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☆ A One-Man Telemundo on TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Sapna Maheshwari | Ken Bensinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Oh, I need to make a video, actually, in the car,” Mr. Espina, 25, said apologetically as he pulled his Honda crossover S.U.V. He skimmed a Honduran newspaper’s Instagram post about the news and then opened TikTok, where he has 9.4 million followers. He turned the camera on himself while his girlfriend, who was sitting behind him, crouched out of the frame, clearly used to this sort of drill. His hazel eyes widened, and he boomed, “Importante noticia de última hora” — Spanish for “important breaking news” — then shared a one-minute recap. The video racked up more than 100,000 views during lunch, which Mr. Espina received for free because the restaurant owner was thrilled to recognize him from TikTok.

Persons: Carlos Eduardo Espina, Mr, Espina, apologetically, crouched, ” — Locations: Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, Honduras, U.S, Honduran, TikTok

☆ Climate protesters interrupt Italian Open matches, throwing confetti on the court and gluing themselves to stands
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Ben Morse | Marta Simonella | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Climate protesters interrupted two matches at the Italian Open on Monday, throwing confetti onto the court and gluing themselves to the stands, organizers said. In footage of the event, fans could be heard voicing their displeasure as the protesters ran onto court. Other protesters glued themselves to the stands, organizers said in a statement. Protesters caused a stir in the stands at the Italian Open. You have to do something …”According to the Italian Open organizers, Ultima Generazione were in Rome to discuss “some proposals” and “had already staged several protests.”“The request from the environmentalists of Ultima Generazione is for a reparations fund for climate disasters,” the statement added.

Persons: Madison Keys, Cîrstea, Keys, Świątek, Dan Istitene, Santiago González, Roger, Vasselin, Marcelo Arévalo, Mate Pavić, Pavić, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Cîrstea, Ultima Locations: Italian, Rome

☆ New ‘supercontinent’ could wipe out humans and make Earth uninhabitable, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The formation of a new “supercontinent” could wipe out humans and all other mammals still alive in 250 million years, researchers have predicted. They found it would be extremely hot, dry and virtually uninhabitable for humans and mammals, who are not evolved to cope with prolonged exposure to excessive heat. Humans – along with many other species – would expire due to their inability to shed this heat through sweat, cooling their bodies,” Farnsworth added. This grim outlook is no excuse for complacency when it comes to tackling today’s climate crisis, the report authors warned. “While we are predicting an uninhabitable planet in 250 million years, today we are already experiencing extreme heat that is detrimental to human health.

Persons: ” Alexander Farnsworth, ” Farnsworth, Farnsworth, ” Benjamin Mills, Eunice Lo, ” Lo Organizations: CNN, University of Bristol, Nature, University of Leeds Locations: United Kingdom, UN

[1/5] Paraguay's new President Santiago Pena wears the presidential sash and holds the baton of command as he greets people with the first lady Leticia Ocampos during his inauguration, in Asuncion, Paraguay August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Cesar Olmedo Acquire Licensing RightsASUNCION, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Santiago Pena was sworn in on Tuesday as Paraguay's new president, promising to "build alliances" and show "firm and ethical leadership" for the next five years after his April election victory. "We will build alliances and cooperation with a geostrategic vision," the president said in his inaugural speech, adding that Paraguay's relationship with Taiwan "is an example of this and of Paraguay's friendly and cooperative spirit with nations." Despite pressure from farmers who want to open up Chinese markets, he has pledged to stick with Paraguay's decades-long diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Pena faces the additional challenge of shoring up relations with the United States after the U.S. government accused his political mentor, former President Horacio Cartes, of corruption.

