#pivotal-moment

#pivotal-moment

Ivory imports from hippopotamuses, orcas and walruses will be banned under new legislation to protect the endangered species from poaching.The Ivory Act, passed in 2018, targeted materials from elephants, but a loophole meant that animals other than elephants, including hippos, were being targeted for their ivory.

All politics is local, or so it used to be said.But there was not much sign of that supposed neighbourhood granularity in England's local elections on 4 May.Instead, a majority of English voters appear to have gone to the polls determined to register a national protest against Rishi Sunak's Conservative government at Westminster.

Building work is yet to start for 33 of the government's 40 promised new hospitals in England, the BBC has found.Most are still waiting to hear what their final budget will be for the projects with a 2030 deadline.Only two are finished and open.Ministers aimed to have six ready for 2025 - but none of this group has full planning permission or funding yet.

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By Christopher J. Beale Imagine you're an American, tasked with flying to China to drum up new business.You don't speak Mandarin, and you only have a few business contacts.You'll need to trust those contacts, and their various translators with your professional future.Sounds daunting, right?

Thank Tebow February is finally over.Worst month of the year, hands down.The NFL Combine is underway and Free Agency is right around the corner - as is Spring and the rolling back (or forward, whatever the hell it is) of the clocks so the sun stops setting at 3:30 PM.All good things on the horizon.So allow me to be a massive, massive turd in this Friday punch bowl as I get into another of my Top 20 Most Memorable New England Patriots Moments of 2023.

That's what Scottie Barnes tweeted after receiving his first career ejection in a pivotal moment that sealed this game against the Nuggets.The Raptors fail for a third time to get back to .500,something that hasn't been reached since December 9th.This loss is especially heartbreaking because the Raptors led for over 44 of 48 minutes.

It was a speech rich in emotion, humour and, as you might expect from an actor turned politician, not a small amount of drama.But addressing British parliamentarians in Westminster Hall on Wednesday, Volodymyr Zelenskiy had some very specific asks.Here is a potted rundown of his half-hour speech.A nation at war The Ukrainian president's opening gambit was the perhaps inevitable but eloquent statement of what was at stake.

This is the first time I'm featuring Aaron Judge in the at-bat of the week this year.There really isn't much to read into on it, but it is still surprising it's taken this long.Some of it has to do with never being surprised by anything he does anymore, and the other part is because other players have been hitting quite well!

Digiseg, the global leader in privacy-first household demographic data, has appointed Astrid Thusgaard-Madsen to lead publisher sales based in Copenhagen, Denmark.With an extensive background in digital including significant experience on the sell-side, driving revenue growth for publishers.Astrid joins from Det Nordjyske Mediehus where she was responsible for sales, strategy, integrations, and partnerships.

Mac Hollowell, Victor Mete, and Adam Gaudette are all missing from the Marlies lineup, but the team is still finding a way to get wins.20 games into this season and Toronto has a 12-7-1 record, sitting atop the AHL's North Division.A few key players in Logan Shaw, Joey Anderson, and Alex Steeves have been heading the ship, though there's also a few rookies beginning to find their stride in the league.

Bruins Here's what we learned after the Bruins improved to an eye-opening 13-2-0 on the young season.The Boston Bruins didn't arrive on time for Saturday's tilt against the Buffalo Sabres.It still didn't matter.Right now, they're in a place where they can overcome any bout of in-game adversity.They encountered a handful of self-inflicted moments through the first half of their tilt in Buffalo, including their neutral-zone turnover on Tage Thompson's shorthanded tally in the opening frame.

Watch live as Oliver Dowden faces Angela Rayner at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 17 May, as Rishi Sunak travels to a G7 summit in Japan.The deputy Labour leader is standing in for Sir Keir Starmer, who is a speaker at the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference this afternoon.The prime minister is due to visit Tokyo and then head to Hiroshima for the G7 summit, his first as prime minister.

