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Longest Life Expectancy by Country: Top List Revealed
Tempo.co
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March 19, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Did you know that where you live can significantly impact how long you live? This is known as life expectancy, which estimates the average number of additional years a person of a given age can expect to live. It varies from...
Trompe l’œil Tailor Wins Challenge the Fabric 2025
Sourcing Journal - New York
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May 15, 2025
Petra Fagerström was crowned the Challenge the Fabric (CTF) 2025 winner. The Swedish-born and London-based designer took home the $10,000 prize for her lenticular pleated and brazen, bespoke-tailored pieces. Fagerström said the funding will help...
Google rolling out Android Earthquake Alerts across the US
9to5Google
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September 3, 2024
In 2020, Google announced the Android Earthquake Alerts system that basically turns your phone into a seismometer. This seconds-long warning will soon be available in all 50 US states and six territories. While California, Oregon, and Washington...
White Painted Rooftops Could Be Lifesaving During Heatwaves: Study
Forbes
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Los Leones, the home of Catherine and Pero Feric at Pointe Milou on the northern coast of ... [+] Saint-Barthelemy in the Caribbean, March 1991. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)Getty Images Roofs painted white or with other reflective colors...
2025 Atlanta 500: Government & Infrastructure
Atlanta Magazine
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January 30, 2025
Photograph by felixmizioznikov/GettyCivic Leaders | Government & Politics | Transportation | Utilities | Legends CIVIC LEADERS Leona Barr-Davenport President and CEO Atlanta Business League Leona Barr-Davenport is president and CEO of the Atlanta...
2025 Atlanta 500: Professionals
Atlanta Magazine
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January 30, 2025
Photograph courtesy of Susan Pease/AlamyAccounting & Consulting | Law | Marketing & Public Relations | Media | Legends ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING Chloe Barzey Office Managing Director Accenture Atlanta Global Client Account Lead Accenture As office...
Earth roasts through its second consecutive hottest year on record
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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January 10, 2025
In 2024, the planet broke the record set in 2023 for the hottest year on record, NOAA, NASA, the European Copernicus Climate Change Service, Berkeley Earth, and the UKMET Office reported on January 10. There were 14 straight months of...
Remote Monitoring Systems Installed at the Glendon Hospital
Discover Montserrat
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February 11, 2025
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has introduced advanced remote life signs monitoring systems in Glendon Hospital’s wards. Funded by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine Biodiversity (RESEMBID) program, this initiative...
Officers Trained in Water Quality Monitoring
Government of the Virgin Islands
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More than 21 environmental and technical officers have completed training in water quality monitoring, data analysis and storage. The training session was organised by the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change in...
People on the Move: Kalibri Labs, The Lux Collective, Kimpton Armory Hotel Bozeman, The Sebastian-Vail, A Timbers Resort
Hotels Mag
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KALIBRI LABS NAMES PRESIDENT, COO Kalibri Labs has welcomed Kristen Clark as its new president and chief operating officer. Bringing more than 20 years of experience in scaling tech companies and transforming big data into actionable growth...
Officers From the Ministry of Environment Receive Training on Water Quality Monitoring
Government of the Virgin Islands
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The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change in collaboration with H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Center Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) and Spatial Innovision Ltd conducted a series of...
Rural Caribbean Areas Falling Behind in High Speed Internet
Nearshore Americas
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January 15, 2025
Across the Caribbean, hundreds of towns and villages remain untouched by optical fiber internet. Over a million households have no access to broadband whatsoever, while another half a million have not signed up despite cables running right past...
November 2024: Earth’s 2nd-warmest November on record
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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December 12, 2024
November 2024 was Earth’s second-warmest November on record behind November 2023, according to an analysis of global data going back to 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information reported Dec 12. NASA and the European Copernicus...
The Brief – Europe’s overseas jewels
EurActiv
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January 7, 2025
Europe's empire is under siege. The race for raw materials and strategic outposts on key routes has put several of Europe's foreign possessions, from the Arctic to the South Pacific, on the global chess board. US President-elect Donald Trump has...
ALARMING! India is world's largest plastic polluter, reveals study; 9.3 mn tonnes of waste generated in 2020
Asianet Newsable
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September 5, 2024
A new study conducted by scientists at the University of Leeds has revealed a staggering global plastic pollution crisis, highlighting the deadly consequences of insufficient waste collection. The research, which utilized artificial intelligence...
The Artist Who Creates Terrariums From Street Trash Makes Her Gallery Debut
Artnet
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March 21, 2025
Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Artnet News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives on the circuit. To read the latest Wet Paint...
Case studies | Knowledge base
PreventionWeb
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November 26, 2024
Theme - Any - Advocacy and media Capacity development Children and Youth Civil Society/NGOs Climate change Community-based DRR Critical infrastructure Cultural heritage Disaster risk management Early warning Economics of DRR Education and school...
Hotel and Resort News and Notes for December 2024
Travel Market Report - New York
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While most big hotel news is covered by TMR’s team and hosted on its Hotels and Resort homepage, some smaller news bits deserve attention. Below you can find rolling hotel news bites from the last four weeks that travel advisors, industry...
Ligne St Barth brings a tropical spa experience to Thermes Marins
Monaco Life
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December 8, 2024
Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo has welcomed Ligne St Barth, a luxury French-Caribbean cosmetics brand, for an exclusive pop-up running until 20th January 2025. Known for its use of tropical ingredients and innovative skincare techniques, Ligne St...
5 Of The Best “Blue Mind” Theory Experiences Around The World
Forbes
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Atma Janzu at Le Barthélemy Hotel & SpaLe Barthélemy Hotel & Spa The “Blue Mind” theory was first popularized by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols whose best-selling book Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, Or...