Russia to Launch First Moon Rocket in Years

The last time Russia sent a spacecraft to the moon, Gerald Ford was in the White House, Elton John’s “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” was the U.S.’s number one hit, and a gallon of gas cost ¢0.57. That spacecraft, Luna 24, lifted off on Aug. 9, 1976, landed in the moon’s Mare Crisium (Sea of Crisis), and returned to Earth on Aug. 22, 1976, carrying 170 gm (6 oz.) of lunar soil. Oh, and it actually wasn’t Russia that launched Luna 24 at all; it was the Soviet Union, which still had 15 years to live before its ultimate fall on Dec. 25, 1991.

This Friday, Aug. 11, after an interregnum of 47 years, a spacecraft launched from the former-Soviet, current-Russian nation hopes to at last return to the moonคำพูดจาก

Ozempic Can’t Fix America’s Obesity Crisis

What is obesity?

Some people will tell you it’s a fancy word for being fat; others might say it’s a slur that pathologizes bigger bodies. And yet others will insist it’s a moral failing—one of laziness and poor willpower.

For the past decade, however, the medical community has recognized that obesity is a chronic disease, much like cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Obesity triples the risk of hospitalization due to COVID-19, is linked with hundreds of medical complications, and accounts for 4 million preventable deaths every year.

Obesity is also heterogeneous, with manifold different causes, clinical presentations, and responses to treatment. The astronomical rise of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro has glossed over such nuance, with …

The Messy Reality of Cities Touting Climate-Friendly Utopias

A little slice of eco-heaven on earth could be yours. So goes the marketing for Forest City, a partially finished new city on the coast of Malaysia’s Johor state. Condo towers covered in plants and connected by public transit, rooftop gardens, a water-recycling system, and a vague commitment to “smart technologies,” all add up, the project’s Chinese developer says, to a “green futuristic city” that will serve as “a prime model” for other towns in our sustainability-focused era. The project boasts several awards for sustainable urban design, including one backed by the U.N.’s environment program.

But the reality is more complicated. Environmentalists say the city that sells itself as a planetary savior is actually a major threat…

Bagir warns on profits, optimistic despite production delays

The company said the development would help it fulfil larger volume orders and that it has “moved forward” but is behind the original timetable, “which has hurt the company’s ability to secure these orders.”A few months ago, the Israeli company, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, had reported that it swung back into profit last year, repaid all its borrowings and cut costs.

And on Tuesday it added that it has continued to implement its restructuring programme but the delay on the production front means it now expects revenue and profit for the second half of this financial year to be “materially lower than market expectations.”That’s no surprise looking at the revenue figures for the first half. H1 revenues dropped to $28 million from $33.5 million a year …

Australian regulator rejects Google’s undertaking to ease competition concerns on Fitbit deal

 The development comes as Google remains at loggerheads with the Australian government over a number of issues, including proposed laws that will make Australia the first country in the world to force Google and Facebook to pay for news sourced from local media outlets.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) voiced concerns in June over the deal, warning Google’s acquisition would give it too much of people’s data, potentially hurting competition in health and online advertising markets.

Google had sought to address those concerns by offering a court enforceable undertaking that it would behave in certain ways toward rival wearable manufacturers, not use health data for advertising and, in some circumstances, allow competing businesses access to health and fitne…

Accenture to partner with New Your Fashion Tech Lab for 2018 program

 Founded in 2014 by Springboard Enterprises, the NYFTL focuses on women-led emerging tech companies that have developed innovations in fashion, retail and technologyคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. The 2017 tech lab included nine companies, including CameraIQ, a camera technology program that utilizes mobile camera and AR technology, and Obsess, a VR platform for experiential shopping. “We are thrilled to play a critical role in helping the New York Fashion Tech Lab unite fashion tech start-ups and retailers,” said Jill Standish, a senior managing director at Accenture who leads the company’s Retail industry practice globally. “With retailers and brands increasingly disrup…

China Q1 GDP tops forecast, but March weakness raises outlook risks

The biggest near-term challenge for Beijing is the tough new coronavirus rules at a time of heightened geopolitical risks, which have intensified supply and commodity cost pressures, leaving Chinese authorities walking a tight rope as they try to stimulate growth without endangering price stability.Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 4.8% in the first quarter from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday, beating analysts’ expectations for a 4.4% gain and picking up from 4.0% in the fourth quarter.

A surprisingly strong start in the first two months of the year improved the headline figures, with GDP up 1.3% in January-March in quarter-on-quarter terms, compared with expectations for a 0.6% rise and a revised 1.5% gain in the previous quart…

For Kering, a Swiss follow-up to the Italian tax investigation

On January 25, the Kering group issued a first statement on the matter. It indicated that the Italian investigation concluded that the amount of tax involved was estimated at about €1.4 billion. In mid-February, François-Henri Pinault, speaking at the presentation of the group’s annual results, said that “the investigation is over, its findings have been communicatedคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Now comes the phase in which we will be presenting our own arguments. We have some arguments to put forward.” Pinault is notably relying on the fact that Gucci “has an operational structure which has been in place since the end of the 1990s.”The Italian investigation followed a…

Cotton prices to increase until 2021-22

Cotton prices, as measured by the Cotlook A index, averaged 78 cents a pound this season, on an August-to-July basis. Abares forecast this price to average 80.4 cents a pound in 2017-18, and gradually rising to 88.0 cents a pound in 2021-22.This also implies that the cotton price is likely to fall in the short-term as the Cotlook A index currently stands at around 87 cents a pound.

The demand for cotton will keep on rising despite favourable returns to growersคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Global cotton consumption will, after a 7 per cent jump next season, rise by 2.4 per cent a year, spurred by “an expected rise in demand for clothing and textiles in Europe, the US, …