Persons: Santiago Pena, Leticia Ocampos, Cesar Olmedo, Pena, Spain, William Lai, Mario Abdo Benitez, Santi, Horacio Cartes, Cartes, Milda Rivarola, Rivarola, Daniela Desantis, Lucinda Elliott, Jonathan Oatis, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, South, Taiwan's, Colorado Party, U.S, Ultima, Thomson Locations: Asuncion, Paraguay, Rights ASUNCION, William Lai . Paraguay, China, Taiwan, Paraguayan, United States

☆ Why Climate Activists Are Still Throwing Food and Paint at Famous Artworks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The tactics have so far limited damage to the art, keeping the most severe criminal charges at bay. “If you don’t do real damage, you can get a lot of publicity without risking much in terms of fines or imprisonment,” Thompson said. Ultima Generazione/Reuters

Persons: ” Thompson Organizations: Reuters

☆ Vatican court orders climate activists to pay almost 30,000 euros
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Italy's ''Ultima Generazione'' (Last Generation) climate activists block a road to highlight the need to combat the climate crisis, in Rome, Italy, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Yara NardiROME, June 12 (Reuters) - Two Italian climate change activists who glued themselves to the base of one of the Vatican Museums' most famous statues must pay almost 30,000 euros ($32,232) in damages and costs, a Vatican criminal court ruled on Monday. Guido Viero and Laura Zorzini of the Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) group pulled the stunt against the Laocoon statue in August. The Tribunal of the Vatican City State, which has lay rather than religious judges, told Viero and Zorzini to jointly pay 28,148 euros in damages to Vatican authorities, and 1,000 euros in legal costs, a court ruling showed. Ultima Generazione has performed several high profile protests in Italy, often targeting artworks or monuments.

Persons: Yara, Guido Viero, Laura Zorzini, Troy, Viero, Zorzini, Generazione, Trevi, Alvise Armellini, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, Vatican City State, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy, ROME, Vatican

☆ Mystery as Venice's famed Grand Canal turns a fluorescent green, leaving Italian police and locals stumped
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A patch of water turned bright green in Venice's canal on Sunday. The city councilman blamed environmental activists, but none have so far claimed responsibility. Images on social media show a bright patch of green in the canal along an embankment lined with restaurants. City councilman Andrea Pegoraro pointed to environmental activists as the potential culprits in the wake of recent protests on Italian cultural sites. The green liquid that spread through the water near the arched Rialto Bridge.

Rome CNN —Venetian authorities are investigating after a patch of fluorescent green water appeared in the famed Grand Canal on Sunday morning. “This morning a patch of phosphorescent green liquid appeared in the Grand Canal of Venice, reported by some residents near the Rialto Bridge. Luigii Costantini/APPeople observe Venice's historical Grand Canal as a patch of phosphorescent green liquid spreads in it,. This is not the first time Venice’s Grand Canal has experienced a color alteration. In 1968 Argentine artist Nicolás García Uriburu dyed the waters of the canal green with a fluorescent dye called Fluorescein, during the annual Venice Biennale.

☆ Trevi Fountain: Climate activists dump charcoal in Rome monument
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome CNN —Climate change activists turned the blue water of the Trevi Fountain in central Rome black with diluted charcoal on Sunday. Luisa Regimenti, councilor for personnel, urban security, local police and local authorities in the Lazio region, which includes Rome, condemned the act. In a written statement she said that it was the “umpteenth demonstrative act of eco-vandals” that hit “a symbol of Rome universally known in the world.”Climate activists from the group Last Generation stand inside the Trevi Fountain in Rome. It will cost time, effort and water.”Last Generation activists at the Trevi Fountain, Rome. “Charcoal in the water of the Trevi Fountain,” they tweeted Sunday.

☆ Trevi Fountain water turns black in Rome climate protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Climate activists pour vegetable charcoal in the Trevi Fountain water, during a demonstration against fossil fuels, in Rome, Italy May 21, 2023 in this image obtained from social media. Allesandro... Read moreROME, May 21 (Reuters) - Seven young activists protesting against climate change climbed into the Trevi Fountain in Rome on Sunday and poured diluted charcoal into the water to turn it black. The protesters from the "Ultima Generazione" ("Last Generation") group held up banners saying "We won't pay for fossil (fuels)," and shouted "our country is dying". Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri condemned the protest, the latest in a series of acts targeting works of art in Italy. The tradition is for visitors to toss coins into the famous 18th century Trevi Fountain to ensure that they will return to Rome one day.

