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☆ Need motivation for 2023? Here are three ideas from scientists and coaches on how to make it your best work year yet.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Use the fresh slate of a new year as an excuse to rev your motivation. We scoured Insider's trove of content for the best tips, tricks, and strategies to rev up your motivation at work in 2023. Gabriele Oettingen, a psychology professor at New York University and the University of Hamburg, calls it "WOOPing." Fishbach, the author of "Get It Done: Surprising Lessons From the Science of Motivation," told Insider. Knapp and Zeratsky helped set up the design-sprint process at Google, so they know a thing or two about time management.

☆ Former Pope Benedict was first pontiff to resign in 600 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +14 min

[1/3] Pope Benedict XVI blesses a baby as he rides around St Peter's Square to hold his last general audience at the Vatican February 27, 2013. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File PhotoVATICAN CITY, Dec 31 - Former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday aged 95, was the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, leaving behind a Catholic Church battered by sexual abuse scandals, mired in mismanagement and polarised between conservatives and progressives. Benedict, the first German pope in 1,000 years, had good relations with his successor, Pope Francis, but his continued presence inside the Vatican after he stepped down in 2013 further polarised the Church ideologically. Although he said he would remain "hidden from the world", Benedict did not live up to that promise and in retirement sometimes caused controversy and confusion through his writings. Ganswein's role as a middleman between Benedict and the cardinal was unclear, with many believing he had misled Benedict, the cardinal, or both.

☆ Former pope Benedict, his papacy and retirement
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

VATICAN CITY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Former pope Benedict, who Pope Francis said on Wednesday was "very sick", resigned in 2013, the first pontiff in 600 years to take such a step rather than rule for life. Days later, Benedict says he was "deeply sorry" about Muslim reaction to his speech, which he says was misunderstood. Former Pope Benedict traveled to his native Germany last week to visit his ailing older brother. Benedict later pardoned Gabriele and the Vatican later found him a job in a hospital. Benedict pope later acknowledges errors occurred and asks for forgiveness.

☆ Factbox: Former Pope Benedict, his papacy and resignation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Following are some facts about former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday:- Benedict, the first German pope in 1,000 years, was elected on April 19, 2005 to succeed the widely popular Pope John Paul II, who reigned for 27 years. Benedict said he stood down because bad health prevented him from bearing the full weight of the papacy. [1/2] Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass at Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, March 28, 2012. The Vatican under Pope John Paul II had failed to take action against Maciel despite overwhelming evidence of his crimes. Some loyalists failed to accept that he had resigned the papacy willingly and continued to consider him "my pope".

☆ Factbox: Former pope Benedict, his papacy and resignation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

VATICAN CITY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Former pope Benedict, who Pope Francis said on Wednesday was "very sick", resigned in 2013, the first pontiff in 600 years to take such a step rather than rule for life. - Benedict, the first German pope in 1,000 years, was elected on April 19, 2005 to succeed the widely popular Pope John Paul II, who reigned for 27 years. The Vatican under Pope John Paul II had failed to take action against Maciel despite overwhelming evidence of his crimes. Some loyalists failed to accept that he had resigned the papacy willingly and continued to consider him "my pope". Pope Francis, by contrast, also loves classical music but appreciates Italian pop songs from the early 1960s and also likes tango music from his native Argentina.

☆ South African President Ramaphosa Is Re-Elected as Party Leader
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JOHANNESBURG—South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was resoundingly re-elected as the leader of the ruling African National Congress on Monday, shrugging off a parliamentary investigation that found he may have violated the country’s constitution, as well as a forceful challenge by allies of his disgraced predecessor. Mr. Ramaphosa, who has been president of Africa’s most developed economy since 2018, beat his former health minister, Zweli Mkhize, gaining 2,476 votes out of 4,384 cast at the ANC’s elective conference that sets the party’s direction for the coming five years. Perhaps more important, officials backed by Mr. Ramaphosa won four out of the other six positions in the party’s leadership team, giving him a stronger hand in picking his cabinet and pushing through his chosen economic policies.

☆ Analysis: Italy's cash payments U-turn is all gain, no pain
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Valentina Za | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Italy is scrapping from the draft budget a provision on retailers who refuse card payments that limits fines to transactions worth more than 60 euros ($64). A one percentage point increase in the use of cash leads to a 0.8-1.8 percentage point rise in undeclared value added tax (VAT), Italy's central bank found. "The government's U-turn on card payments marks a victory for consumers and the country," Italian consumer group Unione Nazionale Consumatori President Massimiliano Dona said. Nearly 73% of respondents in a 2022 survey by The European House-Ambrosetti's Cashless Society wished to reduce cash payments to improve speed and security, up from 60% in 2020. To defend the plan, the government has criticised the cost of digital payments saying cafe owners can hardly accept cards for 1.1 euro a cup espressos.

