Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett, 94, is making more changes to his philanthropic plans.The iconic investor, who is No. 7 on Bloomberg’s billionaire list with around $150 billion as of press time, announced new donations and provided details about how he plans to continue to give away his fortune in a letter to Berkshire shareholders on Monday. Buffett is donating 99.5% of his wealth to a charitable trust that will be overseen by his children (his daughter and two sons) after his death.Buffett continued his Thanksgiving tradition of giving away Berkshire stock with a new donation of $1.14 billion to…
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Plastic waste in IndonesiaPA Images / Alamy The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers project this flood of plastic pollution will double by mid-century – but they also say that, if countries can agree to adopt four key policies during global plastic treaty negotiations this week, we could slash that number by 90 per cent. Plastic pollution ends up clogging ecosystems on land and at sea. “This has an impact on every level of the food chain, from phytoplankton cells to humans,” says Sarah-Jeanne Royer at the University of…
With storms, snow, delayed flights and industrial action all expected in what could be the busiest holiday travel period on record, Americans set out in hope rather than expectation of stress-free journeys this week.Two major storm systems may bring travel chaos to much of the country, dumping rain and snow across communities and major cities. Already, 17,000 flights have been canceled or delayed because of severe weather across the country since Friday.Flight tracker FlightAware showed 3,760 delays and 60 cancellations by Monday evening, with San Francisco the most affected transport hub. Those numbers include travel into and out of the…
This year the IEEE Canadian Foundation established the Dr. John William Bandler Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Design in honor of the world-renowned engineer, teacher, and innovator. Bandler, an IEEE Life Fellow, died on 28 September 2023. He was known for pioneering space-mapping technology, which enables optimal, high-fidelity design of devices, circuits, and systems at a cost of only a few high-fidelity simulations.The scholarship—funded by a donation from Bandler’s wife, Beth—provides an annual award of about US $3,550 (CAD $5,000) to a Ph.D. student or postdoctoral fellow at a Canadian university who is conducting research in electromagnetic optimization in micromillimeter- or…
The Western Press is too ignorant to write a story with old-fashioned investigative journalism since they just regurgitate what the Neocons put out, pick up the rug, and look at the silence of Biden in both comment and action. Putin hit Dnipro with the equivalent of a nuclear weapon that pulverizes the target yet does not leave a fireball or radiation. This missile can take out every European facility in a matter of minutes, and it cannot be stopped. Besides the launch of the ‘Oreshnik’ Missile, Russia has Rained down 800 KAB Bombs and 460 Drones on Ukraine Amid Long-Range…
Conservatives, by temperament, tend to embrace most things traditional, particularly when those traditions carry the added charm of quaintness. When it comes to our energy needs, however, most conservatives — indeed, most modern people in general — prefer reliability. Thursday, on the social media platform X, in a post that went mega-viral, Mark W. Nelson, founder & Managing Director of Radiant Energy Group, noted “panic” among German utility executives following a “shocking 12-day wind drought.” Nelson, who holds an M.Phil in Nuclear Engineering from Cambridge University, described the situation as “coming to a breaking point.” The post featured a screenshot…
Not long after the leader of MomTok, Taylor Frankie Paul, shaded her fellow Mormon moms on social media because they seemingly ignored her big moment on the CMAs, has another extreme drama begun.As fans are aware, Paul’s soft-swinging scandal had many talking, and now years later, the drama is resurfacing on TikTok as one of the other Utah moms involved in the scandal has entered the chat. Kenna Gibbons, who wasn’t part of season 1 of the Hulu hit series, has shared multiple TikTok videos giving her side of the swinging scandal and fans are here for it!Article continues below…
Australia is among the vanguard of nations trying to clean up social media, and the proposed age limit would be among the world’s strictest measures aimed at children. The proposed laws, which were presented to parliament last week, would also include robust privacy provisions that require tech platforms to delete any age-verification information collected. The government is trying to approve the law this week, before parliament breaks for the rest of the year. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said in its submission the ban would “fail” in its current form because there was not enough consultation with stakeholders. “More…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US president-elect says measures will remain until countries stamp out illegal border crossings and drug trafficking.United States President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to slap a 25 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico and Canada and an additional 10 percent on Chinese products in response to illegal border crossings and drug trafficking. Trump said on Monday that he would impose tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports on day one of his administration and that the measures would remain until the “invasion” of undocumented migrants and drugs came to an end. “Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute…
It’s not been the inaugural season that Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer had expected in Tuscaloosa. After losing to Oklahoma, 24-3, this past weekend, the Crimson Tide are 8-3 and likely now on the outside looking in at the College Football Playoffs.It was always going to be tough to replace Nick Saban — who brought six championships to Tuscaloosa and won another with LSU — but this has been a worst-case scenario for DeBoer.Saban lost some big games, but he never would have dared to lose to Vanderbilt, a team that has been scrappy but is barely even bowl-eligible in…