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☆ Ronaldo streets ahead of Instagram influencers in annual ranking
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The list, compiled by Instagram scheduling tool Hopper HQ, is based on internal and publicly available data on how much each user can charge for a post on Instagram and YouTube. The Portugal forward brings in a massive $3.23 million per Instagram post, according to Hopper HQ, as he nears 600 million followers on the social media platform. "It's still shocking to me that the annual money made on the platform increases every year," Mike Bandar, co-founder of Hopper HQ, said. The highest earning influencer on Instagram, TikTok star Khaby Lame, is number 40 on the list. Ronaldo earns almost 10 times the amount Lame brings in for his Instagram posts.

Persons: Cristiano Ronaldo, Ballon, Ronaldo, Rich, Hopper, Ronaldo's, Lionel Messi, Selena Gomez, Kylie Jenner, Dwayne, Johnson, Virat Kohli, Neymar, Paris, Paris St Germain, Kylian Mbappe, Mike Bandar, Messi, Trevor Stynes, Ken Ferris Organizations: Forbes, YouTube, Argentina, Paris St, Hopper, Thomson Locations: Saudi Arabia, Portugal

Republican presidential hopefuls have just two weeks left to qualify for the first presidential primary debate, which is set for Aug. 23. Candidates must hit the minimum threshold of 40,000 unique donors and the polling thresholds 48 hours prior to that debate, and also commit to supporting the eventual GOP nominee. So far, seven candidates have appeared to qualify for the debate in Milwaukee: former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, North Dakota Gov. Ambassador Nikki Haley as she struggles to break through the GOP presidential primary field.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Mike Pence, Asa Hutchinson, they’re, Perry Johnson, he’s, … Trump, Gavin Newsom’s, ’, Matt Dixon, Robert Bigelow, ”, Harris, Kamala Harris, Pence, Sarah Dean, Mike Pence’s, Alex Tabet, Katherine Koretski, Will, won’t, Dean Phillips, Biden, Phillips, “, Henry J, Gomez Organizations: GOP, Florida Gov, United Nations, Tim Scott , North Dakota Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, Trump, Arkansas Gov, Republican National Committee, California Democratic, Fox, NBC, Florida Keys, Reuters, “, New York Times, DeSantis, Minnesota Democratic, CBS, Buckeye, Senate Locations: Milwaukee, Florida, South Carolina, Tim Scott , North, New Jersey, California, Iowa, Ohio

☆ Bud Light boycott weighs on AB InBev U.S. result
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBud Light boycott weighs on AB InBev U.S. resultBudweiser parent company AB InBev reported strong quarterly results overall, but saw significant decline in revenue and sales of Bud Light after boycotts hit the U.S. market. Brandon Gomez digs into the numbers and what executives said on the earnings call.

Persons: Bud, Bud Light, Brandon Gomez Organizations: InBev U.S, Budweiser, InBev

☆ It’s a Stressful Summer in Hollywood. Lawyers Say That Could Spell Divorce.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Lane Florsheim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, ariana, gomez, e59ae7b9 Organizations: dalton

☆ Jefferies CEO Richard Handler says people should embrace the haters in his advice to wannabe leaders. 'This means you are doing something really right.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In an email with Insider, Handler explained how naysayers can be a source of "motivation." Richard Handler, CEO of investment bank Jefferies, says he knows he's doing his job right when larger rivals start hating on his bank. In a post on Instagram, Handler offered 100 things he wished he had known before becoming Jefferies's CEO in 1990. He has become one of the most active Wall Street CEOs on social media. "Everyone asks if I manage my own social media, and for better or worse, the answer is yes.

