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☆ Large explosion in Taiwan's CPC Dalin oil refinery, no injuries
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG, Oct 28 (Reuters) - An explosion hit Taiwan's state-backed CPC Dalin Refinery in the southern city of Kaohsiung on Thursday night, videos and images from the Fire Department showed with heavy fire seen above the plant, officials said, adding nobody was hurt in the incident. The city's fire department said flames were put out early on Friday and no one was injured or trapped as per an initial investigation. CPC spokesperson Ray Chang said there was "very limited impact" on the company's output, as it has several other such units in its facilities across the island. The unit, which has a capacity of 40,000 barrels per day according to Refinitiv Eikon, is used to remove sulphur from oil products. The incident happened during routine maintenance at the plant, the city government said.

☆ Adidas is on the hot seat to cut ties with Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Jon Sarlin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Balenciaga and Vogue publicly cut ties last week, and on Monday talent agency CAA dropped West as a client, and production company MRC said that it’s shelving a documentary on West. Celebrities including Kat Dennings, Josh Gad and Meg Stalter condemned Adidas for sticking by West. We are waiting @adidas,” read Shannon Watts’ tweet in response to the incident that received more than 100,000 likes. Earlier this month after West wore a “White Lives Matter” shirt in public, Adidas said that it was reviewing its lucrative partnership with his Yeezy brand. With pressure mounting and West’s hate campaign against Jewish people continuing, it seems the question is when, not if, Adidas will cut ties.

☆ Corporate Cybersecurity Teams Struggle to Fill Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Catherine Stupp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Newsletter Sign-up WSJ Pro Cybersecurity Cybersecurity news, analysis and insights from WSJ's global team of reporters and editors. PREVIEWSeventy percent of around 11,000 cybersecurity practitioners and decision makers surveyed by (ISC)2 said their companies don’t have enough cybersecurity staff to be effective. Decathlon has become more flexible and creative in its search for cybersecurity staff and hired 26 employees last year and more than 30 so far in 2022, Mr. Illikoud said. Many corporate cybersecurity leaders hire staff from other internal teams and offer specific training if they need it. Around 43% of Principal’s cybersecurity team is now remote, up from roughly 20% before the pandemic, she said.

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☆ Texts show family strife between Herschel Walker's wife and woman who alleged he paid for her abortion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker at a campaign stop in Wadley on Oct. 6, 2022. Meg Kinnard / APIn response, Julie Walker acknowledged that she had tried to be a mediator between Herschel Walker and the woman, who seldom corresponded directly with her son’s father. I did not pay for an abortion,” said Herschel Walker. Those messages came a day after The Daily Beast published a story about one of Herschel Walker’s previously publicly unacknowledged children. Julie Walker said in an interview that the paternity stories about Walker “pitted people against each other” in the family.

☆ 'Walker Independence' and 'The Winchesters' review: These are far from pioneering prequels
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —If all shows were animated like “The Simpsons,” networks wouldn’t need to strain to keep them alive. Yet live-action dramas come with shelf lives, which explains the CW’s twin attempts to extend two of its franchises with prequels: “Walker Independence,” a back-to-the-Old-West adjunct to its Texas Ranger reboot; and “The Winchesters,” a one-generation-back rekindling of the “Supernatural” flame. The main problem with “Walker” is the events that set the show in motion feel much better tailored to a limited series than an open-ended run. For now, “Walker Independence” (which, yes, will follow “Walker”) and “The Winchesters” come blessed with name recognition, but creatively speaking, first impressions say that the network has dipped into the prequel well twice too often. “Walker Independence” premieres October 6 at 9 p.m.

