Like other theaters across the nation, the Lied Center for the Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska, watched its 2020 season end abruptly last March. Performances from the Boston Pops to “The Wizard of Oz” to Irish singer Michael Londra were canceled, a cruel end for the 30th-anniversary season. But something unusual happened at the Lied, nestled next to the University […]

A North Carolina prosecutor on Tuesday is expected to reveal the results of a state investigation into the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man who was killed last month by sheriff’s deputies. District Attorney Andrew Womble said he would discuss the State Bureau of Investigation probe’s findings at a news conference Tuesday morning. Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies […]

SINGAPORE – Local companies will be getting more opportunities to collaborate with foreign partners on innovation projects.  This comes as Singapore officially joined the Eureka network – an intergovernmental network that supports international cooperation in research and development – as an associate country on Tuesday (May 18).  The agreement was signed by Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong and […]

By Stanley Reed Investment in new oil and natural gas projects must stop from today, and sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles must halt from 2035. These are some of the milestones that the International Energy Agency said Tuesday must be achieved for the global energy industry to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. These conclusions seem surprisingly stark for […]

An overcharged housing market is keeping aisles full at Home Depot and the company reported sales that blew past Wall Street expectations Tuesday. Sales hit $37.5 billion, up 32.7% from the same year, far better than analyst projections of $34.88 billion, according to Zacks Investment Research Sales at stores open at least a year, a critical indicator of a retailer’s […]

London (CNN Business)With more than 1.4 billion cows in the world, cattle farming accounts for nearly 10% of all greenhouse gases generated by human activity. A big chunk comes from the methane cows emit, but a new feed supplement could reduce those emissions by an average of 30%, according to its makers. If all the world’s cows ate the supplement, […]

Singapore has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15, authorities announced on Wednesday. Previously, only people 16 and above were allowed to receive the shot. SINGAPORE — Singapore has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15, authorities announced on Wednesday. […]

European stocks are likely to open lower on Tuesday as investors fret about the threat of inflation and rotate away from expensive growth stocks to quality value stocks. Asian markets succumbed to selling pressure as record high prices for commodities stoked fears of the U.S. Federal Reserve tightening its monetary policy much sooner than expected. Data showed earlier today that […]