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Li Keqiang - A + A (May 19): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has told provincial governors to front-load support measures to stabilise growth and employment in a sign that Beijing is urgently stepping up efforts to save its faltering economy ahead of a landmark political meeting this year, South China Morning Post (SCMP) said. Local authorities should implement new policies by the end of May to shore up growth, Li said during a visit to the southwest border province of Yunnan on Wednesday, according to a report from the official Xinhua News Agency. “Under the influence of new coronavirus outbreaks and changes in the international situation, among other unexpected factors, some economic indicators have weakened significantly since March, especially in April,” Li told leaders from Yunnan and 11 other provinces – including the top 10 in terms of economic output – who joined the symposium via video link, said SCMP . Siow Chen Ming … [Read more...] about SCMP: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang tells provinces to ‘step up’ aid for coronavirus-hit economy

Nylah Anderson liked to dance along to TikTok and share the platform's short videos. Then, in early December, TikTok's "Blackout Challenge," which dared people to choke themselves until they almost passed out, allegedly caught 10-year-old Nylah's attention in her personalised TikTok feed. Nylah hung her mother's purse by strapping it to a hanger in the closet of her Chester home. She placed her head between the bag and the shoulder strap, putting pressure on her neck, according to court documents. The girl passed out before she could free herself and by the time her mother found her, Nylah was unconscious. The girl died five days later in a children's hospital. Nylah's mother, Tawainna Anderson, sued TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance Inc, in federal court in Philadelphia late last week, accusing the social media platform of being a "dangerously defective" product whose algorithm fed the viral challenge to her daughter's "For You Page," leading to Nylah's death. TikTok's … [Read more...] about 10-year-old girl died doing a TikTok choking ‘challenge’. Her mother is suing the video platform

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday he would like to pivot away from single-issue transactional relationship with the United States as he seeks to repair frayed ties with Washington. "Our relationship with the United States has been colored too much by the geopolitical context in our region, and particularly by the events and circumstances in Afghanistan," Bhutto-Zardari told reporters at the United Nations during his first visit to the United States as foreign minister. "We would like to pivot away from a transactory relationship, a one point agenda relationship, to a more broad-based relationship with a particular emphasis on trade," he said a day after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Bhutto-Zardari, son of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto, three weeks ago. Sharif took over last month after Imran Khan lost a confidence vote moved by a … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s new foreign minister seeks to broaden U.S. ties

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Bill King, PhD, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Fast Radius . Over the past decade, 3-D printing has transformed from a hobbyist or prototyping tool into an industrial-grade production process, referred to as additive manufacturing. Today, additively manufactured parts are everywhere—from visually appealing consumer goods to the inner workings of automobiles and jet engines. Yet, many engineers and product designers who work closely with other manufacturing methods are still learning about additive technologies and how to sort out today’s very real opportunities from yesterday’s significant limitations. Until recently, many additive manufacturing technologies couldn't produce end-use parts. But now, the additive manufacturing industry has developed new materials, techniques and technologies to become a true competitor to more traditional manufacturing processes like injection molding and CNC machining. Still, … [Read more...] about What’s New In Additive Manufacturing?

- A + A KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Messrs CAS Malaysia PLT has resigned as Practice Note 17 (PN 17) China Automobile Parts Holdings Ltd’s (CAP) external auditors with immediate effect. In a filing on Friday (May 20), CAP said it accepted CAS Malaysia’s resignation as its auditors after a notice of resignation dated May 19 was received by the group on Friday. CAP said it “is not aware of any other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders” of the group, adding that it will appoint new auditors in due course. CAS Malaysia was first appointed as CAP’s external auditor on July 24, 2020, according to prior filings. In October last year, the Securities Commission reprimanded CAP’s former group executive chairperson Wang Yunyun and its former managing director Li Guo Qing, and former non-independent non-executive vice-chairman Ong Juan Tee for allowing the submission and authorising the issuance of CAP’s prospectus that contained financial … [Read more...] about China Automobile Parts’ external auditor resigns in less than 2 years after appointment

