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U.S. Powerball Prize Soars To $1.5-B
The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night’s $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. The good news is that the prize has grown even larger to..

By The Financial District
Nov 4, 20221 min read


California's Cannabis-Growing 'Weed Nuns' Pray For Profits: BBC
Merced County sits in the middle of California's Central Valley. For as far as the eye can see, there are identical rows of crops, with...

By The Financial District
Nov 1, 20222 min read


Japan Fishery Coop, Pub Create Beer Using Seaweed
The local fishery cooperative and an izakaya pub in Akashi, Hyogo have put their collective heads together to turn seaweed that would...

By The Financial District
Nov 1, 20222 min read


MPIC Boosts Livelihood For Fisherfolk Communities
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), the country's premier infrastructure investment corporation, has donated fishing boats or...

By The Financial District
Nov 1, 20223 min read


French Farmers Covering Crops With Solar Panels For Food, Energy
Agrivoltaics - the practice of using land for both solar energy and agriculture - is on the rise across France.

By The Financial District
Oct 30, 20222 min read


U.S. Rural Areas Get $758-M Grant For High-Speed Internet
The US Agriculture Department has announced it is making available $759 million in grants and loans to enable rural communities to access...

By The Financial District
Oct 30, 20222 min read


Marcos Asked To Provide More Assistance To MSMEs
THE MARCOS administration should provide more assistance to small businesses, amend “restrictive” labor laws, and push for the...

By The Financial District
Oct 26, 20223 min read


Online Creators Zapped With IP, Copyright Lawsuits
It’s weird when wrestling superstar Randy Orton, Netflix’s romance “Bridgerton,” TikTok, a tattoo artist, Instagram, NFTs, and...

By The Financial District
Oct 25, 20222 min read


MacKenzie Scott Donates $85-M For Girl Scouts of USA
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) and 29 of its local branches, the 110-year-old...

By The Financial District
Oct 20, 20222 min read


U-Haul Provides Hurricane Ian Relief, Offers 30 Days Free Storage In South Carolina, Georgia
U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage at 22 facilities across South Carolina and Georgia where storm surges, flooding, and...

By The Financial District
Oct 2, 20221 min read


Small Businesses Grumble As UK Pound Plunges, Import Prices Soar
Like many small business owners in Britain, Harry Niazi hoped for state help to keep his London fish and chip shop going in the face of...

By The Financial District
Oct 1, 20222 min read


2022 TIME100 Next List Of World's Rising Stars Revealed
Today, TIME reveals the 2022 TIME100 Next list recognizing the 100 emerging leaders from around the world who are shaping the future and...

By The Financial District
Sep 29, 20222 min read


Farm Aid 2022 Highlights Farmers' Climate Resilience
Against the backdrop of an urgent climate crisis, Farm Aid 2022 highlighted both the ways that family farmers in North Carolina, the...

By The Financial District
Sep 25, 20224 min read


Gates Foundation Urges UN To Solve Global Hunger, Honors Goalkeepers
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates combined characteristic optimism with sobering questions about persistent gender inequality and hunger..

By The Financial District
Sep 24, 20222 min read


Fugitive Mastermind Of U.S. Navy Bribery Scheme Nabbed In Venezuela
Leonard Francis, the former military contractor known as "Fat Leonard" who orchestrated the largest corruption scandal in US Navy history...

By The Financial District
Sep 23, 20221 min read


Feds Charge 47 For Stealing $250-M From Meal Program For Low-Income Kids
Federal authorities charged 47 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said Tuesday (Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022...

By The Financial District
Sep 22, 20222 min read


Aina Times Celebrates 25th Year Of Propagating Indigenous Language In Japan
The Ainu Times, a newspaper published by an organization dedicated to reviving the language of northern Japan's indigenous Ainu people and..

By The Financial District
Sep 21, 20222 min read


Nike, Ant Grop Collaborate On Alipay Shoe Recycling Mini Program
Nike today announced that it has joined Ant Group’s Green Energy Initiative and launched an official mini program on Alipay, the leading...

By The Financial District
Sep 19, 20222 min read


BSP Unveils "Paleng-QR Ph" For Vendors, Trike Drivers
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) underscores digitization efforts with the launch of “Paleng-QR Ph” which arose from a Youth Summit...

By The Financial District
Sep 19, 20222 min read


AI Wins Art Contest In Colorado; Human Artists Fume
Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Now, his award-winning image is sparking controversy about...

By The Financial District
Sep 4, 20222 min read


Argentina 'Yoga Sect Exploited Women To Lure Men Like Placido Domingo
An Argentina-based yoga group sexually exploited vulnerable women it called “geishas” to get money and influence from wealthy and powerful..

By The Financial District
Sep 4, 20222 min read


Toilet Tax Evasion Case Amuses Germans
A 49-year-old woman went on trial in the German city of Cottbus on Thursday, accused of withholding around €1.2 million...

By The Financial District
Aug 30, 20222 min read


Yahoo Auctions In Japan Bans Sale Of Endangered Species
Japan’s largest internet auction site will ban individuals from offering rare or endangered species, along with many other species that...

By The Financial District
Aug 30, 20222 min read


Secret Service Seizes $286-M Worth Of Purloined COVID Loans
The US Secret Service said Friday (Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, in Manila) that it has recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained...

By The Financial District
Aug 28, 20222 min read
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