In London, the site for floral tributes is at Green Park next to Buckingham Palace, where officials who manage the so-called Royal Parks have issued guidance on what to do.For instance, officials have asked the public to remove plastic wrapping from any flowers before leaving them. This will make it easier for the flowers to eventually be turned into compost at least a week after the funeral takes place.They’ve also said, “We would prefer visitors not to bring non-floral objects/artefacts such as teddy bears or balloons.”The advice was also shared with the BBC, as presenter Sally Nugent told viewers, “They…
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As the tech war between the U.S. and China intensifies, Japan has spotted an opening to build a viable alternative for semiconductors — not least so that its own consumer electronics firms do not run out of memory chips. Now, eight major Japanese tech firms and car makers, including Kioxia, NEC, NTT, SoftBank, Sony and Toyota, are teaming up in a consortium to launch an advanced chip maker. Rapidus, as it will be called, aims to develop and mass-produce the next generation of logic semiconductors by 2027. The Japanese government said Friday it will back Rapidus with 70 billion yen…
The National Hunt season really begins to kick up a gear this weekend with Cheltenham’s three-day November meeting, featuring the Paddy Power Gold Cup, Greatwood Hurdle and the Shloer Chase.Plenty of big names have won here before going on to win at the Cheltenham Festival in recent years including Put The Kettle On and Coole Cody – we’ve nominated five worth considering this weekend and for the season ahead. Hereditary Rule (9/2)Friday 2:20 – SSS Super Alloys Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase In a race that has seen the likes of Gin On Lime, Protektorat and More Of That prove successful…
Actor Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi passed away Friday at the age of 46 after collapsing while working out at a gymactor Jay Bhanushali said, confirming the death to indianexpress.com. Survived by his wife Alesia Raut and their two children, he is famous for his roles in popular TV shows including Let’s kiss, Waaris, and Ziddi Dil Maane Na. Prior to Siddhaanth, popular stand-up comedian Raju Srivastava passed away in September this year after suffering “a mild heart attack” while working out at a gym in New Delhi. These recent celebrity deaths while working out have once again put the spotlight on…
A draw would have put Brazil through into a semi-final against PolandIn November 2004, Brazilian football legend Socrates made a famous (and short) promotional cameo for English non-league side Garforth Town. As the football correspondent for a leading Brazilian newspaper, I arrived in the West Yorkshire town to write about the madness of it all.An interview with the legendary midfielder – known as The Doctor because of his medical degree but also his political engagement – turned into a long after-hours chat at a local pub. Guards and notepads were down as Socrates, always a laid-back character, chatted about football…
Image: AI art created by DALL-ETwitter has reintroduced the “Official” gray verification badge for high-profile accounts like brands and celebrities, according to the Twitter Support account. The Official badge was first introduced on Wednesday, only to see new CEO Elon Musk get rid of the badge the very same day. But by late Thursday, the official badges started reappearing. And it’s all very confusing for no good reason, thanks to America’s dumbest smart guy, Elon Musk.The reintroduction of the Official badge appears to be unevenly distributed at the moment, with accounts like the New York Times not getting the verification…
You had to be there. I was among the few that were lucky enough — or unlucky enough — to watch first-hand one of the most excruciating losses in the history of the Canadian senior men’s basketball team. Sept. 11, 2015, Mexico City, if you need specifics. Anyone who cared about Canadian basketball was about to raise a celebratory beer — the cold frothy head just inches from hitting the hatch when they stumbled on some loose laundry and fell face first into the coffee table — beer and broken glass everywhere. [brightcove videoID=4479114044001 playerID=2540680026001 height=360 width=640] Just like that,…
Chinese infringements into the Aksai Chin region are not random, independent events but are part of a strategically planned and coordinated “expansionist strategy” to gain permanent control of the disputed border area, according to a study on Chinese border incursions into India by a team of international experts. The study ‘Rising tension in the Himalayas: a Geospatial Analysis of Chinese Border Incursions into India’ by Northwestern University, Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands and the Netherlands Defence Academy presented a geospatial analysis of the incursions, using an original dataset that covers the past 15 years. “We find that the…
A day after his capture by Myanmar soldiers, Saw Tun Moe’s decapitated head was found impaled on the spiked gates to the smouldering remains of a school building. The 46-year-old mathematics teacher was a vocal critic of Myanmar’s military, which seized power in a coup last year, and was running schools for the National Unity Government (NUG) – an administration established in opposition to the military by ethnic leaders, activists and the elected politicians the generals removed from office – in the central Magway region “He was aware he could end up like this if he fell into junta hands,”…
Amazon built an ecommerce empire by automating much of the work needed to move goods and pack orders in its warehouses. There is still plenty of work for humans in those vast facilities because some tasks are too complex for robots to do reliably—but a new robot called Sparrow could shift the balance that Amazon strikes between people and machines.Sparrow is designed to pick out items piled in shelves or bins so they can be packed into orders for shipping to customers. That’s one of the most difficult tasks in warehouse robotics because there are so many different objects, each…