Despite an increasingly tense relationship, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to work together to tackle global climate change, including by “raising ambition” for emissions cuts during the 2020s — a key goal of the Biden administration. Why it matters: The joint communique released Saturday evening commits the world’s two […]
Daily Archives: April 17, 2021
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There were seventy minutes gone in the 2021 Copa del Rey final when Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi did what Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi do, replicating the move they have produced a thousand times to round off a final that ended in familiar style. Alba’s pass, Messi’s finish, and […]
Viola Davis is nominated for an Oscar for the fourth time at the 2021 ceremony. At this year’s show, set to take place on Sunday, April 25, the 55-year-old actress competes for the leading actress award for her performance in the Netflix movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Davis won her first Oscar for […]
Amazon has cancelled an in-development Lord of the Rings MMO it first announced in 2019, Bloomberg reported today. The MMO was being developed by Amazon and Chinese company Leyou Technologies Holdings Limited, which was purchased by Tencent in December 2020. Sources told Bloomberg contract disputes between Amazon and Tencent have caused […]
We — and by “we,” I’m referring primarily to White Americans — have spent generations burying our heads in the sand when it comes to how we talk about race and learn about our complex history. This has gotten harder to deny or even ignore. The disproportionate effect of the […]
Kaia Gerber and Jacob Elordi are still going slow and steady. After more than half a year of dating, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly that the two don’t want to rush their relationship. “Kaia and Jacob are enjoying being a couple right now,” an insider dishes to Us. Gerber, […]
Approximately 21 lives have been lost since the first man climbed into a rocket and jetted off into space 60 years ago, but as space agencies prepare for the first human mission to Mars many are sure the death toll is sure to rise. Astronauts heading to the Red Planet […]
‘This game shouldn’t happen!’ grins Joe Ford ahead of his crack at Saracens on Sunday in the Championship with Doncaster. ‘I imagine Owen Farrell’s on more than our whole squad!’ He is right too. The England captain’s 2021 earnings will likely double today’s entire Doncaster 23-man squad, who each take […]