☆ A photographer says he's received death threats over Balenciaga's 'bondage bears' ads: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Balenciaga's latest holiday advertising campaign sparked a backlash on social media. Photographer Gabriele Galimberti told The Guardian he's received death threats and lost out on work. Gabriele Galimberti told The Guardian: "I get messages like 'we know where you live'. The campaign, which was withdrawn on November 22, was accused of sexualizing children and triggered a backlash on social media. In a statement posted to social media, Balenciaga said: ""We sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused.

☆ NY Fed paper ties reverse repo surge to bank regulation change
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Michael S. Derby | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

That had a knock-on effect on money market funds, the main user of reverse repos, which surged cash into the reverse repo facility. Meanwhile, banks reduced short-term debt offerings, constraining what money funds could invest in. The reverse repo tool offers money market funds and other firms a place to park cash at the Fed overnight and earn a return. The Fed’s reverse repo facility was largely unused into the spring of 2021 and then inflows steadily ramped up. Some have made the case that as the Fed raises rates and reduces the size of its balance sheet to combat high inflation, inflows to the reverse repo facility should decline over time.

☆ These recently elected trans lawmakers say anti-LGBTQ bills inspired them to run
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Julie Moreau | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Zooey Zephyr, the first out transgender woman elected to the Montana Legislature, was inspired to run after her state passed three pieces of legislation targeting the LGBTQ community. 'Real, tangible effects on trans people'State legislatures have increasingly become battlegrounds over LGBTQ rights. Republicans began introducing legislation targeting queer rights at an increased clip in the wake of the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell vs. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationally. In 2017, Republicans introduced 129 bills targeting LGBTQ rights, many of which focused on issues of religious freedom. However, she believes bills targeting LGBTQ rights are ultimately a losing strategy.

☆ Global Poor Lose Services as Developing Countries Face Higher Debt Payments
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Alexander Saeedy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Pakistani cities like Karachi suffered rolling power outages this summer after the government cut energy imports to preserve dollars for debt payments. Pakistan turns the power off for up to six hours a day across the country. Ghana’s government has frozen payments to contractors, stalling road construction and prompting schools to warn they may have to stop serving student lunches. El Salvador is limiting hospital services and programs for the elderly. Across much of the developing world, cash-strapped governments are having to cut spending and freeze investments so they can pay creditors, as the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes drive up borrowing costs.

☆ Plans to Shut Down Coal Face Headwinds as South Africa Says It Needs More Cash
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | Ed Ballard | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JOHANNESBURG—A group of rich countries plans this week to announce a deal to help Indonesia pay for a transition away from coal, part of a series of moves governments are trying to finalize during the past week of a United Nations summit on global warming in Egypt. But the newly announced terms of a similar agreement, reached last year with South Africa, have attracted criticism from several of the country’s politicians, including its president, for burdening the country with more debt and containing too few outright grants.

☆ A record number of LGBTQ candidates claim victory in another 'rainbow wave'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

A record number of LGBTQ candidates won their midterm races this year, creating what some advocates are calling yet another “rainbow wave.”Many races are still too close or too early to call, but as of Thursday afternoon, at least 400 out LGBTQ candidates had won their elections, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which supports queer people running for office. “With so much at stake this election, from the future of marriage equality to abortion, LGBTQ candidates’ grit and exceptional grassroots support is paying off.”National firstsQueer candidates celebrated a number of notable victories and firsts across the country. Alaska is one of four states with zero out LGBTQ state lawmakers, according to the LGBTQ Victory Institute. Magni said the results prove that LGBTQ candidates can successfully compete in both blue and red states. “This is a powerful message, saying, ‘Hey, LGBTQ candidates can win elections and can win elections in many states and many districts across the country.’” he said.