Persons: Richard Handler, Jefferies, Handler, he's, I'm, you'll, Selena Gomez, Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott Organizations: Jefferies, Puma

☆ How Native American police are fighting the crisis of missing people
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

These gaps have led Native American police Reuters met with to take matters into their own hands, some forming their own missing units. Driven by decades of Native American activism, data showing the scale of the crisis, and the appointment of the United States' first ever Native American cabinet secretary Deb Haaland, the issue of missing indigenous people entered the U.S. mainstream in the last five years. MORE AT RISKFactors ranging from poverty and a history of colonial oppression make Native American people disproportionately at risk of going missing. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm“Very few tribes have the funds and staff available to make MMIWR a priority,” said Darlene Gomez, an Albuquerque lawyer who represents families in 17 missing Native American cases. Families of victims and their lawyers say police routinely blame missing Native American women for their own disappearance due to factors such as substance abuse — and it’s not just outsiders.

Persons: Kathleen Lucero, didn’t, Lucero, ”, Isleta, “, Victor Rodriguez, Deb Haaland, Bryan Newland, ” Newland, Adria Malcolm “, Darlene Gomez, Daryl Noon, “ We've, ” Noon, Raul Torrez, Torrez, Zachariah Shorty, Vangie Randall, Shorty, Randall, Raul Bujanda, Bujanda, it’s, Jamie Yazzie, Yazzie's, Tre James, Noon, Michael Henderson, Andrew Hay, Donna Bryson, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Reuters, American, of Indian Affairs, Bay, Indian, Isleta Police Department, REUTERS, New, HOME, BIA, Unit, FBI, Navajo, Thomson Locations: ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M, Manzano, New Mexico, American, U.S, Pueblo, Albuquerque, Oklahoma, United States, Isleta Pueblo, Navajo, Arizona, Utah, Native, Albuquerque’s Bernalillo, Kirtland , New Mexico, Mexico, Washington

☆ Intentaron movilizar a Sudamérica para apoyar a Ucrania. Casi mueren en el proceso
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Gabriela Sá Pessoa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“Y cuando ya lo tenía en mi mano”, relató Abad, refiriéndose a su vaso, “Victoria bromeó, diciendo: ‘parece whisky’”, dijo. Y en ese momento no hubo sirenas. Hubo algo como una explosión que yo nunca he sentido, nunca en mi vida”. Pero Amelina, una de las escritoras jóvenes más reconocidas de Ucrania, falleció en un hospital cuatro días después. Pero tres semanas después, en Bruselas, en una cumbre de líderes europeos y sus homólogos latinoamericanos, Petro decidió nadar entre dos aguas al momento de discutir la guerra.

☆ 'Oppenheimer' and the story behind those who lost their land to the lab
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] The town of Los Alamos, New Mexico with Fuller Lodge and the "Big House" dormitories is seen in an undated photograph. "Oppenheimer had no qualms about displacing people from their homelands," said Gomez, who wrote "Nuclear Nuevo Mexico" about the setting up of the lab. Today Los Alamos County, where the lab is based, is one of the richest and best-educated in the United States. "There's no economic development in our areas because it's all focused in Los Alamos," said Cristian Madrid-Estrada, director of the regional homeless shelter in Espanola, Rio Arriba's largest town. The lab said over 61% of employees hired since 2018 were from New Mexico, with most of its workforce living outside Los Alamos County.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Loyda Martinez, Martinez, Christopher Nolan's, Marcel Torres, Torres, dispossession, Myrriah Gomez, Gomez, Alisa Valdes, Mexico Rob Martinez, homesteader, Cristian Madrid, Estrada, Andrew Hay, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Fuller, of Energy, REUTERS, U.S . Army, Homes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S, Department, Labor, University of New, Manhattan, Hispano, Los Alamos, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Los Alamos , New Mexico, New Mexico, Espanola, New, University of New Mexico, Nuevo Mexico, Abiquiu , New Mexico, Publicists, United States, Los, Mexico, Los Alamos County, Neighboring Rio Arriba County, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba's, Taos , New Mexico

☆ U.S. orders antiviral drugs worth $138 million from SIGA Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies SIGA Technologies Inc FollowJuly 27 (Reuters) - SIGA Technologies Inc (SIGA.O) on Thursday said it has won a new contract for its antiviral drug, Tpoxx, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, sending the company's shares up about 20% after the bell. The order is for delivery of about $113 million worth of oral Tpoxx treatment courses and about $25 million worth of the intravenous formulation of the treatment, SIGA said. SIGA expects to fully deliver the order of oral Tpoxx drugs in 2023 and expects to start delivering IV TPOXX in 2024. Prior to the delivery of the IV drugs, it will focus on fulfilling a prior IV order, the company said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its use to help tackle the spread of mpox in 2022.

