CHINA has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in a move that could shift the goalposts on Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade plans. The move was officiated by the Chinese minister for commerce, Wang Wentao, in an official application request sent to New Zealand trade minister […]
Daily Archives: September 17, 2021
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Discussions of young people and sexuality in popular culture often come laced with moral panic. Hook-up culture, teen pregnancy rates, single mothers, gender confusion, a crisis of masculinity — the youth are always seemingly in danger. All of this is presented with a cheerful lack of censure. The show loves […]
A Christmas tree harvest at a tree farm in Salem, Oregon. Nathan Howard/Getty Images Live Christmas trees may be in short supply this year due to the effects of climate change. Drought and heatwaves have decimated crops in Oregon, where the most trees are grown nationwide. There is also a […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday saying that Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers need to establish an inclusive government that has “the full, equal and meaningful participation of women” and upholds human rights. The resolution adopted by the U.N.’s most powerful body also extends […]
7.08pm BST19:08 7 min: Ella Toone, making her first start for England, hits a shot from just outside the area. It’s easily saved by Dervishi. Hemp immediately finds loads of space on the left and swings in a cross. Dervishi deals with it. She is going to have a busy […]
TAMPA, Fla. — CesiumAstro expects to be building satellites mostly by itself in two years to house the active phased arrays it has been developing, aiming to shift the paradigm for electronically steered antennas with commercial-like industrialization processes that lower costs and speed up production. Austin, Texas-based CesiumAstro bought parts […]
By Alice Klein Most of us take our sense of smell for granted Obradovic/Getty Images A woman who was born without the brain regions required for smell has mysteriously started smelling things for the first time in her twenties and finds it highly unpleasant. The woman was diagnosed with congenital […]
“It’s always exciting to be recognized and in particular to be recognized as a group,” the actor noted. “It’s nice that five years deep, going into the last season, there’s still recognition.” While there have not been tears yet amongst his co-stars on set, Ventimiglia teased that the waterworks will surely come for […]