FIFA Women ’s World Cup Group F Preview: CONCACAF Minnows Face France And Brazil
Group F is one of the most one-sided groups at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, as it features two title contenders and two less fancied sides from the CONCACAF region. France and Brazil should have an easy time getting out of the group, but they cannot afford to take Jamaica and Panama too…#groupf #worldcup #brazil #jamaica #panama #worldcups #thisworldcup #corinnediacre #hervérenard #newzealand (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Deep-Sea Mining Is the Next Battleground in the Energy Transition
Countries and companies are in a fight between those that want to excavate minerals used in electric vehicles and others that warn the cost is too high. Surging demand for metals used in electric vehicle batteries has kicked off an international race to mine the deep seas. And there are no rules.…#jamaica #norway #gerardbarron #metalscompany #pacificisland #nauru #dealbook #unitednations #isa #jessicabattle (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brazil wants 10-year pause on deep sea mining as UN agency under pressure to draft regulations
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Brazil on Friday urged a10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international waters just days after companies and countries were allowed to start applying for provisional licenses. The call came during a two-week conference held by the International Seabed…#sanjuan #puertorico #brazil #jamaica #nauru #metalsco #pacific #margodeiye #bmw #volvo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Beckley Retreats, Heroic Hearts And Imperial College's Psychedelics Research Into Veteran Suicides
Jamaica and Netherlands-based wellbeing company Beckley Retreats is furthering its commitment to veteran suicide prevention through a renewed strategic partnership with the Heroic Hearts Project and Imperial College London (ICL) to continue research on the benefits of psychedelic-assisted…#jamaica #netherlands #beckleyretreats #heroicheartsproject #icl #traumaticbraininjury #tbi #hhp #veteransday #neilmarkey (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CBDC Rising: Bank Of Int ’l Settlements Reveals 93% Of Banks Engaging In Exploratory Studies
CBDC, short for central bank digital currency, has garnered significant interest from a majority of central banks, as indicated by a recent survey conducted by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). The survey reveals a strong inclination among central banks to explore the potential…#cbdc #bis #centralbanksinterest #bankofbis #easterncaribbean #bahamas #nigeria #jamaica #bitcoinandethereum (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UN debates deep sea mining as countries and companies now allowed to seek provisional licenses
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.N. agency tasked with regulating the deep sea is debating whether to open the Earth’s watery depths to countries and companies that as of Monday were allowed to start applying for provisional mining licenses. The International Seabed Authority, based in Jamaica,…#sanjuan #puertorico #jamaica #juanjoségonzález #hawaii #mexico #duncancurrie #netherlands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As the world gathers to discuss the perils of deep-sea mining, a Vancouver-based company is forging ahead
As an international body meets Monday to discuss deep-sea mining, the debate around the practice is growing louder, with conservation groups calling for a moratorium and a Vancouver-based proponent saying it hopes to be mining in 2024. Those competing visions will be front and centre in Kingston,…#kingston #jamaica #established #isa #pacific #nauru #unclos #tmcmetalscompanyinc #tmc #pacificocean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Record-holder Hughes runs to British title in lashing rain
MANCHESTER, England, July 8 (Reuters) - Zharnel Hughes raced to the British title in the 100 metres in a torrential downpour on Saturday, clocking a quick 10.03 seconds against the lashing rain while fans bolted for cover. The British record-holder held his arms out wide after crossing the finish…#manchester #zharnelhughes #budapest #britishchampion #hughes #anguilla #jamaica #reeceprescod #eugeneamodadzie #dinaashersmith (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One of Britain's most progressive newspapers investigated itself and found it was financed by the slave trade
The Guardian is Britain's most prominent progressive newspaper. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters The Guardian's founder profited from importing cotton picked by enslaved people, researchers found. They also discovered nine original investors in the newspaper profited from the slavery economy. The Guardian…#guardian #johnedwardtaylor #cassandragooptar #mayawolferobinson #gooptar #seaislands #jamaica #cottoncapital #memoriam #manchester (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Future of deep-sea mining hangs in balance as opposition grows
The list of countries calling for a pause on deep-sea mining continued to grow this week ahead of a key moment that mining companies hope will launch the fledgling industry, and its opponents hope could clip its wings, perhaps for good. Ireland and Sweden became the latest developed economies to…#ireland #sweden #bmw #volvo #samsung #norway #isa #kingston #jamaica #pacificocean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Immigrant workforce reaches near record level
We’ll get a look at the June jobs numbers on Friday, but one thing is for sure: immigrants will continue to play a crucial role in the very tight labor market. The share of foreign-born workers in the United States labor force is reaching near record highs. It’s a bit after five o’clock on a…#tisheekawallace #pacci #trattoria #italian #silverspring #maryland #jamaica #spirogioldasis #labordepartment #bradhershbein (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Biopic Gets Reggae and Tear-Filled Teaser Trailer (Video)
Paramount Pictures has dropped the first teaser trailer for “Bob Marley: One Love,” its upcoming biopic about the Jamaican singer and songwriter that’s expected to be released in 2024. The trailer starts as a celebration of Marley and his legacy, as portrayed by “Peaky Blinders” and “The OA” star…#paramountpictures #bobmarley #jamaican #kingsleybenadir #jamaica #lovepeaceconcert #reinaldomarcusgreen #kingrichard #zachbaylin #frankeflowers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’
Wrought iron process that drove UK success was appropriated from black metallurgists, records suggestAn innovation that propelled Britain to become the world ’s leading iron exporter during the Industrial Revolution was appropriated from an 18th-century Jamaican foundry, historical records suggest.The Cort process, which allowed wrought iron to be mass-produced from scrap iron for the first time, has long been attributed to the British financier turned ironmaster Henry Cort. It helped launch Britain as an economic superpower and transformed the face of the country with “iron palaces”, including Crystal Palace, Kew Ga...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Science Jamaica Colonialism Race Steel industry UK news World news Source Type: news
America Is Headed in the Wrong Direction
This year, America's July 4th Independence Day comes on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action. The decision, like America itself, has left me sad, but also grateful. What is there to be grateful for? As a Black immigrant to the United States whose ancestors endured…#supremecourt #jamaica #africanamericans #martinlutherkingjr #andrewyoung #rosaparks #fannielouhamer #maryfrancesberry #harvarduniversity #harvard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Andrea Levy ’s notes on Mary Seacole brought to light by IT experts
The writer ’s scripts for a TV series about the nurse were among those recovered from her old computer by the British LibraryHad it been made, the television drama would have begun with a middle-aged Mary Seacole, the British-Jamaican woman who nurses hundreds of British soldiers during the Crimean war, introducing herself to staff at the British military hospital at Scutari, near Istanbul, in 1855. Among them is Florence Nightingale, who briskly asks Seacole what she wants. This, at least, is the way the late author Andrea Levy planned to start to tell the extraordinary life story of Seacole in a series that never happe...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Vanessa Thorpe Tags: Andrea Levy British Library Forensic science Books Culture Libraries UK news Source Type: news