Persons: SIGA, Phil Gomez, Sriparna Roy, Devika Organizations: SIGA Technologies, U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, U.S . Department of Defense, World Health Organization, Thomson Locations: mpox, Bengaluru

☆ A Millennium Falcon-shaped comet heading toward Earth is so bright you'll able to see it with your naked eye, say astronomers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Ellie Zolfagharifard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Astronomers have spotted a "once-in-a-lifetime" comet shaped like the Millennium Falcon. The comet will make its closest approach to the sun next year, just weeks after a solar eclipse. The comet, known as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, abruptly brightened 100-fold on July 20 as plumes of debris and ice were blasted off it into space. While it may be possible to see the comet with the naked eye, Miles advised using binoculars. A decades-old mysteryAstronomers aren't sure exactly why Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which orbits the sun every 71 years, has brightened so drastically in recent weeks.

Persons: Pons, Brooks, It's, Richard Miles, Miles, Dr Edward Gomez, Elek Tamás, Helen Usher of Cardiff, Carrie Holt, Gomez Organizations: Service, British Astronomical Association, Wales, Harsona, Comet, Open University, University of Maryland Locations: Wall, Silicon, Cardiff, Nyiregyhaza, Hungary

☆ The 1975: Malaysia's LGBTQ community slams Matty Healy's onstage kiss
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But for many in Malaysia’s LGBTQ community, it was quite the opposite. Advocates say Islamic laws have increasingly used to target the Southeast Asian country’s LGBTQ community, with a rise in arrests and punishments ranging from caning to jailing. Participants in a Womens Day March asking for greater rights in gender equality and recognition of the LGBTQ community in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 12, 2023. Just last year, Rose had helped organize a Halloween party attended by many members of the LGBTQ community – which was raided by the police, who detained a number of participants, she said. That’s not to say international musicians can’t speak up about LGBTQ rights in Malaysia.

Persons: Matty Healy, Ross MacDonald, Healy’s, Healy, MacDonald, ”, Carmen Rose, “, he’s, Thilaga Sulathireh, Rose, Zahim Mohd, NurPhoto, Sulathireh, That’s, can’t, Talitha Tan, “ Malaysia’s, ” Rose, Selena Gomez Organizations: CNN, ” CNN, Sisters, Womens, Coldplay, Malaysian Islamic Locations: British, Malaysia, Kuala, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian, Indonesia, Taiwan, Jakarta, Taipei, ”, Rose, Asia

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, and his mother with a national monument across two states. One of the monument sites is the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, where Till's funeral took place. REUTERS/Brian SnyderSigns erected at Graball Landing since 2008 to commemorate Till's killing have been repeatedly defaced by gunfire. Any future vandalism would be investigated by federal law enforcement rather than local police, according to Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner, Mississippi. Biden, an 80-year-old Democrat, will likely need strong support from Black voters to secure a second term in the 2024 presidential election.

Persons: Joe Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Bradley, Wheeler Parker Jr, Till's, Parker, Roberts, Banutu, Gomez, George Floyd, Brian Snyder, Patrick Weems, Emmett, Thomas Edison, Biden, Donald Trump, Christopher Benson, Trevor Hunnicutt, Jonathan Allen, Heather Timmons Organizations: Rights, White, Roberts Temple Church of God, REUTERS, National Park Service, of Liberty, Republican, Mobley Institute, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Money , Mississippi, America, Mississippi, Washington, Tallahatchie, Minneapolis, Lynn , Massachusetts, U.S, Sumner , Mississippi, Summit , Illinois, Lincoln