ORLANDO, Florida: University of Central Florida scientists are charging on with an experimental battery capable of reinventing how automobiles and spacecraft are made. By reworking the idea of energy sources, a UCF research group is creating a lightweight battery that would double as the outer shell of a vehicle in what the group is calling its “power suit” project. Led by UCF College of Engineering Professor Jayan Thomas, the group plans to accomplish this with nanotechnology – supercapacitor composite material involving graphene arranged over carbon fiber in a fan-like structure, Thomas said. “The advantage is its lightweight, and can increase the mileage because you’re reducing the weight of the car and in addition to that, you can store energy like your battery in the same composites,” said Thomas, who conducts his research at UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center. While reducing weight, the suit is thought to increase an electric car’s range by 25% to 30%; equating to about … [Read more...] about US university charges on with ‘power suit’ as a new battery for electric cars, spacecraft

As great white sharks start to arrive along the Cape ahead of the summer, a new program will be urging people to report any white shark sightings off the Massachusetts coast. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and the New England Aquarium on May 17 announced that they’re partnering on an initiative that encourages residents and visitors to report shark sightings off Cape Cod through the Conservancy’s Sharktivity app. The Conservancy is contracting the Aquarium to employ a local citizen science coordinator who’s responsible for verifying shark sighting reports made by the public through Sharktivity – and documenting accounts of shark-seal interactions or other predatory behaviour. The coordinator – Massachusetts-based shark expert John Chisholm, who is with the New England Aquarium and who has been tracking shark sightings for many years – will also submit white shark photos and videos from the public for the Conservancy’s White Shark Logbook. “This is really something I’ve … [Read more...] about New app urges people to report shark sightings in US

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov claimed Wednesday that Russian forces in Ukraine used a new laser to destroy a Ukrainian drone. What may be a new capability may also reflect Russian forces’ crucial shortages of anti-air missiles and desire for any good news in a stalled campaign. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy quickly took to the media, comparing Russia’s laser counter unmanned aircraft system (CUAS) hype to the “wonder weapons” that Nazi Germany unveiled in the closing days of WWII as Allied and Soviet forces converged on Germany from West and East. That’s an exaggeration Hudson Institute Senior Fellow, Bryan Clark, says. “I think he’s overstating it when he says this is desperation. I think the Russians are doing what they’ve done in Syria and Ukraine for years. They’ve taken systems to the battlefield as a way of demonstrating or experimenting with them. I think this is what they’re doing, trying a … [Read more...] about Are Russia’s New Drone Killing Lasers Effective Weapons or A Sign of Desperation?

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Today Delta Air Lines DAL will scale up its battle to become Boston Logan’s number one carrier, bringing in the new Airbus A321neo airplane that symbolizes its domestic future as well as adding two transatlantic destinations, Athens and Tel Aviv. On Friday morning, Delta Flight 1202 to San Francisco marked the first flight by the carrier’s new Airbus A321neo, delivered in April. “This airplane is the cornerstone of the fleet for the next 20 to 30 years,” said Mauricio Parise, Delta vice president of brand experience. “Some airlines fly this airplane to Europe, but we don’t—we’re trying to up the (domestic) game.” At 4:10 p.m., Delta inaugurates Boston-Tel Aviv service and at 8:05 p.m. Delta inaugurates Boston-Athens. They will bring the number of international destinations from Boston this summer to ten, including Amsterdam, Cancun, Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London Heathrow, Paris and Rome, After putting the … [Read more...] about In Boston, Delta Rolls Out Its New Domestic ‘Cornerstone’ Airbus A321 In Move To Dominate Logan

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin For nearly two decades, U.S. Representative George Kenneth Butterfield has faithfully served the residents and citizens of North Carolina’s 1st District. When he announced his retirement in November 2020, Rep. Butterfield and his constituents became the first victims of partisan redistricting or, the more stark term, gerrymandering. "Every ten years, the North Carolina legislature enacts a new congressional map," said Rep. Butterfield, chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, in a video announcing his retirement. "The map that was recently enacted by the legislature is a partisan map. It is racially gerrymandered and it will disadvantage African-American communities all across the first congressional district." The Brennan Center for Justice defines gerrymandering as the intentional manipulation of district (state, local or federal) boundaries to discriminate against a group of voters based on their … [Read more...] about New Maps Limit Minority Voting Power