Cover, ‘Just For You’
Courtney Barnett has blessed us with a music video for her gorgeous cover of Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter Kev Carmody’s ‘Just For You’. Lifted from the upcoming and updated reissue of the 2007 Carmody tribute album Cannot Buy My Soul — which features new tracks from Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, Kate Miller-Heidke, Alice Skye, Electric Fields and […]
OnBoard Accelerates International Expansion By Opening New Australia Office
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OnBoard, the award-winning virtual board management solution that securely connects organizations and their directors, accelerated its international expansion today by opening a new office in Sydney, Australia. The opening of the new location enhances Passageways’ global scale and gives the company a prominent presence from which to serve its customers […]
50 barangay chiefs face preventive suspension over SAP anomalies – Año
MANILA, Philippines — Fifty barangay officials will be placed under preventive suspension as they face allegations of anomalies in the distribution of cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday. [embedded content] ADVERTISEMENT The 50 barangay officials are among the 155 who were the subjects of criminal complaints filed […]