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China’s Sichuan region is facing severe power outages. Some businesses will have power curtailed until Aug. 25, five days longer than expected, as the province faces its worst drought in 60 years.
died in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow. Alexander is believed to have been the intended target.
striking for higher pay.
economic development trip to talk about semiconductor investments. China didn’t have any immediate response.
the colonial-era 377A law that criminalized sex between men, it doubled down on its same-sex marriage ban.
will likely be isolated for 10 days and could miss a trip to Tunisia.
World Plant Milk Day, which is today. It started as a way to bring awareness to the benefits of plant-based milks for the environment, but isn’t all vegan PR. Plant-based milks have grown into big businesses. The oat-milk market, for example, has become more saturated, and the milk option is such a hot commodity that numerous coffee shops are doing away with surcharges for it.
plant-based milk market stands:
$17.7 billion: Global sales for milk alternatives in 2021, up 23% in five years
$277.9 million: Sales of oat milk in the US in 2021, up from less than half a million in 2017
65%: Share of the global population with some degree of lactose intolerance
1994: The year Swedish oat milk brand Oatly was founded
$10 billion: Valuation at the time Oatly went public
absorb and store emissions from fossil fuel production before they reach the atmosphere.
yet to fulfill its promise of significantly reducing emissions from fossil fuel plants.
But even in a world that sources its energy from renewables, CCS could prove its worth in industrial production of steel and cement for which few clean alternatives currently exist. The IRA significantly expands tax credits toward CCS projects, allowing less-controversial applications of the technology, which were previously unaffordable, to finally become competitive.
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Incarcerated people should be getting monkeypox vaccines
Covid has changed the way we hear language
HBO Max’s “House of the Dragon” is already besting Amazon’s “The Rings of Power”
Microsoft is leading Big Tech’s push to relocate African developers to North America
Snap is pivoting away from drones to focus on fundamentals
absolutely bananas.
time to shine.
way too early to be a seasonal thing.
McDonald’s sandwich was such a hit in the UK that it’s coming to the US.
new requirement is part of legislation that was signed to support Holocaust survivors.
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