☆ As election nears, some conservative groups have ramped up anti-trans campaign ads
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Matt Lavietes | Matt Lavietes Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In the last leg of what has been a heated midterm election cycle, some conservative groups have ramped up misleading or inflammatory campaign ads targeting transgender rights, which have become an increasingly partisan and divisive issue. Within the last several weeks, the American Principles Project aired campaign ads in six battleground states, the group wrote on Twitter. Justin Unga, the director of strategic initiatives for the Human Rights Campaign, said ads targeting transgender rights can have real-world ramifications. A record 346 anti-LGBTQ bills have been filed in state legislatures around the country this year, including 145 that restrict transgender rights, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Many of the recent campaign ads targeting transgender rights were directed at Black and Latino voters, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

At least 100 people died when two car bombs tore through a busy Mogadishu intersection on Saturday, Somalia’s president said Sunday after visiting the site of the attack, the same place where the largest terrorist attack in the country’s history killed more than 500 people almost exactly five years ago. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said at least 300 people were hurt in Saturday’s twin bombings, which he blamed on the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group that has been trying to overthrow Somalia’s U.S.-backed government for more than a decade and a half. He said the number of victims was likely to increase as rescue workers continued to sift through the rubble. Mogadishu hospitals urged the public to donate blood to help treat the injured, and anxious relatives were frantically searching for their missing loved ones.

☆ Climate activists glue themselves to dinosaur exhibit at Berlin museum
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Two women glued themselves to the handrails around a dinosaur exhibit at Berlin's Natural History museum on Sunday in the latest protest by climate activists, calling on the German government to scale up measures to fight climate change. "The dinosaurs became extinct because they couldn't withstand the massive climate changes. The Last Generation group, which was behind the protest, said Germany must cut emissions immediately to stop mass extinction of species and called on Berlin to impose a speed limit on motorways. The Germany government has set CO2 reduction targets to become carbon neutral by 2045 but has not set a speed limit on the country's motorway network. The Natural History Museum said it had filed a criminal complaint for trespassing and property damage.

☆ In a historic first, LGBTQ Americans will be on the ballot in all 50 states
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Matt Lavietes | Matt Lavietes Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

For the first time in the nation's history, Americans from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will have a chance to elect an LGBTQ person to public office. More than 340 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures this year, according to the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group. The word “grooming” has long been associated with mischaracterizing LGBTQ people, particularly gay men and transgender women, as child sex abusers. "So, if you're voting against some LGBTQ rights, you're not voting against LGBTQ rights in abstract anymore, but you're voting to deny rights to someone who sits next to you every day at work." Within the record-breaking election year for LGBTQ candidates, dozens of them will also have the chance to make history on their own.

South Africa will allow sanctioned Russian steel magnate Alexey Mordashov to pull his superyacht into Cape Town, making it the latest port stop on a controversy-laden voyage that shows the limits of Western sanctions. The journey of the 465-foot Nord—from the Seychelles to Vladivostok in Russia, Hong Kong and now en route to Cape Town—has become a closely watched barometer for the effectiveness of U.S. and European sanctions on its owner, Mr. Mordashov, one of Russia’s richest men and the largest shareholder of Severstal PAO, among the world’s biggest steelmakers.

But it is unclear how many lenders are tapping the facility and whether pension funds are willing to shell out additional fees for what is a temporary solution, sources told Reuters. Banks are reluctant to increase their lending to LDI funds through the repo facility, according to one official at a European bank. BRIDGING THE GAPLDI is an investment strategy sold by asset managers like BlackRock, Legal & General Investment Management and Insight Investment to pension schemes to help them match their assets and liabilities. Governor Andrew Bailey has rejected calls to continue buying bonds from pension funds which say they still need support beyond Friday. "It's a bridging tool that they can still use to keep the dialogue with the market and the pension funds going."

Few African regions have the nerve to say no to China. Independence-minded Somaliland is one. “We’re not going to allow anyone to dictate who we can have a relationship with,” said its foreign minister.

☆ Acord-fulger între fotbaliștii naționalei lui Mancini și Federație. Suma pusă pe masă pentru câștigarea lui EURO 2020
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesAcord-fulger între fotbaliștii naționalei lui Mancini și Federație. Suma pusă pe masă pentru câștigarea lui EURO 2020Naționala Italiei este deja calificată în faza optimilor de la EURO 2020, acolo unde va da peste Austria. Meciul de la Londra, programat sâmbătă, 26 iunie 2020, ora 22:00, este extrem de important pentru naționala lui Roberto Mancini. În Belgia, susține aceeași sursă, se vorbește despre suma de 435.000 de euro, puțin mai mult decât au oferit Germania și Spania, cu câte 400.000 de euro. Spre exemplu, în 2016, Turcia anunțase că-și va răsplăti regește fotbaliștii pentru un succes final: 750.000 de euro.

