British bank HSBC announced today that it will stop financing new oil and gas projects as part of its energy strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The financial institution specifies in a statement that it will no longer provide “new loans or capital market financing for specific purposes for projects linked to new oil […]
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The European Medicines Agency warns against medicines for the treatment of dry cough that contain the active ingredient pholcodine. Here’s why. The European Medicines Agency (Ema) is recommending that the EU approval for cough medicines containing pholcodine be revoked. This active ingredient has not been approved in Germany since February 2001, according to the Federal […]
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The Covid protest wave in China is putting pressure on oil prices at the start of the week. US crude oil was cheaper in the morning than it has been for months. Oil prices fell sharply on Monday, continuing the losing trend of the past week. At the start of the week, concerns about further […]
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They are at the top of the shelves in bookstores, and regularly in first place of sales on online sites. Wellness books would do more harm than good, according to the new survey of the magazine “60 Millions de consommateurs”. The books of wellbeing, of personal development, pullulate these last years, but some make you […]
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After more than 26 years with Gannett – many spent leading the company’s digital transformation and breaking barriers for women of color – the president of Gannett Media announced announced she will leave the company Dec. 31. Maribel Perez Wadsworth was named president of Gannett Media in June after serving as president of news for […]
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As educators, community members and parents work to help kids catch up from pandemic-related learning loss through accelerated learning and high dosage tutoring , national test scores published Monday prove a loss already felt in America’s schools. Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show dramatic and sobering declines in math and reading scores […]
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Ethan Crumbley, 16, is due in court for a pretrial hearing on Monday and faces a total of 24 charges Ethan Crumbley, the Michigan 16-year-old accused of gunning down four Oxford High School students and injuring seven others in a November 2021 shooting, is expected to plead guilty, according to Oakland County prosecutors. Crumbley, who […]
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David DeLapa first connected with his teacher and Boy Scout master over World War II memorabilia. The teacher brought different items into the classroom for show and tell, catching the attention of a young boy who played Army games and watched television shows about war. DeLapa would go up to his teacher’s desk and ask […]
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Nicholas Sparks ‘ ” Dreamland ” (Random House, 384 pp.) debuts at No.1 this week on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list . The novel follows the trials and tribulations of a young couple in love and a single mom starting over. Sparks has the magic touch when it comes to bestsellers. Two dozen of his […]
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After devastating Florida, Ian regained strength off the US Atlantic coast on Thursday, September 29, 2022. It is again classified as a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. As it approached the southeast coast of the United States Thursday evening, Sept. 29, 2022, Storm Ian strengthened back into a […]
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