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This year's popular annual wine harvest is in full swing on the Greek island of Santorini, but the outlook is not bright for local wine producer Yannis Paraskevopoulos.Extreme temperatures are threatening production of the island's indigenous Assyrtiko grape variety, essential for the island's internationally recognized premium white wine. Paraskevopoulos' Gaia Wines produced about one-third of its 2022 output last year. This year's harvest is expected to fall to one-sixth of 2022 levels.”We thought the worst was over, but it wasn't. 2024 has exceeded all expectations,” Paraskevopoulos told CNBC in a phone interview.According to Gaia Wine's 2023 prediction, Assyrtiko could become…

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez said she believes lawmakers will be more flexible in considering whether Wisconsin will be the last state to embrace federal Medicaid expansion as a new Legislature elected under Wisconsin's new voting maps takes office in January. Dr. Nathan Grunewald, a urologist who grew up in Sauk County and returned to practice at Sauk Prairie Healthcare, spoke with Rodriguez in January about concerns about recruiting and retaining health care workers. (Eric Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner) Governor Tony Evers' Healthcare Workforce Task Force released recommendations Monday to address the state's health care workforce challenges now and…

Fashion designer Lucien Harrison has been honing his craft for over a decade. A former hairdresser, he made his mark in the fashion world by introducing bold colours and textures to ready-to-wear and haute couture. “Fashion is everything to me. I can't live without it. Fashion gives me the opportunity to connect with so many people and touch so many lives. It means a lot to me, I enjoy it and it's the only thing I feel like doing,” he told Living magazine. Harrison started out as a wedding designer, creating dresses and suits, but with the market in a…

A British arms company has abandoned plans to detonate a fragmentation bomb in the middle of the World Heritage Site of Flow Country, The Guardian can reveal.Overwatch sought permission from the Civil Aviation Authority this month to carry out “live-fire tests” to drop anti-personnel bombs from drones on land owned by Liberal Democrat peer John Thurso.Flow Country became the world's first peatland to be given World Heritage status by UNESCO in July, recognising its rarity and importance in conserving it and fighting the climate crisis.The bomb test was called off after The Guardian told Overwatch that the proposed area included…

A Bengaluru-based entrepreneur and CEO has courted controversy with a photo he captioned, “Brahmin genes”. Anuradha Tiwari, CEO of content writing company JustBurstOut, yesterday posted a picture of herself on social media platform X in which she was seen flaunting her muscles. Bengaluru CEO Anuradha Tiwari at the centre of casteism debate (X/@talk2anuradha) “Brahmin genes,” she controversially captioned the picture. Take a look at the post below: Anuradha Tiwari has been a vocal advocate for the abolition of caste-based reservations and her X profile states that she believes in the motto “One Family, One Reservation”. The Bengaluru-based entrepreneur and TEDx…

Investing.com — Morgan Stanley analysts say Asia will be more vulnerable to a U.S. recession than in the past, and a resulting slowdown in China will reduce the region's economic buffers. The firm still sees a soft landing for the U.S. economy as its base case, but a bigger slowdown or even a recession would create headwinds for Asian economies. MS said the prospect of a recession in the United States in particular would have a “significant negative impact” on growth in Asia, slowing exports generally, a scenario that would also have an impact on business investment in the region.…

Robin Li, chairman and CEO of Baidu, spoke at the opening ceremony of the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July 2021.Wu Jun/VCG via Getty Images Chinese search giant Baidu Inc.'s core advertising business shrank in the second quarter, but analysts say the trend could continue for the rest of the year as China's economic recovery is sluggish and the company struggles to monetize its artificial intelligence technology. Shares in the dual-listed company fell as much as 7% in Hong Kong on Friday after dropping 4.4% overnight on Nasdaq. Investors were reacting to Baidu's performance for the three…

Wood County Commissioners Robert Tebey, Jimmy Colombo and Blair Couch discuss the proposed relocation of the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department to St. Joseph's Landing during Thursday's regular meeting while Wood County Executive Marty Sufer listens and answers questions. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department Executive Director Eric Walker speaks about the health department's proposed relocation to St. Joseph's Landing. Officials are still working out the terms of the lease, which is expected to be finalized next week. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) Wood County Commissioners Robert Tebey, Jimmy Colombo and Blair Couch discuss the proposed relocation of the Mid-Ohio…

KFC's “Original” prototype, currently being tested in Orlando, shows off a variety of technological advancements aimed at streamlining operations and improving the guest experience. By Orit Naomi, RTN Staff Writer – August 22, 2024 Orlando serves as a unique testing ground for KFC to experiment with new store designs, menu variations and especially cutting-edge restaurant technology. The city's diverse customer base and concentration of corporate-owned stores make it an ideal location for KFC to pilot new initiatives before rolling them out nationwide. “Orlando has all kinds of different customers that we can reach,” explains Lori Everentz, KFC's director of public…

AI-powered coding assistants have raised nearly $1 billion in funding since the beginning of last year, signaling that software engineering is shaping up to be the first “killer app” for generative artificial intelligence.According to Dealroom, companies including Replit, Anysphere, Magic, Augment, Supermaven and Poolside AI have raised $433 million so far this year alone, bringing the total to $906 million since January 2023.The rapid push to pour money into AI coding assistants indicates that computer programming will be the first job role transformed by the latest wave of AI technology. “Today, software engineering and coding are the fields most impacted…