Persons: Mancini, Roberto Mancini, Squadra Azzurra, Gabriele Gravina Organizations: Naționala Italiei, EURO, Sport Locations: Austria, Londra, Italia, Anglia, Belgia, Germania, Spania, Franța, Portugalia, Danemarca, Turcia

☆ O femeie din Italia s-a trezit după ce a fost 10 luni în comă
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O femeie din Italia s-a trezit la 10 luni după ce a intrat în comă, în urma unui atac de cord, scrie presa locală, citată de BBC. Cu toate aceastea, Cristina a rămas în comă, iar medicii suspectau că a suferit leziuni cerebrale. Femeia s-a trezit recent și a spus primul ei cuvânt, "mama", a declarat soțul ei. "Nu ne așteptam la asta, a fost o bucurie uriașă după o suferință atât de mare", a spus Gabriele Succi pentru ziarul La Nazione. În luna aprilie, Cristina Rosi a fost transferată în Austria, pentru a primi îngrijiri speciale în procesul de recuperare.

Persons: Cristina Rosi, Caterina, Cristina, Gabriele Succi Organizations: BBC Locations: Italia, Austria, Arezzo

☆ O gravidă din Italia s-a trezit după 10 luni de comă
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaO gravidă din Italia s-a trezit după 10 luni de comăO femeie din Italia s-a trezit la 10 luni după ce a intrat în comă, în urma unui atac de cord. Cristina Rosi, în vârstă de 37 de ani, era însărcinată în șapte luni, când a suferit un atac de cord, în iulie 2020. Cu toate aceastea, Cristina a rămas în comă, iar medicii suspectau că a suferit leziuni cerebrale. „Nu ne așteptam la asta, a fost o bucurie uriașă după o suferință atât de mare", a spus Gabriele Succi, informează Digi24. În luna aprilie, Cristina Rosi a fost transferată în Austria, pentru a primi îngrijiri speciale în procesul de recuperare.

Persons: Cristina Rosi, Caterina, Cristina, Gabriele Succi Locations: Italia, Austria, Arezzo

☆ Real Madrid și Barcelona, OUT din Champions League?! Anunțul care le dă fiori granzilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesReal Madrid și Barcelona, OUT din Champions League?! Anunțul care le dă fiori granzilorReal Madrid, FC Barcelona și Juventus sunt cele trei echipe care au refuzat să renunțe la proiectul Superligii Europene, competiție care își propune să rivalizeze cu Liga Campionilor, iar UEFA a anunțat că a deschis o anchetă disciplinară împotriva acestora. Real Madrid, FC Barcelona și Juventus riscă să fie excluse din competițiile UEFA pentru unul sau două sezoane, însă se pot alege și doar cu o amendă. UEFA are posibilitatea de a nu le permite accesul în Champions League Barcelonei și lui Real Madrid. "Dacă, la momentul înscrierii în noul sezon din Serie A, nu se va retrage din Superligă, Juve va fi exclusă.

Persons: Javier Tebas, Juve, Gabriele Gravina Organizations: Real Madrid, Champions League, !, FC Barcelona, Juventus, Liga Campionilor, UEFA, Liga, Champions League Barcelonei, Deportivo, Real, A, Federației Italiene, Fotbal Locations: Barcelona, Superliga Europei, Superligă

☆ Copilul de 5 ani, unicul supraviețuitor al tragediei din Italia, unde un telefiric s-a prăbușit, s-a trezit din comă
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: lastampa.itCopilul de 5 ani, unicul supraviețuitor al tragediei din Italia, unde un telefiric s-a prăbușit, s-a trezit din comăEitan, băiatul israelian care a reușit să scape cu viață în urma accidentului produs duminică în regiunea Piemont, este conștient, relatează ziarul La Stampa. 14 oameni au murit după ce telefericul în care se aflau s-a prăbușit de la zeci de metri înălțime. Fotografiile care au fost făcute după accident au arătat că sistemul de frânare de urgență a fost modificat. Acest lucru a fost făcut pentru a evita ca telecabina să fie oprită pe traseu sau să fie blocaje. În total, 14 oameni și-au pierdut viața în urma tragediei, relatează libertatea.ro.

Persons: Copilul, Regina Margherita din, Luigi Nerini, Gabriele Tadini, Enrico Perocchio, Olimpia Organizations: Regina, Olimpia Bossia Locations: Italia, Piemont, Regina Margherita din Torino

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