U.S. Carbon Emissions Grew in 2022, Even As Renewables Surpassed Coal
Emissions ticked up 1.3 percent last year, even as renewables surpassed coal.
AI Is Becoming More Conversant. But Will It Get More Honest?
At a new website called Character.AI, you can chat with a reasonable facsimile of almost anyone, live or dead, real or (especially) imagined.
UK Bookstores React to Prince Harry’s Memoir
The book, “Spare,” was released on Tuesday. Some booksellers said it had generated a huge number of preorders.
South Africa’s ruling ANC party fetes 111th anniversary
By Mogomotsi Magome, The Associated Press South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party marked its 111th anniversary Jan. 8 with celebratory events in Mangaung, Free State province, where the organization was founded in 1912. President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was re-elected as the ANC party leader at a national conference in December last year, addressed a
Black librarians drop Indianapolis as conference site
By The Associated Press A national group of Black librarians has canceled a July gathering in Indianapolis after the local library declined to permanently hire a Black woman who was serving as interim leader. Indianapolis is an “inhospitable location,” the National Conference of African American Librarians said Jan. 6. The Indianapolis Public Library Board decided
UN rights chief calls for probe into Burkina Faso killings
By The Associated Press The head of the United Nations human rights office called Jan. 7 for a prompt, transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 28 people whose bodies were found in northwest Burkina Faso last month. Volker Türk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said it was encouraging that authorities had
PRESS ROOM: University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies Releases Whitepaper Examining Underrepresentation of African American Women in Corporate Senior Level Leadership
By Business Wire (BUSINESS WIRE) – University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies has released a new whitepaper, “Narrowing the Path to C-Suite Positions,” in a collaboration between authors Alfreda Goods, DM, a fellow in the Center for Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Research (CWDIR), Adrian Allen, DBA, and Lisa K. Langford, DM, also a fellow
PRESS ROOM: NASA Postdoctoral Program seeks early career and senior scientists for prestigious fellowships at its locations across the U.S.
(BUSINESS WIRE) – NASA invites both early-career and senior scientists to explore fellowship opportunities in its postdoctoral program and share in NASA’s mission to develop advancements in science, technology, aeronautics and space exploration. The deadline to apply for this cycle of fellowships is March 1, 2023. Learn more or apply for fellowships in the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP). ORAU
Global shares ease after Fed officials dent optimism – Reuters
Global shares ease after Fed officials dent optimism Reuters Asian stock markets mixed ahead of US inflation update The Associated Press Stocks end up mixed on Wall Street after early gains fade KTBS Indian Morning Briefing: Asian Markets Mixed as Investors Weigh Fed’s Next Move Morningstar Global stock markets mixed ahead of US inflation update The Associated Press – en
Russia pushes to capture Ukraine’s Soledar amid fierce fighting – Reuters UK
Russia pushes to capture Ukraine’s Soledar amid fierce fighting Reuters UK What’s Russia’s strategy to take Soledar and Bakhmut? | DW News DW News January 9, 2023 Russia-Ukraine news CNN Live: Zelensky hails ‘resilience’ of troops facing fierce assault in east Ukraine • FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 English Ukraine Defense Ministry: Wagner Group launched ‘powerful assault’ on Soledar Meduza View