The magic carpet ride where most retail promotions have been lately should probably have to go back to the reality that is planet Earth. And very soon. Shares of retail heavyweights such as Nordstrom, Macy’s, Kohl’s and Simon Property Group were settled on Tuesday. At first blush, the reason for …
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A-level results and GCSE: Call for urgency to grade ‘fiasco’
Copyright Danny Lawson / PA Media Image by image Students take part in a protest in Leeds following the government’s U-turn over the calculated quality system The Secretary of Education has been urged to launch a review on the treatment of A-level and GCSE results after examinations were canceled due …
Read More »Trump claims Democrats are behind California’s rolling blackouts
Hundreds of thousands of California residents were hit by a series of rolling blackouts over the weekend, with energy experts unable to identify the exact cause of the rotating power outage amid a historic heat wave. Although planned blackouts have been orchestrated in recent years to help prevent burns, California …
Read More »California reports first human plague case in 5 years
A California resident has tested positive for pleach, marks the state’s first human case of the disease in five years, according to health officials. The case was confirmed on Monday (August 17) in a South Lake Tahoe resident, according to a statement of the Department of Health and Human Services …
Read More »Hundred-year-old photos show how tree line the Rockies came up due to climate change
Brave pioneers traveled to unknown parts of the Canadian Rockies a century ago to take photographs of the region and build the first topographic maps of the area. Fast forward to today and scientists use these timeless photographs to understand how much of the landscape has evolved over the past …
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