August 17, 2024
European Fine art

UPDATE 1-UK’s Badenoch to attend trans-Pacific CPTPP meeting on sidelines of APEC

(Adds date of CPTPP meeting) By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – British Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch plans to attend a meeting of a major trans-Pacific trade pact, which does not include the United States, on Wednesday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. It will be

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Ukraine and Poland fail to reach agreement over border protests

The Ukrainian and Polish governments once again failed to make progress in stopping a week-long protest of Polish truckers at Ukraine’s border, Reuters reported on Nov. 14 citing a Ukrainian official. The protesters are demanding renewed restrictions on the number of Ukrainian trucks permitted in Poland. They are also calling for a ban on transportation

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UK’s Sunak to learn fate of Rwandan migrant deportation plan

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will learn on Wednesday whether his government can finally go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda when the UK Supreme Court gives its verdict on the scheme’s lawfulness. Sunak is seeking to overturn a ruling in June

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Harriet Backer’s music of light

The exhibition is a collaboration between the National Museum and Kode Art Museums and Composer Homes, Bergen. It travels to Stockholm in the new year, and then to the Musée d’Orsay, before returning to Norway via Bergen in spring 2025. It’s a significant moment for an artist whose work has not been seen on any

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AMD-Powered Frontier Remains Fastest Supercomputer in the World

The Top500 organization released its semi-annual list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, with the AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer retaining its spot at the top of the list with 1.194 Exaflop/s (EFlop/s) of performance, fending off a half-scale 585.34 Petaflop/s (PFlop/s) submission from the Argonne National Laboratory’s Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer. From a report: Argonne’s submission,

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Songsforstarlings at Aliona Ortega Fine Art

Richard Butler with his paintings. Photo courtesy of the artist and Aliona Ortega Fine Art, Miami.  By WENDY M. BLAZIER November 14, 2023   “When I was a child in rural England, starlings would flock in the thousands on telephone wires. It presaged the beginning of winter, and it invoked a certain sense of melancholy. I

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Things to do in the Chattanooga area this weekend include Gratefull luncheon, Christmas markets, Chattanooga Fashion Expo

Advertisement Advertisement November 14, 2023 at 2:42 p.m. by Sam Still Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Visitors walk down a path lit by glowing giraffes as part of the Asian Lantern Festival at the Chattanooga Zoo in 2022. Chattanooga Zoo, 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave., will host the Asian Lantern Festival beginning 5:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday.

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UK’s Badenoch to attend trans-Pacific CPTPP meeting on sidelines of APEC

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – British Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch plans to attend a meeting of a major trans-Pacific trade pact, which does not include the United States, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. It will be Britain’s first attendance at a meeting of

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Braverman blasts Sunak’s ‘magical thinking’ before Supreme Court Rwanda ruling

Suella Braverman accused Rishi Sunak of “magical thinking” for failing to come up with a back-up plan if his Rwanda policy is blocked in the Supreme Court and said he could betray his promise to “stop the boats” even in the event of victory. In an excoriating letter to the Prime Minister after being sacked

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The chip industry’s reshoring revolution – RBC Wealth Management

November 14, 2023 Frédérique Carrier Managing Director, Head of Investment StrategyRBC Europe Limited RBC Wealth Management’s “Worlds apart: Risks and opportunities as deglobalization looms” series explores the trend away from globalization and its ramifications for investors, economies, and financial markets. The final feature in the series explores the reshaping of the semiconductor industry and the

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