Sunday, January 26, 2025

#movies #oscars - Here are the 2025 Oscar nominations: ABC News

23 January 2025

Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott present the 2025 Academy Award nominations, which were delayed twice due to devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area.


#Isreal - Egyptian-Born Filmmaker Aims to Tell the Truth about October 7th Massacre: CBN News

23 January 2025

What would drive an Egyptian filmmaker, born a Muslim, to make a documentary about Israel's October 7th massacre? “The truth has to be told,” Majed al-Shafi told CBN News. “Israel has a special place in my heart, and God used Israel to save my life.” Born in Egypt and raised as a Muslim, Majed became a Christian and was persecuted for his faith. He fled to Israel because it was the only place in the Middle East where he could find asylum and now he’s in Canada where he started One Free World International. Fast forward to October 7th, and the film Majed made about that day, “Dying to Live,” so he could let Israelis know they’re not alone in this fight. Read the full story from CBN Israel's Julie Stahl: https://cbn.com/news/israel/egyptian-...

#cbnnews #christiannews #christianity

#USA - Economics of Deportations: Bloomberg

25 January 2025

President Trump sees immigration enforcement as a way to boost domestic workers, but the economics suggest otherwise.

#Gaza #DonaldTrump - 'Sounds like ethnic cleansing to a lot of ears': Trump mulls plan to 'clean out' Gaza • FRANCE 24

26 January 2025

FRANCE 24's Tel Aviv correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky weighs in on US President Donald Trump's statements Saturday that he was considering a plan to "clean out" Gaza by calling on Arab states to take an unspecified number of Palestinians living in the devastated enclave.

#insurance #Davos2025 - Domino Effects: Insurance after LA fires, immigration enforcement, sober spirits | Wall Street Week

25 January 2025

This week, we look at the future of insurance in Los Angeles after devastating wildfires, President Trump's economic argument for immigration enforcement, and the growing trend of non-alcoholic beer and spirits.

We go to Davos for the annual World Economic Forum's gathering of business and world leaders as they face a more insular and less collaborative world.

#solar - Solar Energy Is Even Cheaper Than You Think | Jenny Chase | TED

23 January 2025

How prevalent is solar power, really? According to researcher Jenny Chase, it's already displacing fossil fuels in key energy markets around the world. She explains the rise of affordable solar power and dives into how her team tracked its rapid installation in unexpected countries, offering a vision of a brighter, more sustainable future. (Recorded at TED Countdown: Overcoming Dilemmas in the Green Transition on October 30th 2024)

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Saturday, January 25, 2025

#China #economy - Why China's Consumers Are Still Cutting Back on Luxury Spending Despite Stimulus: Bloomberg

25 January 2025

A report from Bain & Co. shows China's luxury market sales plunging as much as 20% in 2024, as the economic slowdown dented consumer confidence.

Weiwei Xing, partner at the consultancy, expects the first half of 2025 to remain difficult for the market, but still sees bright spots. She speaks with David Ingles and Annabelle Droulers on "Bloomberg: The China Show."

#autos - Red Bull Has Built A Hypercar… | Top Gear | BBC Studios

23 January 2025

This is the Red Bull RB17 – and it’s much more than F1 design genius Adrian Newey’s greatest hits amalgamated into a hypercar. Sure, this £5m, track-only spaceship has the likes of a blown diffuser and Newey’s favourite Formula 1 engine configuration (a naturally aspirated V10) but the RB17 is instead what happens when Newey isn’t trying to find loopholes in restrictive Formula 1 regulations. The RB17 is what happens when Newey is unleashed! The result, the mind-blowing result, is a car (very rich) mere mortals can buy – and one that can lap a racetrack as fast as a contemporary Formula 1 car. Behind Newey is the might of Red Bull Applied Technologies, the sister company to Red Bull Racing that uses the F1 team’s know-how and applies it to wider engineering challenges. As a calling card to show their expertise, the RB17 is quite something. But enough of us telling you about it. Instead, here’s the man himself, interviewed by Top Gear’s Editor-at-Large, Jason Barlow…