Author: Clark Pilon

Tech 

Exclusive: Volkswagen to buy 20% of Chinese battery maker Guoxuan amid electric push – sources

January 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) is set to take a 20% stake in Chinese electric vehicle battery maker

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Science 

Methadone can help people beat opioid addiction — if they can afford it

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Megan King had long used drugs casually. But when her brother died of a drug overdose in 2010, her use

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Entertainment 

Recording Academy puts chief executive on leave days ahead of Grammys

January 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Company Management Issues, Content produced in Bangalore, DUGAN, ENTERTAINMENT, Leisure Products (TRBC), Living / Lifestyle, Music, RECORDINGACADEMY, United States, US, USA

FILE PHOTO – The Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan announces nominations for the 2020 Grammy Awards at a news conference

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Environment environmentNews 

Brazil’s tribes stride into digital age to defend their culture, forests

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XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil (Reuters) – In the 1980’s Brazil’s first indigenous Congressman, Xavante chief Juruna, went around with a

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Sports 

Barty eyes home party as Serena continues chase

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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Ash Barty faces the double burden of being world number one and the focus of an expectant

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Sports 

For now, Pacquiao-McGregor a figment of the imagination

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ED C. TOLENTINO You want to readily believe Conor McGregor’s latest pronouncement that he is close to signing a contract

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US News 

Yosemite National Park says 170 people ill in possible norovirus outbreak

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FILE PHOTO: Yosemite Valley is seen in Yosemite National Park, California, U.S., March 30, 2019. National Park Week begins April

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UK News 

Mounties, maple syrup, and… Meghan and Harry? Royal move could boost Canada brand

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TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s decision to step back from royal duties and split their time

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World 

How thousands of Iranians went from mourning a general to protesting the regime, in a week

January 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments

Protests erupted in Iran over the weekend as vigils to mourn the 176 victims of the Ukrainian jet crash transformed

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Politics 

Harvard Law School students protest Exxon Mobil’s law firm over defending fossil fuel interests

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A group of Harvard Law School students on Wednesday shouted down speakers and stalled a campus recruitment dinner hosted by

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