“Difficult years await us but if we don’t reach zero emissions immediately they will be terrible.”Photos showed activists, wearing orange vests, standing waist deep in the fountain. They unfolded orange banners bearing the words in Italian: “Our future is as black as this water” as crowds of onlookers snapped pictures. It is believed to be the same group of climate activists that led protests at other Italian historical sites including the Barcaccia fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps in central Rome, where they poured black liquid into the fountain on April 1. Similar protests saw activists glue themselves to Italian art masterpieces in locations like the Vatican museums and Uffizi galleries in Florence. ‘Iconic’ work of artLocated in the famed Piazza Navona square in Rome, the Fiumi Fountain was designed by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1651.

☆ Topless Italian climate protesters block Rome traffic
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, May 4 (Reuters) - Topless climate activists on Thursday blocked traffic on a busy street in central Rome to protest over the Italian government's climate policy after torrential rains killed two people. The stunt marked a change of tactics by the Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) group after Rome's right-wing executive introduced stiff fines against protesters who target monuments and heritage sites. On Thursday, Last Generation released footage showing a small group of activists kneeling on zebra crossings in Rome and taking off their tops or - in one case - stripping naked. Activists blame the extreme weather on climate change due to fossil fuels. Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro; editing by Alvise Armellini, Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ I quit banking to clean up crime scenes and homes where people have died. It can be absolutely horrific.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Lola Christina Alao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She quit her job at a bank to work as a domestic cleaner before training in the specialty. So in March 2019 I left my job, and in April I started working as a domestic cleaner, cleaning an office. When the pandemic hit, I also started working alongside the council doing COVID cleans. When the council offered me a cleaning job involving needles, I was terrified and turned it downI was always scared of injections. If a job is small and urgent, like cleaning a house after someone's been stabbed, I work on it alone.

"The jury is still out," on which technology will dominate, said Dr. Sadik Esener, director of the Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute in Portland, Oregon. He added it could take as long as 20 years to show that an early cancer detection test saved lives. If proven to work, early cancer detection tests could help doctors identify cancer risk in patients long before symptoms or other indicators develop. DIFFERENT APPROACHESSeveral of the leading contenders take vastly different approaches to cancer detection and it is not yet clear which methods will prove most useful or when. Some are working on blood tests to detect different markers of early cancer, including proteins.

☆ How to earn more money and increase your income through side hustles, according to 5 early retirees and entrepreneurs who have done it
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Insider spoke with entrepreneurs and early retirees about the lucrative side hustles they started. Below, Insider rounded up various side-hustle ideas from entrepreneurs and early retirees who found ways to diversify their income. Shan Shan Fu started selling face masks on Amazon and turned it into a robust e-commerce businessShan Shan Fu sells socks and tights (including the ones pictured) online. Courtesy of Shan Shan FuWhen the Covid-19 pandemic sent the US under lockdown in the spring of 2020, Shan Shan Fu had a lot of free time after work. She launched her e-commerce company, Millennials In Motion, in April 2020 and immediately started making money.

