Over the past few days, scientists have observed a series of unusually strong solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) around the Sun. These eruptions can cause geomagnetic storms on Earth, which are what create displays of aurora borealis or the Northern Lights, as well as aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere. Forecasters from Noaa’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch, which is the first time such a warning has been issued since January 2005. The rare strength of these storms may make aurora visible “as far south as Alabama and Northern California”…
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Nintendo is bringing more diversity to its board of directors. The video game giant, in its most-recent earnings report, announced plans to appoint three women to the board. Miyoko Demay, Eiko Osawa and Keiko Akashi were named as anticipated new directors, with a planned start date of June 27. If approved, they will join Asa Shinkawa, who became the first woman to join Nintendo’s board in 2020. Prior to that, no women had been a part of the company’s senior management since its founding in 1889. Demay is a long-time senior executive at Tiffany & Co.’s Japan offices, having served…
President Filipe Nyusi said the country’s army is battling ISIL-linked groups in gas-rich Cabo Delgado’s Macomia. Mozambique’s army is fighting armed groups who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia, President Filipe Nyusi has said in a televised address. The town is in Cabo Delgado, a gas-rich northern province where groups linked to the ISIL (ISIS) group, launched an armed uprising in 2017. Despite a large security response, there has been a surge in attacks since January this year. Two security sources told the Reuters news agency that hundreds of fighters are believed to be involved in…
20th Century Studios’ rebooted Planet of the Apes films became monster successes by presenting remixed takes on the classic tale with some of the most shockingly impressive VFX and motion capture work Weta has ever produced. It was surprising to see a series of blockbusters remain so consistently strong, and Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes makes solid use of the fertile narrative groundwork laid out in the previous films. But while the movie’s visuals are fantastic and its commitment to worldbuilding is admirable, its promising story about the way myths evolve over time gets drowned out by…
As spring and summer approach and we spend more time outside, we also risk encountering ticks. Unfortunately, ticks aren’t just biting insects (technically, they don’t bite -they sting). But they’re also notorious vectors for illnesses like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Understanding how to prevent tick bites is crucial for staying safe during outdoor adventures. Here’s how to steer clear of tick bites and enjoy the great outdoors worry-free. Are Tick Bites Dangerous? In a word, yes. At least, they certainly can be! Many of us are aware of the seriousness and widespread epidemic of Lyme disease, which…
Mild-mannered, 60-year-old Swinney, who joined the SNP at 15, is the party’s third leader in 14 months. Glasgow, Scotland – Bespectacled, mild-mannered John Swinney is not a political firebrand. The new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), who was officially sworn in as Scotland’s seventh first minister on Wednesday, has made a career out of being a steady political presence at the heart of an SNP government, which has been in power for 17 years. The veteran politician, who served as Scottish finance secretary and deputy first minister in previous SNP administrations, and who was SNP leader between…
In the wild west that is today’s e-commerce landscape, there is only one way to describe the current patent enforcement system: a disaster that is slowly but surely killing the American Dream. Large online retailers such as the Chinese titans TEMU and Shein have established business models that significantly profit from the stolen intellectual property of entrepreneurs and small businesses. Even beloved retailers, including Shopify, Etsy, and eBay have benefitted from a blatant lack of patent enforcement. With no reasonable legal recourse for the little guy, small businesses pursuing true innovation find themselves exploited, manipulated, and left out in the…
TL;DR: Watch Gujarat Titans vs. Chennai Super Kings in the IPL for free on JioCinema. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. There’s just over two weeks left of the IPL, and excitement is rife among fans. In the next fixture, team captains Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad will be leading their teams, Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. Want to tune in and find out who wins? Keep scrolling to find out how you can watch Gujarat Titans vs. Chennai Super Kings for free from anywhere in the world. When is Gujarat Titans vs.…
Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD From hitting a wall with your workouts to stalled weight loss, plateaus can occur at any stage. But all that hard work hasn’t been for nothing. Plateaus, although frustrating, can be useful. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at what causes them, how to push through, and when to consider embracing the plateau and shifting into maintenance mode. What is a plateau in fitness? A plateau refers to a period of time where you feel like you’re no longer making progress. For anyone who’s been actively pursuing fitness for a while,…
Court rules detention can be justified when an individual is refusing to cooperate in their deportation. Australia’s High Court has dismissed a closely-watched bid by an Iranian asylum seeker demanding to be released from immigration detention because he feared being held indefinitely. The man has been resisting deportation from Australia since 2018, arguing that he would be at risk because of his sexual orientation and religious beliefs. Known only as ASF17, he took legal action after a ruling last November in favour of a detained Rohingya man that found detention with no reasonable prospect of release or deportation was illegal.…
Just when you stopped regularly hearing about COVID-19 in the news, another infectious disease began to dominate headlines this spring: bird flu. The good news is—for now, at least—public health experts don’t see this latest bout of avian influenza evolving into the likes of the coronavirus pandemic. But given the disease has spread to poultry in 48 states, dairy cows in nine, and two people in Texas and Colorado, you may be worried about its potential impact on your health. Fortune spoke with a trio of epidemiologists, who below answer critical public health questions about bird flu. What is bird…
Violence and questions of election-rigging, however, marred the provisional vote tally, which was announced earlier than expected. Military leader Mahamat Idriss Deby has won a closely watched presidential election in the country of Chad, according to provisional results released by its National Election Management Agency. Deby secured more than 61 percent of the vote, according to the numbers released on Thursday, eliminating the need for a runoff with his closest rival, Prime Minister Succes Masra, who received 18.5 percent. The victory allows Deby, the incumbent, to hold onto the presidency with a voter mandate. Previously, he led the country as…