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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Every night in Buenos Aires, dancers from around the world fill up in intimate clubs and spacious halls, swaying smoothly to the electric energy of Argentine tango, a melancholic tune about nostalgia, loss and love.This week, tango's attention shifted to the stage, where the annual Buenos Aires Tango Festival and Competition saw hundreds of contestants vying for the world's top title and drew a crowd of 10,000 on the closing night on Tuesday.The contest, which attracted a record 750 troupes from 53 countries, showcased the universal appeal of a dance style that originated among sailors and…
Chancellor Keir Starmer announced plans for a new treaty with Germany but insisted it did not mean reversing Brexit. advertisementGerman and British leaders announced plans on Wednesday to draw up a treaty aimed at deepening trade, defense and other ties between the two countries, while new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is moving ahead with plans to “reset” ties with the European Union.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed his fellow centre-left leader Starmer's desire to renew ties with the EU, saying “we want to take the hand that is offered to us”.Starmer took office at the start of July after the…
Asia/Indonesia – Priests born to Muslim mothers: Interfaith families, Indonesian figures Paolo AffatatoJAKARTA (FIDES NEWS) – While reflecting on the celebration of his episcopal ordination, Bishop Cyprianus Format of Ruteng on the Indonesian island of Flores mentioned, almost in passing, the widespread and enthusiastic attendance of his “Muslim relatives”. This speaks volumes that “interfaith” families represent a widespread and very real reality in Indonesian society – a reality where in everyday life one can experience a welcoming attitude towards the spiritual experiences of others, whatever they may be, even when it comes to children who can choose a faith different…
Artist Tyrus Wong holds a kite of his own design on Santa Monica Beach, California. Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Tyrus Wong arrived in San Francisco from China in 1920 as a 10-year-old boy with a love of calligraphy. By the end of the next decade, he was working for Disney, on his way to becoming one of America's greatest immigrant success stories. Over the course of his long and colorful career, Wong developed a pioneering style and distinguished himself as a painter, film illustrator, muralist, ceramist, lithographer and even a kite maker (above). But it…
As the world's ability to plunder the oceans for food grows, our ability to understand sustainable fishing levels has not kept pace.Officials tasked with preventing overfishing often rely on overly optimistic projections about the health of certain fish stocks, raising the risk that permitted catches will be set too high, scientists reported last week in the journal Science.”It's really important to bring these issues to the public's attention,” says Nils Krug, a fisheries scientist at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) who worked on the new study. “Hopefully this will lead to improvements.”Estimating fish populations is an important and difficult task…
We recently published a list of the top 10 AI news stories and analyst ratings you can't miss, and Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) ranks sixth on the list, so it's worth taking a closer look.Investors are on edge ahead of Jensen Huang's AI giants' earnings announcements. Gene Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, said in an interview with CNBC that if the Blackwell-related delays have a broader impact on the AI chip market, it could send the broader market into a pullback. The analyst predicted a “tough week” for big tech companies.But in the long term, Munster is very…
SAN MATEO, Calif. and COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SIOS Technology Corp., the industry leader in application high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR), today announced that it has been named one of South Carolina's “Best Companies to Work For” for the fifth consecutive year, moving up one spot to No. 3 in the mid-size employer category among 46 companies and organizations ranked. SC Biz News created the annual program in partnership with Best Companies Group. SIOS' research and development headquarters and professional services and support division are located in the M. Bert Storey Engineering & Innovation…
Everyone's hyping how artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize filmmaking. One Substack article even predicted a world where viewers instantly become creators. Hooroo Jackson has actually made that happen with his feature film DreadClub: Vampire's Verdict. Currently a Gumroad exclusive, DreadClub: Vampire's Verdict will be available on Blu-Ray and Amazon on August 30th. The future is here: we'll get to see an animated vampire romance movie created entirely by AI. But just because you can, does that mean you should? The short answer is no. But as I said in my two previous articles on AI, I'm more interested…
Best Buy (BBY) is expected to report another weak quarterly sales as consumers put off big-ticket purchases.Before the market opened on Thursday, the company expects revenue to fall 3.62% to $9.24 billion and earnings per share to fall about 5% to $1.16.Same-store sales are expected to fall 3.17% for the quarter as categories like electronics and entertainment continue to struggle.Last quarter, CEO Corey Barry told Yahoo Finance on a media call that the company remains “imbalanced” as consumers continue to prioritize essentials like food, fuel and lodging.The report comes after Best Buy made improvements during the quarter, including introducing a…
As a serious foodie, I'm a terrible cook. Thankfully, I live in New York, where I don't have to cook. With some of the best restaurants in the world within walking distance, I have no shortage of culinary options. I tried to recreate some of my favorite dishes, but even simple dishes just didn't work out, so when I heard about an AI app that can turn any photo into a recipe, I decided to give it a try. SideChef's RecipeGen AI app is a home cooking and online grocery platform, and its new beta AI feature allows chefs (or…