Crop Undercount Raises Questions About Reliability of U.S.D.A. Data
Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the Agriculture Department said.
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Queensland rejects key Bondi report recommendation as Albanese’s gun buyback flounders | Royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion
Queensland has rejected key recommendations from the Bondi royal commission’s interim report, insisting plans for a national gun buyback will not keep weapons “out of the hands of terrorists and criminals”. The report, handed down by commissioner Virginia Bell on Thursday, raised doubts about whether efforts to establish a national gun register after the 2022…
Subnautica 2 launches soon after lengthy legal dispute
After some protracted legal drama, Subnautica 2 is finally about to launch. The game, which is currently Steam’s most-wishlisted title and was caught up in a dispute between top executives at developer Unknown Worlds and its owner, Krafton, will be available in early access on PC and Xbox Series X / S starting May 14th….
Jennifer Lopez, Brett Goldstein in ‘Office Romance’: Watch Trailer
Netflix is giving the first look at Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein’s steamy romantic comedy. Directed by Ol Parker and written by Goldstein and Joe Kelly, Office Romance follows Lopez’s Jackie, a powerful CEO who strikes up a romance with her airline’s newest lawyer Daniel (Goldstein.) In the trailer released Thursday (below), Goldstein’s Daniel is…
European Central Bank keeps rates on hold as inflation jumps
European Union flags flutter on the day European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde speaks to reporters following the Governing Council’s monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany September 12, 2024. Jana Rodenbusch | Reuters The European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold at its April meeting, despite a surge in inflation in the euro…
‘Act of piracy’: World reacts to Israeli interception of Gaza aid flotilla | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel has intercepted 22 out of the 58 aid ships travelling through international waters and bound for the besieged Gaza Strip. The ships make up part of a second Global Sumud Flotilla to try in recent months to break an Israeli blockade by carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. They sailed from the Spanish…
Russia loses its way in the Sahara
Losses to Malian militants by Wagner Group’s successor call into question future of Moscow’s military adventurism in Africa
New York officials return more than 650 antiquities valued at $14m to India | New York
Hundreds of antiquities valued at $14m have been returned to India by New York authorities, including some connected to the alleged art smuggler Subhash Kapoor, in a move that is likely to raise the pressure on others to make similar gestures. The return of 657 antiquities was announced by the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg…
Now California’s cops can give tickets to driverless cars
Autonomous vehicles roving California’s roads will no longer be immune to traffic tickets starting on July 1st. New regulations announced by the California DMV this week allow law enforcement to give AV manufacturers a “notice of AV noncompliance” when one of their cars commits a traffic violation, like running a red light or failing to…
SAG-AFTRA Launches ‘I Am An Actor’ Podcast
At the beginning of every Actor Awards (the kudocast formerly known as the SAG Awards), actors give a speech from their chairs in the room, sharing their origin stories. It’s usually about their big break, or how they first got their SAG-AFTRA card. The anecdotes can be amusing, serious or emotional, but they always end…