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USA Today Editor-in-Chief Terence Samuel Resigns

Jul

USA Today Editor-in-Chief Terence Samuel Resigns

More news - Recent news USA Today Editor-in-Chief Terence Samuel announced Monday he is stepping down after a year in office. Samuel, a veteran journalist, had joined USA Today in July of the previous year from National Public Radio, where he had been a senior executive overseeing all news programs. Neither Samuel nor USA Today gave a reason for his departure. In an email to the newsroom, Monica Richardson, a senior vice president at USA Today, said Samuel’s resignation was “effective today.” Caren Bohan, the political editor, will temporarily take over as managing editor while the publication conducts a national…

French far right scores big win in first round of election, polls show

Jul

By Liam Walker

World

French far right scores big win in first round of election, polls show

More news - Breaking news Early projections indicate that the Rassemblement National party has won a landslide victory in the first round of elections for the French National Assembly, bringing the nationalist, anti-immigration party to power for the first time. Polling projections suggest the party won about 34% of the vote, far ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party and its allies, who won about 21%. The scores do not reliably predict how many parliamentary seats each party will win, but National Rally is likely to be the largest force in the lower house, though not necessarily with an…

Running to recapture a beloved journey, before dementia takes everything

Jul

By Liam Walker

World

Running to recapture a beloved journey, before dementia takes everything

More news - Latest news When I was little, my father, who rarely traveled, would tell stories about a trip to Europe he took with his parents at age 14, in 1966. He remembered how Nonie loved the pristine Swiss roads and flowerbeds; the cozy fireplace in the hillside house near Lugano, where her father was born, with its clever alcoves for drying clothes or warming bread; and the palpable poverty in the house in Pozzuoli, near Naples, where Nonie’s aunt lined the walls with newspaper for insulation. Occasionally, my father would show me his Kodachrome slides on a projector.…

Miles Russell, 15, made his PGA Tour debut. He was strangely normal

Jul

By Liam Walker

World

Miles Russell, 15, made his PGA Tour debut. He was strangely normal

Related media - Latest news DETROIT – Miles Russell’s pants didn’t quite fit during the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Thursday. A recent growth spurt has left the 15-year-old, now 5 feet 7 inches, in pants designed for someone shorter. Russell, who weighs 120 pounds and has a 28-inch waist, showed off his ankles as he strolled around Detroit Golf Club. Russell made his PGA Tour debut, shooting a 2-over 74. Born in 2009, he signed autographs for kids and adults while being followed by a PGA Tour Live camera. He teed off for 7,370 yards and…

Nvidia, with a market cap of .34 trillion, becomes the most valuable company

Jul

By Liam Walker

Science and Technology

Nvidia, with a market cap of $3.34 trillion, becomes the most valuable company

Related media - News 24 hours On Tuesday, Nvidia leapfrogged two of the tech industry's most storied names to become the world's most valuable public company, according to data from S&P Global. Its rise has been fueled by the boom in generative artificial intelligence and growing demand for the company's chips – known as graphics processing units, or GPUs – that have made it possible to create artificial intelligence systems. Nvidia's rise is among the fastest in the history of the market. Just two years ago, the company's market valuation exceeded $400 billion. Now, in the space of a year,…

Anthony O’Reilly, the Irish tycoon who ran Heinz, has died at the age of 88

Jun

By Liam Walker

Investments and Business

Anthony O’Reilly, the Irish tycoon who ran Heinz, has died at the age of 88

Related media - Recent news Anthony J. F. O'Reilly, a charming, ambitious, Irish-born former chairman of the H. J. Heinz Company who also owned newspapers, luxury brands and trophy houses in France and the Bahamas, only to lose almost everything in his eighth decade, died May 18 in Dublin. He was 88. The Irish Times and other Irish newspapers, citing a family spokesman, said he died in hospital. No cause was given. From his earliest days, Mr O’Reilly, known as Tony, was shy about giving gifts. He was a top-flight rugby player in his teens: “the red-headed pin-up of Irish…

Fire at lithium battery plant in South Korea kills at least 22 people

Jun

By Liam Walker

World

Fire at lithium battery plant in South Korea kills at least 22 people

Related media - Latest news According to Kim, workers who fled the blaze said the fire broke out when a single battery cell caught fire, triggering a series of explosions among some of the 35,000 lithium battery cells stored on the second floor of the factory. Fires can occur in lithium batteries when the internal layers are compressed, causing a short circuit. The layers can be compressed by a sudden impact, such as during a vehicle collision, or by the gradual swelling of the batteries from regular use. Lithium is a metal that can store large amounts of energy in…