☆ What it was like to live at the Los Alamos lab site during the Manhattan Project
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Los Alamos National LaboratorySituated 7,300 feet above sea level and roughly 35 miles from Santa Fe, the Los Alamos site seemed ideal for a secret laboratory. Constant constructionCompared to the Chicago labs, where some of the work on the Manhattan Project was being done, Los Alamos was starting from scratch. The commissary is where many Los Alamos residents did most of their grocery shopping during the Manhattan Project. Mary Palvesky is the daughter of Harry Palevsky and Elaine Sammel, who both worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. After the US dropped the bombs, the site became the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Persons: J, Robert Oppenheimer, he'd, Oppenheimer, Abraham Pais, Laura Fermi, Enrico Fermi's, Robert Wilson, Leslie Groves, John Henry Manley, would've, McAllister Hull, Richard Feynman's, Groves, you'd, Robert Serber, Serber, John Manley, Leon Fisher, Phyllis, Emile Segré, Leon, Phyllis Fisher, wouldn't, Ruth Marshak, Elsie McMillan, Enrico Fermi, Jane Wilson, Charlotte Serber, Kitty Oppenheimer, Los Alamos, Lucie Genay, they'd, Edward Teller, Bernice Brode, Robert Brode, Jean Bacher, Thomas Mann's, Fisher, Mary Palvesky, Harry Palevsky, Elaine Sammel, Palvesky, Joseph Rotblat, Hans Bethe, Pavlevsky, Bethe, couldn't, Marcos, Maria Gómez Organizations: Manhattan Project, Service, Manhattan, Trinity Test, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National, Los Alamos Ranch School, Manhattan Project . National Security Research, Los Alamos, Alamos lab's Tech Area, National Security Research Center, Residents, Carpenters, Tech, Security Research, Los, Nuclear Weapons Industry, couldn't, Trinity, Chicago Met Lab, Japan Locations: New Mexico, Los Alamos, Wall, Silicon, Alamos, Santa Fe, Chicago, Los, Mexican, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Berkeley, New York

The results from Sunday's vote left neither the left nor right bloc with an easy path to form a government. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez' Socialists have more options but face potentially unpalatable demands from Catalan separatist parties. Those could include insistence on an independence referendum, triggering the kind of political chaos seen in 2017 when Catalonia last tried to break from Spain. Sanchez could win over left-wing separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), as he did to form a minority government in 2019. The Socialists, which oppose independence and any vote on the issue, may have a hard time accepting such a demand.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Begona Gomez, applauds, gridlock, Ignacio Jurado, Vox, Sumar, Sanchez, Esquerra, Junts, Miriam Nogueras, Carles Puigdemont, Ignacio Torreblanca, Charlie Devereux, Belen Carreno, Joan Faus, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Socialist, REUTERS, Carlos III University, People's Party, Socialists, PSOE, ERC, Congress, Spanish, European Council, Foreign Relations, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Spain, Catalan, MADRID, Catalonia, Belgium, Basque, Barcelona

☆ Spain General Election Results
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Martín González Gómez | Lauren Leatherby | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Spain General Election Results Leer en españolThis election will allocate all 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, Spain’s primary legislative body. If no single party receives an outright majority in Congress ⎯ a likely scenario ⎯ the parties will negotiate until they form a governing coalition. Seats needed for a majority Major left parties Major right parties No seats allocated yetParty Votes Percent Pct. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of PSOE, the mainstream social-democratic party, called a snap election after a poor result among left-leaning parties during regional and local elections in May. If either of those coalitions fail to reach a majority in parliament, they will have to garner the support of smaller regional parties.