Rishi Sunak will urge world leaders to tackle illegal migration as he embarks on a round of international diplomacy this week.Days after the Archbishop of Canterbury condemned his plan to deport anyone who arrives on a small boat across the Channel to Rwanda, the prime minister will use meetings at the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavik to discuss the importance of strengthening the bloc's borders, Downing Street has announced.

The conflict in Ukraine will feature heavily as the Prime Minister embarks on a busy few days of diplomacy next week.Rishi Sunak is to travel to a Council of Europe summit in Iceland, before heading to Japan for a bilateral meeting in Tokyo and a G7 gathering in Hiroshima.Illegal migration and economic growth are also set to feature in the Prime Minister's discussions, as he promised to drive global action on our most pressing priorities.

There are more new cases of chronic pain among US adults than other common long-term conditions like diabetes, depression and high blood pressure, according to a new study.The researchers say their findings emphasize the high disease burden of chronic pain in the US adult population and the need for early management of pain.

I'd been living in Edinburgh, on the dole, trying to make it as a musician.I was once so skint that I stole broccoli from a field.I moved down to London in 2000, having signed a record deal, but I was in that awful situation where the label was saying: We need singles.So I was sat in my poky, overpriced basement flat in Gospel Oak at 2am, looking at CDs, when I picked up Horses by Patti Smith.

Two people were killed in explosions Tuesday in the Polish town of Przewodow on the border with Ukraine, according to a Polish official.The incident came amid a day of heavy Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory, but it was unclear where the reported strike in Poland came from, or if it was deliberate.

The latest book from Charlotte and Peter Fiell showcases 100 of the most collectable motorcycles of all time.The pair have chosen their top seven, which includes a pioneering monocoque by designer John Britten.Published by Taschen, Ultimate Collector Motorcycles is a double-volume anthology featuring many of the most valuable bikes in existence today, from cherished race winners to pioneering record-breakers.

The UK Green Building Council has announced that architect and Dezeen columnist Smith Mordak will become the charity's chief executive officer.Mordak will be leaving their current role as the director of sustainability and physics at British engineering firm Buro Happold to take up the full-time advocacy role and help the UK's built environment sector to halve its emissions by 2030.

By Tom English BBC Scotland at Hampden


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When Rangers gather as a grim collective to analyse what happened to them at Hampden on Sunday, they won't need coaches and tactics boards to tackle it.They'll need couches and psychologists - lots of them.Their Scottish Cup has gone, their season is done, their spirit was broken again in this fixture.

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Jordan Henderson's sweeping finish was not simply the pivotal moment in England's World Cup win over Senegal but a vindication of manager Gareth Southgate's sure touch in team selection.

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Campbell Hall High has hired former UCLA assistant David Grace as the school's next boys' basketball coach, according to an announcement by athletic director Kris King.Grace was an assistant coach with UCLA for five years before the school opted not to renew his contract.

Broadsign andNumbat GmbH today (March 29th, 2023) announced that Numbat has selected theBroadsign digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertising platform to build, power, and scale advertising capabilities for its growing network of sustainable, high-power electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.As Numbat rolls out 600 stations throughout 2023, each equipped with two advertising displays, the company is leveraging the Broadsign platform to manage and streamline advertising operations across its network.

Bruins Jake DeBrusk and David Krejci scored in support of Linus Ullmark to extend the Bruins' win streak to four.So much for that " slump " for Linus Ullmark and the Boston Bruins.Ullmark faced a plethora of shots on net from the desperate Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.He only encountered a lone hiccup during his heavy workload after arriving late on Dylan Gambrell's wraparound marker at 8:55 of the opening frame.

TikTok now has 150 million monthly active users in the United States, CEO Shou Chew confirmed on Tuesday, in a clear attempt to highlight the platform's vast and growing reach in the country amid renewed calls for a ban.That's almost half the US coming to TikTok to connect, to create, to share, to learn, or just to have some fun, Chew said in a TikTok video on Tuesday.