☆ Cathay Pacific to increase flight frequencies after Hong Kong eases quarantine restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA Cathay Pacific aircraft takes off at the airport, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuHONG KONG, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (0293.HK) on Friday said it plans to add more than 200 pairs of passenger flights in October to both regional and long-haul destinations. The announcement came after Hong Kong government said to scrap its controversial COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy for all arrivals from Sept. 26. "While we will continue to add back more flights as quickly as is feasible, it will take time to rebuild our capacity gradually," Cathay said in a statement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Twinnie Siu and Meg Shen; editing by Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ China says protracted Ukraine crisis not in the interests of all parties
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterChina's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a high level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidBEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) - An expanded and protracted Ukraine crisis is not in the interests of all parties, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau on the sidelines of a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on Wednesday. China hopes that the "flame of war" will go out as soon as possible, a Chinese foreign ministry statement on Thursday cited Wang as saying. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ryan Woo; Writing by Meg Shen; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Taiwan scrambles jets as Chinese aircraft cross median line
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

TAIPEI, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Taiwan scrambled jets on Saturday to warn away 20 Chinese aircraft including 14 that crossed the Taiwan Strait median line, Taiwan's defence ministry said. It also detected 14 Chinese military ships conducting activities around the Taiwan Strait, the ministry said in a statement. Reporting by Meg Shen; editing by Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Republicans' next big play is to 'scare the hell out of Washington' by rewriting the Constitution. And they're willing to play the long game to win.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-31 | by ( Grace Panetta | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

Whether it happens, he said, is highly dependent on Republicans' success winning state legislatures during the 2022 midterm elections. But not everyone in the conservative constitutional convention movement believes such a gathering is so imminent. Constitutional convention boosters include many of Trump's current and former allies, including conservative legal scholar John Eastman, Florida Gov. In 2012, the Republican National Committee went so far as to pass a resolution formally opposing the convention movement. A convention of states would be the first of its kind since the original Constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787.

☆ Volkswagen China's Shanghai plant resumes production gradually
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

SHANGHAI, April 25 (Reuters) - Volkswagen Group China's (VOWG_p.DE) Shanghai factory has started a gradual resumption to production, it said on Monday. Its factories in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun, which it runs in a joint venture with China's FAW Group, continues to ramp up production volumes, it added. Reporting by Brenda Goh Writing by Meg Shen Editing by David GoodmanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet Accessible
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-18 | by ( Meg Miller | Ilaria Parogni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

surfacing The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet AccessibleThree different alt text examples over a blank box. Alt text examples from Wirecutter, The New York Times’s product recommendation service; Alt Text Chrome Extension; and Microsoft Word. Fleet, the tech educator, who is blind, posts on Twitter about alt text and agrees that these efforts are making a difference. Alt Text Reminder, another Twitter bot, notifies followers when they have tweeted an image without alt text. Folkens of CloudSight said that his company is careful not to use racial identifiers in the alt text it generates.

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☆ Doi astronomii spun că au găsit cea mai mare cometă observată vreodată
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Doi astronomi cred că au descoperit cea mai mare cometă observată vreodată de oameni, o cometă a cărui nucleu înghețat are între 100 și 200 km lungime, fiind de câteva ori mai mare decât celebra cometă Hale-Bopp care a fost studiată acum 25 de ani, scrie New York Times, citează hotnews.ro. Dintre toate corpurile cerești, cometele sunt cele mai spectaculoase și majoritatea sunt originare din norul lui Oort, o regiune extrem de îndepărtată. Pentru că au aflat de ea și pentru că știu acum unde să se uite, astronomii o vor putea observa în detaliu în următorii 20 de ani. Cometele sunt corpuri cerești alcătuite din rocă, praf și gheață gazoasă, aflate pe o orbită alungită în jurul Soarelui. Apropiindu-se de Marte, cometele încep să formeze cozi lungi și spectaculoase, uneori de milioane de km.

Persons: Hale, Oort, Bernstein, Pedro Bernardinelli, Gary Bernstein, Neptun, Meg Schwamb Organizations: New York Times, Saturn, Queen’s University Locations: New, Queen’s, Queen’s University Belfast

☆ FENOMEN CIUDAT în Marea Britanie. 50 de miliarde de lire sterline lipsesc și nimeni nu știe exact unde se află
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Un grup de parlamentari britanici a anunțat vineri că aproximativ 50 de miliarde de lire sterline în bancnote "lipsesc" și a solicitat Băncii Centrale a Angliei să investigheze situația. "Banca Angliei trebuie să fie mai preocupată să afle unde sunt cele 50 de miliarde de lire". Banca Angliei a reacționat imediat: "Membrii publicului nu trebuie să explice Băncii motivul pentru care doresc să păstreze bancnote. Spre comparație, în 2000 existau în Marea Britanie 1,5 miliarde de bancnote, cu o valoare totală de 24 de miliarde de lire. Totodată, să încerce să afle unde se află cele 50 de miliarde de lire.

