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Colleges in the Three Finger Lakes region have received millions of dollars in grants for various projects, the governor announced. Kathy Hochul announced last week.Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program grants fund the construction and renovation of new labs and research spaces, the purchase of new teaching technology and equipment, and other investments. Campuses receiving these grants must invest at least $3 of their own funds for every $1 of public funds they receive.“The Higher Education Matching Grant Program (HECap) is a great example of a public-private partnership that works for all New Yorkers,” the senator said. Toby Ann Stavisky“The…
Representative image. Credit: Canva Indonesia and the Philippines are seeing a rapid increase in their reliance on coal, with both countries now surpassing China and Poland in their reliance on coal for electricity generation. In 2023, the share of coal-fired electricity in Indonesia reached a record high of 61.8%, putting the country ahead of Poland, which it surpasses in terms of coal dependence. The Philippines saw an even sharper increase, with coal accounting for 61.9% of its electricity mix, surpassing China and Indonesia to become the most coal-dependent country in Southeast Asia. The two countries’ increasing reliance on coal comes…
LONDON (AP) — The Labour Party won the UK general electionbringing a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. But Labour leader Keir Starmer will not actually become prime minister until a carefully orchestrated ceremony on Friday in which King Charles III formally asks him to form a new government.It is a moment that embodies the fact that, technically at least, the right to govern In the United Kingdom, political power is still vested in the royal authority, centuries after real political power was transferred to elected members of Parliament.THE the process is fasteven if it…
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After her son was arrested last year, Tambudzai Tembo, the sole breadwinner, spiraled into a nervous breakdown. In Zimbabwe, where mental health services are scarce, her chances of getting professional help were slim. She even considered suicide.“I didn’t want to live anymore. People who saw me thought everything was fine. But inside, my head was spinning,” the 57-year-old said. “I was left to my own devices.”A wooden bench and an empathetic grandmother saved her.Older people are at the centre of a local form of mental health therapy in Zimbabwe that is now being adopted in countries…
A Golden Word staff members in front of its registered motto, from left: Catherann Sweeney, Victoria Concepcion, Jean Luther, Melina DeNunzio, Ashley Mills and Jenna Weston. (Photo courtesy of Golden Word) An 8-year-old Richmond-based public relations agency has partnered with a leading international marketing and communications group. Golden Word, an eight-person agency founded by Elisabeth Edelman, was acquired earlier this year by 5th Business, a sales and marketing group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with offices in Phoenix and Adelaide, Australia. Edelman said the acquisition closed in the first quarter of this year. Terms of the deal, announced Wednesday, were…
In a slip of the tongue during a recent radio interview, US President Joe Biden referred to himself as the “first black woman to serve alongside a black president” of the United States, apparently confusing her role with that of Vice President Kamala Harris.This claim was made during an interview with Philadelphia radio station Wurd.“By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, the first Black woman, to serve with a Black president, proud to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court,” Biden said in the interview, according to a social media post…
On June 24, two multinational mining and mineral processing giants, France-based Eramet and Germany-based BASF, announced that they would cancel their plans for a $2.6 billion nickel-cobalt refinery located in the Indonesian Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in North Maluku, Indonesia. The companies cited commercial reasons, but the Indonesian government would be short-sighted to ignore other concerns. Indirectly referring to environmental and human rights concerns related to nickel processing operations at IWIP, a BASF spokesperson said the company needed a “safe, responsible and sustainable supply of critical raw materials.” The companies’ statements suggest that they are concerned about increasing reputational…
Image source, Getty ImagesLegend, The widespread adoption of AI has led to an increase in demand for advanced computer chips.Item informationAuthor, Joao da SilvaRole, Economic journalistJuly 5, 2024, 05:00 BSTUpdated 2 hours agoSamsung Electronics expects its profit for the three months through June 2024 to rise 15 times from the same period last year.The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has driven up prices for advanced chips, pushing up the company’s second-quarter forecast. The South Korean tech giant is the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and televisions.The announcement sent Samsung shares up more than 2 percent in early trading…
Article informationAuthor, Data journalism teamRole, BBC News4 July 2024Updated 1 hour agoThe Labour Party is on course to win a landslide majority with more than two thirds of the results declared in the 2024 general election. According to an updated BBC forecast, the party is set to take 408 seats, well ahead of the Conservatives on 136 and giving a majority of 166. The Liberal Democrats are forecast to win 66 seats, the SNP eight, Reform UK and Plaid Cymru four each and the Green Party two. Other parties, including those in Northern Ireland, are forecast to get 22 seats.It…
North Sumatra Province – Last June, members of the Indonesian Peasant Union (SPI) in Sei Kopas village, Asahan Regency, North Sumatra, inaugurated a new oil palm plantation cooperative. The inauguration, which coincided with the 19th anniversary of the union’s Simpang Kopas base, attracted a wide range of stakeholders, from government agencies to local cooperatives. Dignitaries including representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia, the Cooperative SME Working Capital Management Agency (LPDB), and agricultural research institutions attended the event. Officials from the Regional Bureau of Agrarian Affairs and Land Management/National Land Agency of North Sumatra Province also…