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☆ Americans and Their Cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Somini Sengupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Summertime is road trip time for many of us in the United States. That makes it a good time to look at what our relationship with the road has meant for global warming. The data crunchers at the Frontier Group, a research organization focused on sustainability, sought to answer that question by looking at gasoline consumption since 1949, the year the United States started tracking transportation data. They estimated that if American cars, S.U.V.s and pickup trucks were their own country, they would be the sixth-largest emitter of heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions since 1949, putting them behind the total national carbon dioxide emissions produced by the United States, China, Russia, Germany and Japan. Add other forms of transportation, including heavy trucks, trains and planes, and U.S. transportation would be the fourth-largest carbon emitter, producing around 6.5 percent of the carbon dioxide that’s accumulated in the atmosphere over the last seven decades.

Organizations: Frontier Group Locations: United States, China, Russia, Germany, Japan, U.S

☆ Russia's Novatek has developed its own LNG-producing technology
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Novatek PAO FollowMOSCOW, June 13 (Reuters) - Russian company Novatek (NVTK.MM) said on Tuesday it has developed its own technology to produce large-scale volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), a key step in boosting LNG production and raising Russia's global share in the fuel market. The company said it obtained a Russian patent for its proprietary technology called "Arctic Mix" for large-scale natural gas liquefaction using mixed refrigerants. Novatek also said the production process has been developed to implement the company's large-scale projects on gravity-based structures with a production capacity of more than 6 million tonnes per year for one producing line. Russia lacks LNG production technologies following withdrawal of Western companies with their know-how last year over Moscow's actions in Ukraine. "This innovation is an important step towards the localization of liquefaction process trains in alignment with the Company's strategic objective to develop LNG technologies in Russia," Novatek said.

Persons: PAO, Novatek, Vladimir Soldatkin, David Evans Organizations: Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Accenture looks to power AI efforts with $3 billion investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 13 (Reuters) - Accenture said on Tuesday it will invest $3 billion over three years into its data and AI practice, doubling the number of employees that are working with the cutting-edge technology at the IT consulting firm. The company, which consults and services various clients on generative AI projects, said it will have 80,000 people working on AI as it hires, buys other companies and trains more employees. Accenture did not say by when it would hit that number, but added that the investment was aimed to help companies across 19 industries. The firm's move underscores a rush among companies to burnish their offerings with generative AI - technology that the likes of Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) say will change the way many jobs are done. On Monday, Salesforce (CRM.N) doubled its venture capital fund for generative AI startups to $500 million and unveiled an AI Cloud service that hopes to attract enterprises by offering its AI-powered products under one umbrella.

Persons: Tiyashi Datta, Nivedita Organizations: Accenture, Microsoft, Enterprise, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Loop Capital upgrades Ulta Beauty, calls luxury brand expansion a multiyear driver for sales growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A bet on luxury should pay off for Ulta Beauty over the long haul, according to Loop Capital. Analyst Anthony Chukumba upgraded the beauty stock to buy from hold, highlighting its push into the luxury market and Target shop experiences. ULTA YTD mountain Ulta Beauty shares in 2023 "We believe the nascent luxury brand expansion represents a multi-year comparable sales growth driver," by luring new customer and encouraging others to trade up, he said. "We also think the continued rollout of Ulta Beauty at Target shop-in-shops will drive incremental income as well as Ultamate Rewards memberships." Chukumba called Ulta's shop-in-shops experience an attractive economic move given that Target fronts the build outs and purchasing inventory, while the beauty company collects sales-based commission.

Persons: Anthony Chukumba, Chukumba, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Ulta Beauty, Capital

☆ Met Museum Trains ‘Monuments Men’ to Save Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Zachary Small | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Twenty men and women in military fatigues huddled around a 19th-century painting of a fiery sunset at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a recent Saturday afternoon. They leaned toward the vivid picture of the Ukrainian wilderness as their tour guide spoke. The program was announced three years ago but interrupted by Covid and bureaucratic hurdles. Blake Ruehrwein, an Air Force veteran who also runs education and outreach at the Naval War College Museum in Newport, R.I., was instructing a new unit learning the ropes from some of the world’s top art experts. “Take what you learn from here and apply it,” he told the officers attending the museum workshop in early June.