☆ Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan's La Scala opera house
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Climate-change activists in Italy on Wednesday threw paint at the entrance of Milan's famed La Scala opera house ahead of the opening performance of the season, local police said. Activists have staged high profile protests across Europe in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and art works in calling for tougher action to tackle global warming. Police said they had detained five people following the incident at La Scala, while cleaners swiftly removed the paint from the entrance of the theatre. La Scala will open its 2022-23 season on Wednesday, one of the highlights of the Italian cultural calendar, with a performance of the Russian opera "Boris Godunov" composed by Modest Mussorgsky. Reporting by Sara Rossi and Fabiano Franchitti; Writing by Gianluca Semeraro; Editing by Gavin Jones and Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Soup thrown at Van Gogh painting in Rome climate change protest
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Italian environmental protesters threw pea soup over a Vincent Van Gogh painting on display in Rome on Friday before gluing themselves to the wall of the gallery. Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano condemned the attack on the painting, which comes after another Van Gogh work was targeted in London by climate change protesters. Representatives from nearly 200 countries will gather in Egypt next week for the COP27 climate change conference, as pressure for tougher action to tackle global warming grows. Climate change protesters threw soup over Van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery last month, causing minor damage to the frame. Writing by Keith Weir, editing by Alvise Armellini, John Stonestreet and Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Medicii spun că o viață intimă armonioasă este foarte importantă pentru evoluția cu succes a sarcinii, dar și a viitoarei nașteri. În plus, la multe femei în timpul sarcinii apar hemoroizii, ceea ce creează dureri și disconfort”, explică Iraida Snigur. Care sunt beneficiile sexului în timpul sarciniiMedicii sunt unanimi în părerea că sexul în timpul sarcinii este necesar pentru ambii parteneri. Iată câteva avantaje de a face sex în timpul sarcinii:Buna dispozițieAbstinența prelungită în timpul sarcinii nu este benefică nici viitoarei mame, nici viitorului tată. Plăcere mai mareÎn timpul sarcinii fluxul de sânge către pelvis crește, vaginul se îngustează și clitorisul crește.

Persons: Ginecologii, paterni, Snigur Organizations: Universitatea Leiden

☆ Moldovenii aduc în ţară tot mai multe maşini. În prima jumătate a acestui an au fost vămuite de două ori mai multe automobile decât anul trecut
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Datele statistice arată că în prima jumătate a acestui an au fost vămuite peste 20 de mii autoturisme, de aproape două ori mai mult faţă de aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut. Avem o încasare de 10 milioane de lei, e o cifră nesemnificativă per total din cifra de 590 de milioane încasate pe toate autoturismele. Totodată, doar puţin peste 1600 dintre ele sunt mai vechi de 10 ani. "Când vorbeşti cu oamenii, îi întrebi, vreai să cumperi maşină mai veche de 10 ani? Şi expertul economic Veaceslav Ioniţă consideră că actuala formulă de calcul pentru determinarea costului de vămuire a maşinilor mai vechi este inechitabilă.

Persons: Importatorii, Veaceslav Ioniţă Locations: Germania, Elveţia, Italia, Franţa, România

☆ În Dubai s-a deschis cea mai adâncă piscină din lume; Are 60 metri adâcime și conține un oraș scufundat cu galerii: VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: AFPÎn Dubai s-a deschis cea mai adâncă piscină din lume; Are 60 metri adâcime și conține un oraș scufundat cu galerii: VIDEOCea mai adâncă piscină din lume de 60 de metri a fost inaugurată în Dubai, orașul care se mândrește deja cu cea mai înaltă clădire de pe glob. Guinness i-a acordat titlul „Piscina cea mai adâncă pentru scufundări” pe 27 iunie. Componenta vedetă a Deep Dive Dubai este orașul subacvatic. Scufundătorii pot explora apartamente scufundate și abandonate și pot juca biliard sub apă. De asemenea, scafandrii pot explora singuri piscina și orașul subacvatic după un tur cu unul dintre ghizi, scrie Mediafax.

Organizations: Guinness, Deep, certificați, Mediafax Locations: Dubai

Guinness i-a acordat titlul „Piscina cea mai adâncă pentru scufundări” pe 27 iunie, scrie digi24.ro. Componenta vedetă a Deep Dive Dubai este orașul subacvatic. Sistemele de iluminat și de sunet de ultimă generație au fost montate în interiorul piscinei pentru a crea diferite atmosfere. Deep Dive Dubai oferă cursuri atât pentru începători în scufundări, cât și pentru scafandri certificați. De asemenea, scafandrii pot explora singuri piscina și orașul subacvatic după un tur cu unul dintre ghizi.