Persons: ⎯, Pedro Sánchez, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Vox, Santiago Abascal, Yolanda Díaz Organizations: Deputies, PSOE, Vox, Senate, UPN, Sumar Locations: Spain

☆ Why You Can’t Stop Reading About Sofia Vergara’s Split
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Remy Tumin | More About Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This week, the actors Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello announced their divorce after seven years of marriage. Ariana Grande and her husband, Dalton Gomez, also appeared to be on the outs. Fans were trawling the stars’ social media posts, looking for any clue about what was going on — on their ring fingers, in their facial expressions and even in the posts the stars liked. Because dealing with a breakup is one of the most relatable things a star can do. “Breakups are such an identifiable thing,” said Alicia Mintz, who hosts the podcast “Trashy Divorces” with her wife, Stacie Boschma.

Persons: Marilyn, Joe, Brad, Jennifer, Angelina, Elizabeth, Richard, Tom, Gisele, Kim, Kanye, Diana, Charles, Henry VIII, Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello, Ariana Grande, Dalton Gomez, ”, Alicia Mintz, Stacie, “

☆ Spain’s far-right Vox party is targeting women’s rights. It may end up kingmaker in Sunday’s election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Teaming up with Vox, which is projected to receive 36 seats, would give a right-wing coalition a slim working majority. Meanwhile, more than 1,200 Spanish women have been killed by current or former partners since 2003, according to data from the equality ministry. “As progress has been faster, the opposition to gender equality policies has also been more intense and animated,” she said. If the party were to come into government it could severely impact the lives of Spanish women, said Nuño. In local administrations where it has gained influence, Vox has been able to end equality initiatives and censure cultural events, she said.

Persons: CNN —, Spain’s, Pedro Sanchez, Paul Hanna, Vox, Francisco Franco, Paloma Román Marugan, Xuan Cueto, Santiago Abascal, ”, “, ” Vox, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Oscar del Pozo, Laura Nuño Gómez, King, King Juan Carlos, Franco, “ Vox, Jon Nazca, Clara Campoamor Organizations: CNN, Vox, Reuters, Popular Party, Spanish, Bloomberg, Getty, Socialist, PSOE, PP, Deputies, Complutense University of Madrid, Europa Press, Guardia Civil, King Juan, King Juan Carlos University, European Economic, European Union Locations: Europe, Spain, Madrid, Catalonia, Gijon, AFP, Ronda

☆ How Canada’s Record Wildfires Got So Bad, So Fast
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Nadja Popovich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

How Canada’s Record Wildfires Got So Bad, So FastWildfires in Canada have burned a staggering 25 million acres so far this year, an area roughly the size of Kentucky. With more than a month of peak fire season left to go, 2023 has already eclipsed Canada’s previous annual record from 1989, when over 18 million acres were scorched. Hot, dry conditions have fueled widespread wildfires, mostly in Canada’s boreal forests, since the spring, with some of the largest blazes burning in Northwest Canada and Quebec. A heat wave baked British Columbia and Alberta in mid-May, exacerbating several early wildfires. More than 100 times over the past three months, Canadian wildfires have grown sufficiently large and powerful to produce their own weather, kicking up giant thunderclouds known as pyrocumulonibus, and injecting smoke high into the atmosphere.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Kamau, Kamau, “, González, Mike Flannigan, Yan Boulanger, Flanningan Organizations: Canadian Interagency Forest Fire, Madison Dong, Thompson Rivers University, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Times Locations: Canada, Kentucky, Northwest Canada, Quebec, North America, International, United States, Madison, Columbia, Alberta, Northern Canada, Thompson, Kamloops , British Columbia, California

☆ Former Barcelona defender Alba to sign for Inter Miami, says club president
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 18 (Reuters) - Former Barcelona defender Jordi Alba will join Lionel Messi at Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer (MLS) club's president Jorge Mas said on Tuesday. Alba, who has won more than 90 caps for Spain, will be part of a strong ex-Barcelona contingent at Inter Miami, with Messi and Sergio Busquets having already joined the club. Miami are also looking to sign another former Barca player, Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, who plays for Gremio in Brazil. Mas said that talks had taken place but "he is a Gremio player and I respect that". The MLS team's president also confirmed the arrival of Paraguayan midfielder Diego Gomez from Libertad, and said they had made formal contact with Argentine side Racing Club to enquire about Tomas Aviles.