Persons: ” Alison Hokanson, “, Blake Ruehrwein, ” Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 353rd Civil Affairs Command, Men, Air Force, Naval War College Museum Locations: Staten, Newport, R.I

☆ I-95 Collapse in Philadelphia Sends Commuters Searching for Alternatives
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Jon Hurdle | Campbell Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A day after an elevated portion of Interstate 95 collapsed in northeast Philadelphia, buckling after a tanker truck caught fire, the weekday rush hour began Monday with dread and preparation. “It’s looking like more than an hour on a typical 40-minute commute,” said John Heinrich, an electrician in northeast Philadelphia, who usually takes I-95 to get to his job site across the city. The damaged stretch in Philadelphia is used by about 160,000 vehicles a day, officials said. All of these vehicles now have to find alternate routes, and a normal commute is a long way off. Federal, state and local officials are looking into the cause of the fire and the collapse of the elevated highway section, which officials said caused no injuries or deaths.

Persons: ”, John Heinrich Organizations: National Transportation Safety Board Locations: Philadelphia, “, East Coast, Maine, Miami, Federal

☆ Amputee surfer making waves in the sport
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Sarah Almagro, 23, trains with her coach Javier Donoso, during the adaptive surfing Open LPA Surf City, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Borja SuarezLAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, June 12 (Reuters) - When Sarah Almagro was 18 she suffered meningococcal meningitis and surgeons had to amputate both her hands and feet. Almagro was among the competitors who took part in the Open LPA Surf City 2023 championship in Playa de las Canteras in Gran Canaria on Saturday. Adaptive surfing refers to surfing where people with disabilities adapt their techniques and equipment in order to be able to practise the sport. Surfing will not be part of the Paralympics next year in Paris, but Almagro hopes it will chosen as a sport for the Games from 2028.

Persons: Sarah Almagro, Javier Donoso, Borja Suarez, Almagro, Graham Keeley, Toby Davis Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Borja Suarez LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Reuters, Games, Thomson Locations: Las Palmas, Gran, Spain, United States, Playa de las, Malaga, Paris

☆ Philadelphia I-95 highway collapse may snarl morning commutes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Jarrett Renshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] A view of the aftermath of the collapse of a part of I-95 highway after a fuel tanker exploded beneath it, in Philadelphia, U.S. June 11, 2023 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Billy Kyle/via REUTERSPHILADELPHIA, June 12 (Reuters) - Philadelphia residents were bracing for a brutal morning commute on Monday after a tanker truck fire caused an overpass to collapse on Interstate 95. The major highway is closed in both directions in Philadelphia after the tanker trunk carrying gasoline caught fire for reasons that were not yet clear. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the tanker was carrying gasoline and that it had sent a team to investigate. "I mean, they're looking to maintain the basic safety of the bridges due to deterioration," he said.

Persons: Billy Kyle, Leslie Richards, Josh Shapiro, Andy Herrmann, Herrmann, Jarrett Renshaw, Brad Brooks, Andrea Shalal, Donna Bryson, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Pennsylvania, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, American Society of Civil Engineers, Thomson Locations: Philadelphia , U.S, REUTERS PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia, East Coast, Miami, Maine, U.S, Lubbock , Texas, Washington

☆ Where is the best place in New York City for a finance office?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

So if you have to come in, where's the best place to go? Note: Most of the companies listed below have multiple office locations beyond the one listed. An open letter to big banks going through an identity crisis. My open letter to big banks. Here's a list of nearly a dozen of the best chocolates you can buy, according to a professional chocolatier.

