From her Baltimore dining room, Susan Goodlaxson can see her neighbor gardening across the street. But while other neighbors stop to chat, Goodlaxson just watches from the window. She uses a wheelchair, and there isn’t a single curb ramp on her block.
If the 66-year-old wanted to join, she’d have to jump her wheelchair down the 7.5-inch curb and risk a fall. Ditto if she wante…
Read moreUpdate, Aug. 13: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 12 said immunocompromised individuals in the U.S., such as those who have received organ transplants or have certain types of cancer or other illnesses can get a third dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to boost their immune responses. That extended authorization applies only to immu…
Read moreMarine Sgt. John Weldon was deployed in Syria when a dying, days-old puppy appeared at his military base in the middle of May.
To save the newborn, which was barely bigger than the hand of the local who dropped it off, the infantryman scoured the Internet for a recipe for puppy formula that he could make with limited ingredients. He nursed the pup every two to three hours with a mixture o…
Read moreThis week, NASA revealed for the first time five pictures taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Together, these images—from the birth of stars to one of the deepest looks into the far reaches of space—offer some of the most detailed glimpses into the beginnings of our universe ever seen.
Here’s what each image shows and why it helps us better understand space:
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We’ve entered a strange moment in history where every year feels somehow both a burning furnace of upheaval and recreation and a frozen monolith we are made to unwillingly re-encounter over and over. The images captured by TIME’s global roster of photojournalists over the course of 2022 reveal how deeply these two opposing trends penetrated society and public discourse this past yea…
Read moreAs of Tuesday morning, the Miami Marlins were still scheduled to play a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night in Baltimore. That game was originally scheduled to take place in Miami, a pandemic hotspot. But after a COVID-19 outbreak struck the Marlins—as of Tuesday, at least 17 players and coaches have tested positive—the game was shifted to Charm City. Two …
Read moreWhile Brussels choreographs the first withdrawal of a sovereign state from the EU, May, a far from secure leader hemmed in by opponents in government and her own Conservative party, must now try to get the deal approved by her cabinet and, in the toughest test of all, by parliament.Brexiteers in May’s party accused her of surrendering to the EU and said they would vote the deal down while the…
Read moreThe new policy starts from next April and builds on the company’s existing maternity, paternity, adoption and partner leave commitments to create “a consistent approach for all employees globally who have worked at the company for at least 12 months”.While it may not have a huge impact in some countries where parental leave policy is already fairly generous, in other countries it will hav…
Read moreCredit Suisse , Societe Generale , BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole CIB have underwritten the loan which will replace Cortefiel’s €895m existing debt.The change of ownership and new loan will help Cortefiel to reduce its debt and remove the pressure of loans that were due to mature in 2018.
The company’s existing loans will be repaid at par in September after the deal between CVC, PAI …
Read moreIndustrial production grew 9.8% in April from a year ago, slower than the 14.1% surge in March, National Bureau of Statistics data showed on Monday, but matching a consensus forecast by analysts from a Reuters poll.China’s economy showed steady improvement in April but new problems are emerging, the NBS said in a statement alongside the data.คำพูดจาก Read more