As I mentioned back when The Last of Us premiered, I have never played the video game, so I can't compare the show's action sequences with how they come across in the original.I can say this though: In the season finale, there is a climactic shootout that closely resembles what most people think of when they imagine a game with a lot of killing, as Joel blasts his way through staircases and hallways, leaving a trail of corpses.

Kristofer Bremström has been appointed complex director of food and beverage at Aruba Marriott Complex.In this new role, Bremström is tasked with overseeing the business and operating budget plans to ensure optimum guest satisfaction, menu development, sales potential, and work hand in hand with the complex executive chef, Andres Davila, to lead all food and beverage, culinary, banquet and events operations for the complex, which includes the Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, Marriott Aruba Surf Club and Marriott Aruba Ocean Club.

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.Archaeologists digging in a cave in southern France say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of bow and arrow use outside Africa.Grotte Mandrin, near Malataverne in the Rhone Valley, is a cave that was inhabited by early modern humans about 54,000 years ago.

Masai Ujiri and the Toronto Raptors did not sell one of their biggest assets in OG Anunoby, Fred VanVleet, or Gary Trent Jr. at the 2023 NBA trade deadline, which was a shocking development by itself.This was made even more unusual when they traded a first-round pick in exchange for Jakob Poeltl to fill their center vacancy.

As it Enters its Centennial Year, TIME Names First CMO to Drive Go-to-Market Strategy and Business Growth with Focus on Impact (NEW YORK January 9, 2022) Today, TIME announced that Sade Muhammad has been named Chief Marketing Officer.In this role, Muhammad will oversee the brand's integrated marketing, customer success, branded content, and communications, as well as TIME's newly created impact division.

Brendan Fraser in "The Whale."(A24) StarOutline StarOutline (1.5 stars) It's impossible - and, frankly, surpassingly uncharitable - not to root for Brendan Fraser, one of Hollywood's most likable actors, whose comeback has been one of the most heartening movie stories of 2022.But admiring Fraser's performance as a man paralyzed by grief and self-loathing in "The Whale" doesn't necessarily mean liking the movie he's in.

The New York Islanders went 0 for 5 on the power play - despite 14 shots - on their way to a humiliating season series sweep at the hands of the Arizona Coyotes in their first visit to Mullett Arena.The Isles led 2-0 and entered the third period still tied 3-3 and with a(nother) power play chance, but the result was a 5-4 loss that was made a little closer by a late goal with a sixth attacker.

Leading programmatic and data expert  Crimtan has announced the appointment of Daniel Edwards as group operations director and Mike Buttigieg as UK sales director.Edwards joins Crimtan with over 10 years of experience specialising in programmatic and will be responsible for all of Crimtan's trading, ad operations, and supply teams.

Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after his team's 3-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes that improved the Leafs' record to 7-4-2.On how the team found a way to win:
Even though we were being outplayed for a lot of the beginning of the game - and when I say outplayed, I mean territorially, they weren't giving us anything easily.

The Pay 100 has released the first results from its anonymous salary survey of architects in the UK, which highlights differences in salaries for architecture roles at practices including  BIG, Adjaye Associates and Foster + Partners.The first results of the survey to be released by The Pay 100 - an organisation formed by a group of architectural workers that aims to promote wage transparency in the industry  - asked architecture employees at all levels of seniority to provide information about their salaries anonymously.

In a boost to his campaign for Chicago mayor, U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García has picked up an endorsement from IUOE Local 150, one of the state's most influential labor unions.With the business community largely sitting out the mayor's race so far, union support will be especially critical in determining who sits on the fifth floor at City Hall.

World leaders including President Biden attend an emergency meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday after a missile blast in Poland.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)ListenArticle
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Investigations are continuing into the origins of a Russian-made missile that exploded in a Polish village on the border with Ukraine on Tuesday, killing two people and raising fears that the conflict in Ukraine could widen into NATO territory.

Legalised cannabis is on its way  Unless you've been hitting the ganja (or Bubatz) pretty hard lately, it won't have escaped your attention that Germany is planning to legalise weed in the near future.This week, the cabinet set out some key points for the legal cannabis market  so we now have a better idea of what that might look like.