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“Messi” soon became the top trending topic on Chinese social media platform Weibo, while video footage showed hundreds of fans swarming the team’s hotel entrance in the hope of catching a glimpse of their idol. Argentina’s pre-match training session was delayed for safety reasons Sunday after “outrageously passionate” fans made it impossible for the team to leave their hotel, Global Times reported, citing game organizers. One fan was so eager to meet Messi that he spent 10,000 yuan ($1,400) on rooms at multiple Beijing luxury hotels in the hope of seeing the star, Global TImes said. AFA/Handout/ReutersSeveral unofficial Weibo accounts also claimed to offer VIP stadium passes, front-row seats for the game and autographed Argentina jerseys at inflated prices. Argentina will next travel to Jakarta for a friendly against Indonesia on June 19, though it is unclear if Messi will join the squad for that game.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Lionel Messi, scammers, “ Messi, ” Messi, “ Messi ”, Argentina’s, “, Messi, ” Argentina's Lionel Messi, d’Or, Germain Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Australia, Weibo, Global Times, Workers, Beijing, AFA, Reuters, Messi, Barcelona, Major League Soccer, Inter Miami, Paris Saint, Indonesia Locations: Hong Kong, Argentina, Beijing, China, United States, Jakarta

They cram themselves every day by the millions onto India’s overtaxed trains, chasing a shred of economic opportunity across the vastness of the world’s most populous nation. Tickets costing about $5 — nearly a day’s wage — are all they can afford. Almost all of the 288 dead were in those three cars at the front of the train — a fact, confirmed by officials, that has gone almost unnoticed in India. Unlike the 1,200 people in reserved seats, those in the general coaches were officially nameless; the rail service had no record of their identity. Their names and other details emerged only when they were taken to hospitals, or when a loved one traveling hundreds of miles identified their bodies in a morgue.

Persons: chai Organizations: Express Locations: India

Indian and international media have previously reported that a possible malfunction in the automated signalling system may have led to the crash. However, details of the frequent malfunctions at the nearby rail-road barrier and its possible connection to a manual bypass of the signalling system are reported by Reuters for the first time. A spokesman for Indian Railways said "repair works keep happening as per requirements" but tampering with the automated system is not allowed. "(Indian) Railways believes the system was tampered with," said the second source, who has access to briefings on the investigation. The Indian Railways spokesman did not directly address the authorisation issue and only said it is not allowed under Indian Railways rules.

Persons: Amitabh Sharma, Sharma, Soubhagya Ranjan Sarangi, Narendra Modi's, Jaya Varma Sinha, Sinha, Sandeep Mathur, Mathur, Sudhanshu Mishra, Krishn Kaushik, Jatindra, Sarita Chaganti Singh, YP Rajesh, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Railways, Reuters, of Railway Safety, CRS, Railway Board, Railways Ministry, Indian Railways, police’s Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI, Coromandel Express, Express, YP, Thomson Locations: India, DELHI, Bahanaga Bazar, Balasore, Odisha, Bahanaga, Niranjan, Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi

☆ Two Complicated Princes of the Sport of Kings
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Since the two shared that moment eight years ago, the two trainers — both members of the Hall of Fame — have continued to reign over the sport, for better and for worse. Both Baffert and Pletcher have a gift with horses and their demanding owners. One of the horses, a colt named Forte, will face off against the Baffert-trained National Treasure and seven other thoroughbreds in the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Horses that he trains have failed 30 drug tests over four decades — most notably Medina Spirit, who won the 2021 Kentucky Derby but failed a test for a prohibited drug and was disqualified. That colt was only the second horse in the Derby’s 149-year history whose victory was revoked because of a drug violation.

Persons: —, of Fame —, Pletcher, Forte, Baffert Organizations: of Fame, The New York Times, Kentucky Derby Locations: Medina, Kentucky

We used a professional device called a sound level meter to record the decibel levels of common sounds and environments. According to the World Health Organization, average road traffic noise above 53 dB or average aircraft noise exposure above about 45 dB are associated with adverse health effects. This chart shows how many people in the United States may be exposed to various outdoor noise levels, on average. Scientists believe that pronounced fluctuations in noise levels like this might compound the effects on the body. Nighttime noise shows similar inequities.

