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Solarcycle CTO Pablo Dias and COO Rob Vinje show a solar panel laminate after it’s been cleanly separated from the glass to investors and partners. The laminate is where most of the value is contained in a panel, like silver, silicon, and copper.SolarcycleThe growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation’s growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon emissions and mitigate climate change.But at the same time, these burgeoning renewable energy industries will soon generate tons of waste as millions of…

JetBlue Airways plane seen at Cancun International Airport. On Wednesday, 23 March 2022, in Cancun International Airport, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways has unveiled new perks for less-frequent flyers who are striving for elite status, the latest carrier to rethink its loyalty program to reflect shifting travel habits.The new system establishes more incremental steps to earn perks, including the choice of early boarding (barring basic economy ticket holders), priority security screening, an alcoholic drink on board, or bonus frequent flyer points, every time a customer earns 10 so-called tiles.A customer earns one of those…

What to know about Eurovision, the world’s biggest song contest – CBS News Watch CBS News Eurovision is the biggest contest you may have never heard of. Here’s what to know about the competitors, performances and more before tonight’s finale. Ramy Inocencio reports from England. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

It’s a typical day in the birthing centre at St-Mary’s hospital in Montreal. There are 10 nurses working, one nursing assistant and a doctor, with six patients checked in.Nurses are routinely checking in on soon-to-be-mothers — taking care of them, but also making them feel at ease.“It’s a special event already for everybody but for us too,” said nurse Katerina Horelik. “I think it’s the happiest place in the hospital.”There are 53 nurses and seven nursing assistants who work at the centre.They take part in around 3,500 births every year.Head nurse Noella Ethier, who’s worked at the centre for over…

Ukraine forces are advancing along parts of the front line against Russian troops near the war-torn eastern town of Bakhmut. “Our soldiers are moving forward in some areas of the front, and the enemy is losing equipment and manpower,” Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, said on social media on Saturday. “The defensive operation in the Bakhmut direction continues.” Russia acknowledged on Friday its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine’s ruined eastern city in a retreat the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a “rout” not a “regrouping”. In its latest bulletin, Russia’s defence ministry said…

Carlos Alcaraz will reclaim the No.1 ranking and go into the French Open as top seed after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-1 in his first Italian Open match.Alcaraz will pass Novak Djokovic for the top spot when the rankings are next published on May 22, also ensuring he will get the No.1 seeding at the French Open, which starts on May 28.Alcaraz double-faulted to hand Ramos-Vinolas a break of his serve in the opening game of the match but quickly recovered and used his well-disguised drop shot to set up the key break at the end of the first set.Alcaraz…

BEIJING: China will fully implement the youth employment priority policy and vigorously explore market-based employment channels, China vice premier Ding Xuexiang said on Thursday (May 11). China will ensure that the number of college graduates accepted by central-owned and state-owned enterprises is no less than last year, Ding was cited by the official Xinhua news agency as saying. The government should implement various preferential policies and guide college graduates to find jobs in communities, Ding said. The latest job-supporting steps come after a recovery in the world’s second-largest economy from three years of pandemic lockdowns has been gradual and uneven.…

Some Questions Are Better Left UnansweredIf you think you are about to read a collection and litany of racist remarks on African-European history, you aren’t. This is more of an introspective treatise about why different societies transformed differently.It is perfectly obvious to everyone, whether an overt racist or not, that different peoples have fared differently in history and continue to fare differently. The other day, I asked my friend, why ancient African societies didn’t send out explorers, missionaries and colonialists to weave our culture in foreign lands and to orchestrate African imperialism and might, globally.My friend’s response was that it’s…

As the violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in Gaza stretched into a fifth day on Saturday, Egyptian-led mediation efforts for a cease-fire were unable to stop the fighting, making this round of clashes among the longest in recent years.The fighting has remained contained because the militant group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has failed to draw in Hamas — the more powerful Islamic militant organization that controls Gaza — or any other major faction. The Islamic Jihad fighters, alone on the battlefield, have suffered crushing blows.Some experts attribute the stamina of Islamic Jihad — which Israel, the United States…