Daewoo Engineering & Construction is ramping up efforts for South Korean construction companies' foray into Iraq, according to the company Monday. Daewoo E&C's CEO Baek Jung-wan and Oceans and Fisheries Minister Cho Seung-hwan recently visited Iraq’s Al Faw port construction site, in a bid to facilitate domestic companies' entry into Iraq's Al Faw Port Development Project -- a project which aims to build the largest port in the Middle East. Currently, Daewoo E&a
Big tech companies have long been willing to fund efforts with no obvious payoff. But those groups have been hit hard in recent layoffs.
Despite tourism marketers’ best efforts, B.C. continues to attract fewer tourists than it did pre-pandemic. An end to government travel restrictions, restored flight routes and marketing campaigns are helping the province increase its number of international visitors. Some setbacks, however, m
The garage door opens on this sleepy side street of Silver City, revealing altered terrain, one in which every surface has been terraformed by an obsessive collagist. Jean-Robert Beffort sits at the door in a small chair day by day and shoots the shit with those who pass by, known and unknown. Found objects are transformed in this laser beam to become one-of-a-kind sculptures and mobiles, riddled with doll heads and smacked with electric paint. He doesn't seem to care that only a rare straggler...
This edition includes a rundown of the bills that completed the legislative process and those that failed to cross the finish line by the March 11 deadline.
In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria to be immune to natural viral infections while also minimizing the potential for the bacteria or their modified genes to escape into the wild.
The KBW Bank Index sank as much as 7.7%, its biggest one-day drop since June 2020.
The current smallest member from Volkswagen's ID family of EVs is the ID.3 compact hatch, but the automaker has plans to launch two smaller EVs. The first of these has been previewed by the ID.2all concept, and a production version will arrive in 2025. Audi has confirmed its next EV launch for the second half of 2023. The vehicle is the
At the end of the month, rapper Pink Siifu and producer Ahwlee are releasing a new album together as B. Cool-Aid called Leather Blvd. We’ve shared two tracks from it already — “Cnt Go Back (Tell Me)” and “Wassup” — and today we’re getting a third, “soundgood,” where the pair teams up with Liv.e, Jimetta Rose, and V.C.R. They’ve also unveiled the official Leather Blvd. tracklist, which has additional features from Digable Planets’ Ladybug Mecca, Quelle Chris, Big Rube, Fousheé, and more. Check it...
Cracking carbon bonds is a notoriously difficult problem, but it may hold the key to generating greener, more sustainable chemicals. A Chinese research team achieved the first visible-light-promoted simultaneous cleavage of carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bonds via a silver-modified polyoxometalate photocatalyst, unlocking avenues for applications like carbon-neutral alternatives for fossil fuels. The researchers' findings were published on March 3 in Polyoxometalates.
Lance Reddick left behind a legacy of incredible work—some of which even he was in awe of. The late actor, who died at age 60 on March 17 from natural causes, reflected on the upcoming film John
A former Washington, D.C. police officer who was beaten by rioters during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol on Tuesday blasted Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) over the House speaker’s decision to exclusively provide a Fox News host with more than 40,000 hours of security footage from the insurrection.Michael Fanone’s comment came during an appearance on CNN’s The Lead With Jake Tapper in which he appeared alongside former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL).“If there's one thing that Kevin McCarthy has proven is...