Persons: Jordi Alba, Lionel Messi, Jorge Mas, Alba, Messi, Sergio Busquets, Gerardo Martino, Mas, Luis Suarez, Diego Gomez, Tomas Aviles, Angelica Medina, Toby Davis Organizations: Barcelona, Inter Miami, Major League Soccer, Champions League, Copa del Rey, Tata, TyC Sports, Barca, Uruguayan, Gremio, MLS, Libertad, Argentine, Racing Club, Thomson Locations: Barcelona, Spain, Miami, Brazil, Paraguayan, Mexico

Instead, Gomez Cabrera has to juggle a part-time nannying job beside strenuous practices. Now, Santino runs girls’ soccer program La Nuestra in the Villa 31, where Gomez Cabrera has played for nearly a decade. Becoming a soccer star is a common dream for boys and girls alike where Pereira grew up. "How can we realize our dream to become top players if they don't give us a chance?" Oliveros works part-time as a girls' soccer instructor.

Persons: Carla Carniel, Camila Lujan Gomez Cabrera, Gomez Cabrera, Maradona, Pele, Monica Santino, Santino, Christiane Rozeira, Gabrielle Cardoso, Paola Genes, it's, Genes, Nicole Pereira, Pereira, Laurina Oliveros, Oliveros, Lucila Sigal, Anna, Catherine Brigida, Daniela Desantis, Lucinda Elliott, Leandro Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Christian Radnedge Organizations: REUTERS, Buenos Aires's Villa, Villa, Belgrano, SOUTH, Olimpia, National Cancer, Rocinha Soccer, Argentina women's, Argentina's Boca Juniors, Thomson Locations: Sao Paulo, Brazil, Carla Carniel BUENOS AIRES, Buenos, South America's, Buenos Aires, Nuestra, South America, Paraguay, Rio de Janeiro, United States, Argentina, Uruguay

☆ Northern Mexico bakes as residents try to beat scorching heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Victor Medina/File PhotoMEXICALI, Mexico, July 13 (Reuters) - Construction worker Brian Larreta's job is tough any day of the year, but scorching temperatures this month in northern Mexico have made it a dangerous feat. A deadly heat wave spiked temperatures across Mexico in June, but while recent weeks have brought relief to more southern regions, the country's heat-accustomed northern states have continued to bake in abnormally high temperatures. Heat waves have historically hit Mexico in April and May, according to data from the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM). This year, experts said the heat wave was worsened by drought. The local government, along with religious groups, took to the streets to offer homeless people shelter, water, and rehydration salt packets to avoid heat strokes.

Persons: Victor Medina, Brian Larreta's, you've, they’re, Larreta, Aaron Gomez, Martina Sarabia, Brendan O'Boyle, Kim Coghill Organizations: REUTERS, Autonomous National University of Mexico, Thomson Locations: Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, MEXICALI, California, UNAM

☆ Taylor Swift: It's a 'Cruel Summer' for fans in Asia as Singapore shows sell out
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —It’s been a Cruel Summer for Taylor Swift fans in Asia. Among them was Jordan Lee, a die hard Swiftie from Jakarta who told CNN that he had come “close to snagging” a ticket, priced $80 and up. “They weren’t violent but they made their views very clear, the same would happen with Taylor Swift if she came to Malaysia,” he said. Venues can only hold about 20,000 people, which is too few for Taylor Swift and her Eras Tour, which will be a big production. Taylor Swift performs onstage during her US-leg of the Eras Tour.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Taylor Swift, Swift, “, Jordan Lee, ” Lee, Taylor Hill, Nur Hazlina, Pita Limjaroenrat, Thais, Suzanne Codeiro, Syed Saddiq, ”, Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, Stuart MacFarlane, Song Seng, “ Swift Organizations: CNN, Organizers, Ticketmaster, Swift, Rights, Kuala Lumpur, Party, T, Getty, Philippine, Coldplay, Malaysian Islamic, “, ”, Arsenal FC, Kallang, Management, Singapore’s Ministry of Culture ,, Youth Locations: Asia, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, United States, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Kuala, Thailand, “ Thailand, Philippines, Arlington , Texas, AFP, Malaysia, Indonesia, British, Malaysian, Kuala Lumpur, “ Malaysia, Hong Kong

