Humidity makes Shanghai’s heat more unbearablelukyeee1976/Getty Images “My office felt like a steamer on Monday morning,” wrote Chinese influencer Bi Dao in a social media post in August. He fetched a drink from a supposed cold-water dispenser – it was 40.8°C (105°F). Bi, who lives in Hangzhou, a regional capital on China’s east coast, decided to roam the city with a temperature gun, pointing it at things to find out exactly how hot they had got. “The ground was 72.6°C, the seat of a sharing bike was 56.5°C, the handrail in the metro station was 45°C, even the tree bark…
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Former “Harry Potter” film actor Rupert Grint faces a $2.3 million bill after he lost a legal battle with the tax authorities.Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the magical film franchise, was ordered to pay the money in 2019 after H.M. Revenue and Customs, the U.K. tax agency, investigated his tax return from seven years earlier.The agency said Grint had wrongly classed $5.7 million in residuals from the movies — money from DVD sales, TV syndication, streaming rights and other sources — as a capital asset rather than income, which is subject to a much higher tax rate.Lawyers for Grint…
COMMENT #1: Marty: It is painfully obvious why the bankers always tried to have the government silence you. Every aspect of what you forecast eventually unfolds, turning this random walk theory into propaganda. Bloomberg has reported that French corporate rates are now below government. The shift from Public to Private is right before our eyes. Thank you for a fantastic WEC. I loved your passion for saving the country if they listen. I also want to enroll my children in your gift to society, a WEC for the next generation. It’s just brilliant. JD COMMENT #2: Hi Martin, As you predicted,…
Kamala Harris interview with WISN The 2024 election has been over for weeks now, but Kamala Harris is still fundraising. Despite raising and spending more than a billion dollars in this election cycle, Harris ended her campaign with more than $20 million dollars in debt. Even more shocking, the DNC laid off a massive number of staffers and didn’t pay senior campaign workers at the end. Now Harris is still fundraising in a desperate attempt to retire her campaign debt and other members of the party believe this is very damaging. Politico reported: Dems fear Harris’ continued fundraising ‘erodes trust’…
Jennifer Garner took the time to weigh in on her past marriage experiences and appeared to take a swipe at her ex-husband, Ben Affleck.The actress shared a valuable lesson learned from their union, which ended in 2018 after being together for 13 years, noting one shouldn’t “marry a man thinking you can change him.”For Thanksgiving, Jennifer Garner reunited with Ben Affleck to share food for 2,000 homeless and near-homeless people in downtown Los Angeles.Article continues below advertisementJennifer Garner Takes A Swipe At Ben AffleckMEGAGarner recently appeared on the “Lipstick on the Rim” podcast, where she opened up about her experiences…
BUSAN, South Korea: Doubts rose on sealing a global treaty to curb plastic pollution on the last day of scheduled talks, as over 100 countries pushed to cap production while a handful of oil-producing countries wanted to focus only on plastic waste. The fifth and final UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting to yield a legally binding global treaty was set to wrap up in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday (Dec 1), but a final plenary session had not been held as of 4pm. A treaty could be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as well as climate-warming emissions…
Parliamentary elections come a week after a right-wing candidate won most votes in the first round of the presidential election.Romanians are voting in a parliamentary election a week after the first round of the presidential election saw right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu emerge at the top. Sunday’s vote will elect a new government and prime minister and determine the formation of the country’s legislature comprising the 323-seat lower house and the senate (133 seats). Romanians will elect lawmakers for both chambers on Sunday. Those who are abroad have been able to vote since Saturday. The governing coalition of the Social Democratic…
Young players are more important than ever in MLB, and many could make big impacts in the 2025 season. These 25 prospects stand out as possible difference-makers. WooSox Photo / USA Today Sports Images Arguably the best prospect in the game, Anthony has emerged from the 2022 draft to show elite five-tool ability. He played 35 games at Triple-A Worcester last season with a .983 OPS, and could break camp in Boston if the team clears out their glut of outfielders this offseason. Kim Klement Neitzel / USA Today Sports Images Ashcraft has had some injury issues as…
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Most of us don’t think much about electric charge, apart from in those annoying moments when our phones run out of it. But for physicists, it is a big deal. In every atom, negatively charged electrons orbit a nucleus containing positively charged protons, with the whole dance sustained by their mutual attraction. It would be fair to say, then, that charge is about as fundamental as it gets. This explains why physicists have long been at such pains to understand its nature, and for the most part they have been successful. But there is one question that has always hung…