Yearly Archives: 2024
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The 2024 Latin Grammy Awards are here — and it’s a milestone anniversary. This year the event celebrates 25 years of honoring the best of Latin music in Spanish and Portuguese. Taking place Thursday night at the Kaseya Center in Miami, considered the epicenter of Latin culture in the U.S., the show will be packed with […]
India’s government banned non-essential construction in New Delhi, the world’s most polluted capital, and urged residents to avoid burning coal for heating, to combat worsening air quality that has disrupted flights and obscured the Taj Mahal. The new measures, which include sprinkling water with dust suppressants on roads, as well as mechanised sweeping that would […]
A breast cancer vaccine could be closer to reality, according to Cleveland Clinic, as its researchers have announced some encouraging results. At the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer earlier this month in Texas, researchers shared updated findings from a study of a new vaccine designed to target triple-negative breast cancer, a press release stated. Triple-negative […]
A worker delivers Amazon packages in San Francisco on Oct. 24, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon on Thursday announced Prime members can access new fixed pricing for treatment of conditions like erectile dysfunction and men’s hair loss, its latest effort to compete with other direct-to-consumer marketplaces such as Hims & […]
An environmental group has advised the Welsh government to create dog-free zones in an effort to make the outdoors less racist and more inclusive. A report by the Climate Cymru BAME identified a series of proposals, including the creation of “dog-free areas in local green spaces.” The reason for the suggestion wasn’t disclosed in the […]
महाराष्ट्र में 20 नवंबर को विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए वोटिंग होनी है, इसे लेकर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने गुरुवार को मुंबई के दादर स्थित शिवाजी पार्क मैदान में रैली की, लेकिन इस रैली में डिप्टी सीएम अजित पवार और उनकी पार्टी के अन्य वरिष्ठ नेताओं ने हिस्सा नहीं लिया. साथ ही NCP उम्मीदवार सना मलिक, […]
Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own […]
Getty Images The UK must “rebuild relations” with the EU “while respecting the decision of the British people” who voted to leave in 2016, the Bank of England’s governor will say later. Andrew Bailey’s Mansion House speech to investors will mark some of his strongest comments yet on Brexit, saying one of its consequences has […]
The new Wynn Casino and Lisboa Casino in Macao, China. Bob Henry | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Billionaire Tilman Fertitta has increased his ownership stake in Wynn Resorts to 9.9%, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing indicates a passive position, though multiple people familiar with the […]