☆ Google's top AI researchers, including all the authors behind a landmark paper, have left for competitors. Here's where they are now.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Top AI researchers have been leaving for startups where their work can have more impact. That frustration over Google's slow movement has been corroborated by other former Google researchers who spoke to Insider. Niki Parmar left Google Brain after five years to serve as a cofounder and CTO of Adept, though in November, she left to found a stealth startup. Lukasz Kaiser left Google Brain after working there for more than seven years to join OpenAI in 2021. Sharan Narang, another contributor to the T5 paper, left Google Brain in 2022 after four years there.

Persons: it's, Llion Jones, OpenAI's, ChatGPT, Sundar Pichai, Bard, Daniel De Freitas, Noam Shazeer, Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, OpenAI, Ashish Vaswani, Niki Parmar, Jakob Uszkoreit, Aidan Gomez, Nick Frosst, Lukasz Kaiser, Kaiser, Illia Polosukhin, Meena, De Freitas, Romal Thoppilan, Character.AI, LaMDA, Elon Musk, Character.ai, Winni Wintermeyer, Thoppilan, Alicia Jin, BERT BERT, BERT, Jacob Devlin, Colin Raffel, Raffel, Sharan Narang, He's, Azalia Mirhoseini, Anna Goldie, Mirhoseini, Goldie, Claude, DeepMind Mustafa Suleyman, Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind, Suleyman, Reid Hoffman Organizations: Google, Bloomberg, New York Times, Microsoft, Street Journal, Neural Networks, OpenAI, YouTube, Elon, UNC Chapel Hill, Meta, Anthropic, Society Locations: ChatGPT, Character.AI, DeepMind

☆ A Centuries-Long Manhunt Stretches Across Mexico and Beyond
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Randy Boyagoda | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

NOT EVEN THE DEAD, by Juan Gómez Bárcena. Translated by Katie Whittemore. His latest book, splendidly translated by Katie Whittemore, only adds to his standing, thanks to its successful blend of ambitious literary dynamism with contemporary social and political commentary. And so, like an anti-Quixote, he sets off on his quest without fanfare, heading north, expecting to be home in a few weeks. Never mind that no one can tell Juan what his quarry really looks like.

Persons: Juan Gómez Bárcena, Katie Whittemore, We’ll, Cormac McCarthy, Juan Gómez Bárcena’s, Roberto Bolaño, Joseph Conrad, —, “, Juan, Juan de Toñanes, Juan the, Quixote Organizations: Spanish Locations: Lima, Spain, Puebla, United States, Spanish, Mexico

☆ See How Much Rain Fell in the Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Judson Jones | Lazaro Gamio | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

See How Much Rain Fell in the NortheastA slow-moving, unnamed weather system meandered through the Northeast, releasing astounding amounts of water that led to the worst flooding in New England since Tropical Storm Irene. Bridges were washed away and streets in downtown Montpelier, Vt., looked like a Venice canal. River levels over the past four days Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt. 0 ft. 5 ft. 10 ft. 15 ft. 20 ft. Flood stage Winooski River near Essex Junction, Vt. 0 ft. 5 ft. 10 ft. 15 ft. 20 ft. Flood stage Lamoille River at Johnson, Vt. 0 ft. 5 ft. 10 ft. 15 ft. 20 ft.

Persons: Irene, Bea Malsky, “, Phil Scott, Vermont’s, Brian Snyder, Mr, Scott Organizations: Tropical, Weather, United State Military Academy, ”, Weather Service, Reuters Locations: New England, Bridges, Montpelier, Vt, Venice, New York, West, Vermont, Plymouth, Montpelier , Vt, Essex, Johnson, Vermont’s

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