Persons: Meg Hillier, Sarah John, . Organizations: CNN, Banca Angliei, Camera Comunelor, Angliei Locations: Angliei

☆ WATCH: An 86-year-old is one of the last Greek bakers who makes phyllo dough by hand. He turned his kitchen into a tourist attraction.
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-20 | by ( Izabela Cardoso | Fernando Teixeira | Meg Teckman-Fullard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Nicole Kidman Leans Into the Pain
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-05 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

Illustration by Bráulio Amado Talk Nicole Kidman Leans Into the PainIn HBO’s mini-series “The Undoing,” a psychological thriller that premieres Oct. 25, Nicole Kidman plays Grace Fraser, a Manhattan therapist whose impeccably ordered life is suddenly shattered by violence and lust. I don’t know. If there was a choice, I don’t know I would be an actor. But you go, As long as I surrender to what this is, I’m going to have an incredible time. It interests me how the latest role you’ve played is usually the way in which you’re going to be perceived.

Persons: Bráulio Amado, Nicole Kidman, Grace Fraser, Grace —, we’ve, Kidman, “ I’ve, ” Kidman, “, Celeste, Shailene Woodley, Reese Witherspoon, Photofest Celeste, Grace, I’ve, Stanley Kubrick, I’d, I’m, I’ll, Hugh Grant, ’ ’ Niko Tavernise, “ Tenet, ”, gosh, Masha, Nicole, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pacino, Kubrick, You’ve, Tom Cruise, Stanley, wasn’t torturous, Madison Eginton, ’, you’re, It’s, who’s, Stoicism, There’s, you’ve, Kennedy Miller, Aaron Eckhart, David Giesbrecht, —, You’re, bode, Dogville ”, Lars von Trier, Virginia Woolf, Julianne Moore, Stephen Daldry, ” Liane Moriarty, “ I’ll, Grace of Monaco, Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Baz Luhrmann, “ Nicole, you’ll, Sabrina Lantos, “ We’re, ” It’s, we’re, Philip Roth, Philip, Jane Campion, Jane, Susanna Moore, Meg Ryan, don’t, she’d, Robert Eggers, Ryan Pfluger, David Marchese, Ilhan Omar, Mark Cuban, Padma Lakshmi Organizations: HBO, Warner Bros, stoicism, Lionsgate, Everett, Miramax Films, Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, Annapurna, Miramax, New York Times, New York Times Magazine Locations: Manhattan, “, HBO’s, Vietnam, Australia, Moulin Rouge, Sweden, Virginia, Ireland

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Persons: Pesmeții, Zdob, Zdub, Boonika, Cleopatra Stratan, Ghiță Pavel Stratan, Cleopatra, Chuck Norria, Van Damme, Andrei Porubin, Moldovei, Vanessa, Meg, Frații Irina, Anatol Bivol Organizations: Forțelor Democratice, School, Eurovision Moldova, Eurovision, MTV, Radio NOVA Radio NOVA, Sunset Beach, TVR, Dallas, Pokemon Locations: Moldova, maia, Cocoș, Yupi Yupi, Chișinău, doba, Van, Dallas, Alondra, cafe, mail.md, Republicii Moldova

☆ THE HP ROLLER COASTER: 5 Big Mistakes, 5 Lucky Breaks In A Disastrous Decade
▼ + stars: | 2013-01-11 | by ( Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

HP CEO Meg Whitman AP2012 was full of stock-crushing news for HP, from layoffs to writedowns to its strange mess with Autonomy. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new, in-depth story in Businessweek documents all the missteps that sent the company's shares down 70 percent since August 2010, erasing $68 billion in shareholder equity. But, as Businessweek reporters Ashlee Vance and Aaron Ricadela point out, the company didn't get here in one year. And amid all the errors and missteps, there have been some bright spots—good decisions and fundamental strengths that give hope for a turnaround.

Persons: Meg Whitman, Ashlee Vance, Aaron Ricadela Organizations: HP

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