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☆ Paris rental bikes deliver unexpected anti-abortion messages
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Xiaofei Xu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Paris CNN —Since being launched in 2007, Paris’ public Vélib’ rental bikes have proven a hit with tourists and locals as a trouble-free way to get around the French capital, especially in summer when Metro trains are hot and crowded. In recent weeks, activists have turned some Vélib’ cycles into billboards featuring unexpected messages from a guerrilla advertising campaign opposing abortion rights. The people who put up these stickers “would be overjoyed to revisit abortion rights,” Rotjman, a feminist campaigner since 1974, told CNN. Calls for justiceVélib' rental bikes have proved hugely popular with locals and tourists since their 2007 launch. Vélib’ has yet to confirm how many bikes are impacted and when they will be restored.

Persons: Anne Hidalgo, ”, Isabelle Rome, “, ” Suzy Rotjman, ” Rotjman, Roe, Wade, Emmanuel Macron, Shutterstock, Eugenia Roccella, Vélib ’, Vélib, Sylvain Raifaud, Raifaud, ’ Organizations: Paris CNN, Metro, Paris, “, French, Women’s Rights, CNN, ”, National Assembly, French Senate, Quotidiano Nazionale, Vox Locations: Paris, France, United States, Italy, Spain, Europe, Poland, Hungary

☆ Liberal Prosecutors Are Revisiting Police Killings but Charging Few Officers So Far
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Eliza Fawcett | Tim Arango | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The special prosecutor, Lawrence Middleton, had secured convictions in a 1993 federal trial against Los Angeles Police Department officers for beating Rodney King. (“Both officers’ use of deadly force was reasonable under the circumstances,” Ms. Lacey wrote in a 2019 memo.) The re-examinations themselves take time, and liberal prosecutors may yet file criminal charges against more officers in past cases. The police had responded to a call that Mr. Gonzalez, 26, was acting strangely in a park and talking to himself. The officer, Hector Jimenez, was cleared in each case and remains with the Oakland Police Department.

Persons: Lawrence Middleton, Rodney King, Christopher Deandre Mitchell, ” Ms, Lacey, Irving, “, Ed Obayashi, Mario Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Obayashi, Price, Mr, Ms, Price’s, Moppin, Hector Jimenez Organizations: Los Angeles Police Department, Attorney’s Office, Oakland Police Department Locations: Maine, California, Alameda, Alameda County

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☆ SEC Sues Binance and Coinbase: What the Charges Mean for Crypto
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Trains Restart at Site of Deadly Crash in India Cargo and passenger train service resumed Monday at the site of Friday’s deadly three-way train crash in India, which killed at least 275 people. The government has promised a thorough probe. Photo: Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press

Persons: Rafiq Maqbool Organizations: India Cargo, Associated Locations: India

☆ Tens of thousands at risk from flooding after Ukraine dam collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Viktoriia Lakezina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] A satellite image shows a close-up view of Nova Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power facility, Ukraine, in this picture obtained by Reuters on June 6, 2023. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the collapse of the massive dam on Tuesday, which sent floodwaters across a swathe of the war zone and forced thousands to flee. Ukraine said Russia committed a deliberate war crime in blowing up the Soviet-era Nova Kakhovka dam, which powered a hydroelectric station. Residents in flooded Nova Kakhovka on the Russian-controlled bank of the Dnipro told Reuters that some had decided to stay despite being ordered out. It's very dirty," Yevheniya, a woman in Nova Kakhovka , said by telephone.

Persons: Martin Griffiths, John Kirby, Robert Wood, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Cynthia Osterman, Michael Perry Organizations: Reuters, Maxar Technologies, UN, United Nations, Kremlin, Security Council, Dnipro, U.S, Criminal Court, Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Kakhovka, Ukraine, Russia, UN KHERSON, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Moscow, Kherson, slog, Nova Kakhovka, Russian, Washington, Geneva, Crimean

☆ How to See an Owl Like Flaco - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Jennifer Ackerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The ear tufts of some species disrupt the round identifiable shape of an owl head, so it blends better with its woody surroundings. The quiet flight of owls is an act of biomechanical stealth that still challenges science. I once experienced the stealth of a great gray owl up close. I could barely make him out against the tree bark, and even in this enclosed space, his partner was invisible. Google “owl silent flight,” and you’ll find a dramatic video of an experiment by BBC Earth some years ago comparing the flight noise of a pigeon, a peregrine falcon and a barn owl.