Organizations: Deep, Guinness, certificați Locations: Dubai

Horoscop 10 iulie 2021 TaurTAURII se gândesc dacă un proiect în care au investit mult timp şi bani merită încă puţin efort. Horoscop 10 iulie 2021 GemeniŞi GEMENII sunt puţin stresaţi din cauza unor achiziţii pe care le-au făcut în ultimul timp. Horoscop 10 iulie 2021 RacRACII sunt tentaţi să pună accent pe aparenţe. Horoscop 10 iulie 2021 FecioarăPot exista mici obstacole în parcursul profesional al FECIOARELOR. Horoscop 10 iulie 2021 BalanţăPentru BALANŢE se întrevăd probleme în cuplu.

Persons: Berbec, Fecioară Organizations: Taur, Gemeni

☆ Israelul impune carantină obligatorie, chiar şi pentru cei vaccinaţi
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Toate persoanele - inclusiv cele complet vaccinate şi cele care s-au vindecat de pe urma COVID-19 - vor trebui să intre într-o carantină de 24 de ore după intrarea în ţară, sau cel puţin până la aflarea rezultatului testului la coronavirus efectuat pe aeroport, a anunţat Ministerul Sănătăţii.Testarea pe aeroport este obligatorie.În prezent este permisă intrarea în ţară doar a unui număr limitat de turişti vaccinaţi.Orice persoană sosită din ţări pentru care s-a emis o alertă specială de călătorie din cauza incidenţei ridicate a infectărilor trebuie să intre într-o carantină suplimentară de 10 zile, a indicat ministerul.Anterior au existat excepţii pentru persoanele vaccinate sau care trecuseră prin infecţia cu coronavirus.Potrivit Ministerului Sănătăţii, numărul infectărilor a crescut semnificativ în ultima săptămână, vineri fiind raportate 450 de cazuri noi, inclusiv 39 grave.Majoritatea cazurilor noi sunt provocate de varianta Delta, mai contagioasă, depistată iniţial în India.Din cei 9,3 milioane de locuitori din Israel, peste 5,7 milioane au primit o doză de vaccin împotriva COVID-19, dintre care 5,2 milioane au încheiat schema de vaccinare.

Locations: ţară, Israel

☆ ULTIMA ORĂ/ SUA donează R. Moldova 500 mii de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson. Anunțul ambasadorului SUA în R. Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Ambasadorul SUA în R. Moldova, Dereck J. Hogan, anunță vineri, 9 iulie, că SUA va dona R. Moldova 500 mii de doze de vaccin Johnson & Johnson, prin intermediul platformei COVAX. Potrivit acestuia, primele 150 mii de doze de vaccin ar urma să ajungă în R. Moldova luni, 12 iulie. SUA rămâne partenerul ferm al R. Moldova în combaterea acestei pandemii și salvarea vieților cetățenilor R. Moldova. Pe 11 mai, în R. Moldova a început etapa a treia de vaccinare împotriva COVID-19. România urmează să livreze un nou lot de vaccin R. Moldova.

Persons: J . Hogan, Johnson, Biden, Hogan, Moldova Organizations: Agenției Naționale, Uniunii Europene Locations: SUA, Moldova, Statele Unite, Chișinău, România, Letoniei

☆ Avertizarea epidemiologilor: Moldova ar putea fi bântuită de varianta Delta a noului coronavirus
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Ţara noastră ar putea fi bântuită de varianta Delta a noului virus în condiţiile în care asistăm la o creştere a numărului de cazuri de îmbolnăvire cu COVID-19 în ultima săptămână. Potrivit lor, un nou val este inevitabil dacă oamenii nu se vor vaccina, iar autorităţile nu vor impune restricţii noi. "Cum poate să fie bine când este în creştere numărul de cazuri. Uşoară, dar în creştere, este un semnal de alarmă de creştere a cazurilor de infectare cu noul coronavirus", spune epidemiologul Viorel Prisacari. Dacă până acum două săptămâni numărul cazurilor noi de infectare era sub 50, în ultima perioadă, acesta se menţine zilnic sub 100.

Persons: Denis Cernelea Locations: Germania

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