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Contrary to the ideological divides among Canadian news media when it comes to multiculturalism, university students are not only enthusiastic about sharing their own cultures with each other but are keen to learn about new ones. That’s what a pilot study at the University of Winnipeg conducted earlier this year whose objective was to gauge how undergraduate students think and feel about multiculturalism, cultural identity, diversity and inclusion. It involved 10 undergraduate students who serve
The U.N. Security Council voted by a narrow margin Thursday to extend an arms embargo on South Sudan and a travel ban and financial sanctions for targeted individuals for a year. The vote on the U.S.-drafted resolution on South Sudan sanctions was 10-0 with China, Russia, India, Kenya and Gabon abstaining.
Life had begun to return to normal in Ukraine’s second city after Moscow’s troops were forced to retreat
With the aim of "returning to normal," many states have already called an end to their public health emergencies and, subsequently, the enhanced Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
The chancellor's spokesperson said he would not be keeping his energy bill discount.
Shares of Baozun (NASDAQ: BZUN) were surging today after the Chinese e-commerce services provider delivered better-than-expected results in its first-quarter earnings report. Baozun reported another decline in revenue in the quarter with sales down 1.8% to $313 million, though services revenue jumped 24.3% to $205.6 million as the company continues to pivot away from first-party sales to higher-margin services. Total gross merchandise volume in the quarter grew 28.4% to $25.6 million, but revenue still declined in its non-distribution business, which has a lower take rate from its distribution business.
Wall Street surged on Thursday in a broad rally as a raft of solid retail earnings and soft economic data eased lingering concerns that the Federal Reserve's aggressive policy tightening would extend beyond expectations. All three major U.S. stock indexes were sharply higher, with economically sensitive consumer discretionary and microchip stocks beating the broader market.
Professor Ken Goldberg, who’s helped play a big role in a number of our robotics events, kindly gave me a tour of BAIR, the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research department. Beyond a punny name that is simultaneously a reference to the cloud element (fog/cloud -- not to mention the fact that the new department has killer views of San Francisco and frequent visitor, Karl) and problematic French cuisine, there’s some really compelling potential here. Specifically, a number of companies (Microsoft, Amazon, Google) have been betting big on cloud gaming.
Private equity firm Silver Lake has spent years cultivating and backing chief executives enamored with big deals, a strategy that pays off handsomely when large acquisitions such as the deal between chipmaker Broadcom Inc and cloud computing company VMware Inc come along. Earlier on Thursday, Broadcom said it will acquire VMware for $61 billion, the second-biggest acquisition globally so far this year. Silver Lake, whose assets under management are close to $90 billion, was deeply involved in the negotiations to combine the two companies, according to people familiar with the matter.
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MONTREAL — A researcher says a dead whale found today in the St. Lawrence River southeast of Montreal is probably one of two minke whales seen near the city earlier this month. Robert Michaud, president of a Quebec marine mammal research group, says experts have yet to examine the carcass found in Contrecoeur, about 50 kilometres downstream from Montreal. Michaud says a necropsy could be performed depending on that assessment, adding that the task would fall to veterinary medicine students at th
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The aerospace and military fiber optic market size is projected to reach $7.20 billion by 2028 from $4.62 billion in 2021; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.0% from 2022 to 2028.New York, May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Insight Partners published latest research study on “Aerospace and Military Fiber Optic Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Component (Cables and Connectors), Application (Radar Systems, Flight Management Systems, In-flight Entertainment Syst
Avoid the interstate construction with these alternate routes that are more scenic and offer chances for fun pit stops.
A Judge dismissed Ashley Walter's "entire action" against Marilyn Manson, which accused him of sexual assault, harassment and battery.
Poland's Parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a bill that will replace a contested disciplinary chamber for judges with a new body, clearing the way for the country to get billions in COVID-19 recovery funds from Brussels. More than 35 billion euros in grants and cheap loans were put on hold due to a dispute over the rule of law, but Warsaw now looks set to get the cash after agreeing on terms to unblock it with the European Commission. Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Tuesday that approval for Poland's National Recovery Plan, which is necessary to unblock the money, was likely with days.
Hundreds of students at Oxford High School, the Michigan school where four were killed in November, walked out Thursday and formed a ‘U’ on the football field to show support for students and families in Uvalde, Texas. A gunman killed 19 children and two teachers this week at Robb Elementary School in Texas. Oxford school officials knew a walkout was planned and worked to ensure students would be safe, spokeswoman Danielle Stublensky said.
MONTREAL — Quebec will be the first Canadian province to launch a vaccination campaign against the monkeypox virus, interim public health director Dr. Luc Boileau said Thursday, adding that 25 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the Montreal area. The province has received doses of the smallpox vaccine Imvamune from the federal government and could begin administering shots to people as early as Friday, Boileau said. Thirty suspected cases of the disease are under investigation in additi
One Sacramento ice cream spot took nearly 50% of the votes. It might not be your first guess.
“No nation of honor sacrifices its children like this,” said Rev. Tom Are Jr., senior pastor of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, at a news conference calling for tighter gun laws.
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