Persons: Percy, soundlessly Organizations: grays, Google, BBC Locations: Skansen, Stockholm

[1/7] A general view of the Bahanaga Bazar railway station, near the site of a train collision following the accident in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India, June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiBAHANAGA BAZAR, India, June 7 (Reuters) - Few trains stop at Bahanaga Bazar, the sleepy, small rural station in the Balasore district of Odisha state where India's deadliest train accident in more than two decades happened. "We never imagined we would witness a tragedy of such magnitude in our life time," Jasoda Nayak, a Bahanaga village council member, told Reuters. Several railway officials at Bahanaga Bazar declined to speak to Reuters about the accident as it was now the subject of a police investigation. While Balasore district is known for housing India's missile testing facility, most villagers in the area, which is less than 20 km (12 miles) from the Bay of Bengal coast, are farmers, fisherman or labourers.

Persons: Adnan Abidi BAHANAGA, Jasoda Nayak, Bhagwat Prasad Ratho, Mahesh Kumar Gupta, Krishn Kaushik, Miral Fahmy, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Police, Thomson Locations: Balasore district, Odisha, India, Adnan Abidi BAHANAGA BAZAR, Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Bengal

☆ US passenger railroad Amtrak CEO says ridership near pre-pandemic levels
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said on Tuesday the U.S. passenger railroad expects traffic to get back to pre-pandemic levels even as it projects about $800 million in losses for the current budget year. Passenger capacity measured by available seats during April remained 15% lower than 2019 systemwide because trains were running less frequently and there were equipment shortages, he added. Previously, Amtrak reported an adjusted operating loss of $884.9 million for 2022 and said it aims to break even in the coming years. Congress approved $66 billion for rail as part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, with Amtrak receiving $22 billion. Amtrak wants to double ridership nationwide by 2040 after its ridership grew 45% from 2003 to 2019 to 32.3 million riders.

Persons: Stephen Gardner, Gardner, David Shepardson, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Amtrak, U.S, U.S . House, Thomson Locations: Washington, Boston, Arlington , Virginia, Baltimore, Florida , Ohio, Arizona, Gulf Coast, Nashville, Columbus, Phoenix, Las Vegas

REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasBALASORE, India, June 7 (Reuters) - Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country's deadliest rail crash in over two decades. Following non-stop efforts to rescue survivors and clear and repair the track, trains resumed running over that section of the line on Sunday night. Till Monday evening around 100 bodies were yet to be identified, a senior state health department official told Reuters. Bijay Kumar Mohapatra, health director of Odisha, said authorities were trying to source iced containers to help preserve the bodies. "Unless they are identified, a post mortem cannot be done," Mohapatra said, explaining that under Odisha state regulations no autopsy can be conducted on an unclaimed body until 96 hours has passed.

Persons: Dilip Kumar Sabar, Jyotilal Sabar, Francis Mascarenhas BALASORE, Bijay Kumar Mohapatra, Odisha, Mohapatra, A.M, Chowdhary, Jatindra Dash, Krishn Kaushik, Sudipto Ganguly, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India's Railway, federal Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI, Railway, Express, Thomson Locations: Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Bhubaneswar's, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Kolkata, Howrah

☆ Ozempic is taking China by storm. Drugmakers are scrambling to boost supplies
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Ozempic, originally a medication for treating diabetes, is in high demand worldwide with celebrities and social media users touting it as a miracle drug for weight loss. “This is a wonder drug,” according to a popular series of posts on Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social app similar to Instagram. Soaring pricesThe social media hype was so enormous that Xiaohongshu launched a crackdown in February and deleted more than 5,000 posts sharing weight loss experiences with Ozempic. Fill the shortageThe weight loss drug market in China is expected to boom in the coming years. Novo Nordisk has applied to China’s drug regulator to widen the scope of use for semaglutide, according to the National Medical Products Administration.

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