Month: May 2022

Russia’s war on Ukraine has demonstrated how a major energy exporter can achieve a choke-hold over its customers, leaving them very little way to get out of it. NATO has been limited in its response to the Ukrainian invasion by Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and oil. We need energy independence to break the grip
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FANmire is celebrating African American Music Appreciation Month with a reboot of Music Mondays. Music Mondays is a collection of interviews created with world-renowned musicians DJ Tim Holla, Shawn Caliber, Fresh Jacobs and Billy Bruckner. Music Monday doesn’t just celebrate artists through interviews, it also gets them together to discuss the music industry and its
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For ancient Egyptians, it was a sign of wealth and status. Romans would cultivate their beards to signify mourning, while Gauls equated the loss of one with castration. To the 21st-century man, though, beard styles are more a sartorial statement of intent than a status symbol; and choosing the best beard style just got a
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US telco Verizon warned this week that corporate ransomware attacks are increasing at an “alarming” rate. In its 15th annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) – which analyses security incidents to identify among other things the type of attack, their origin, success rate, and attack vectors – Verizon Business found that the number of ransomware
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Air travel in Singapore is recovering and has reached around 40% of pre-Covid levels despite China’s border restrictions, Transport Minister S. Iswaran said. China’s passenger traffic is significant for Singapore, he said. Some 3.6 million Chinese residents traveled to Singapore in 2019, accounting for 13% of total visitors, according to data from the local tourism
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TODAY: In 1799, Alexander Pushkin is born.    “I don’t even know if it is possible to decolonize portraiture, but it’s important for me to take those steps toward attempting to do that work.” Nikole Hannah-Jones and Gio Swaby discuss portraiture that uplifts Black women. | Lit Hub Art What can dogs teach us about
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Editor’s Note — Sign up to CNN Travel’s Unlocking Italy newsletter for insider intel on Italy’s best loved destinations and lesser-known regions to plan your ultimate trip. Plus, we’ll get you in the mood before you go with movie suggestions, reading lists and recipes from Stanley Tucci. Rome (CNN) — It was nutritious, easy to
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The everlasting styles every man should be shod in come winter. Men have been wearing boots for at least 3,000 years, so we’re going to hold our hands up here. What follows does not include calfskin ankle boots designed by Inca warriors or mankind’s original winter men’s boots, which were made by Inuit tribes and
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