The Coca-Cola Co. has pledged to almost double its ad spending with minority-owned media, the latest in a wave of major companies responding to pressure — and a $10 billion lawsuit — over how they allocate such dollars. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola North America said in June its ad spending with such companies will be five times higher than in 2020, with 8 percent of its total annual media budget will be allocated to black, Hispanic and Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned media by 2024. Other major corporations have made similar pledges in recent weeks. Twenty companies — including Uber, General Mills,…
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Researchers at Israel’s Technion have developed a revolutionary method of diagnosing tuberculosis without blood samples, X-rays or other invasive procedures. The new method, A-Patch, uses a sticker that absorbs compounds released by the skin upon contact. The compounds are then analyzed by an artificial intelligence-based system, which can determine quickly and with accuracy whether an individual has tuberculosis. Clinical trials of A-Patch, conducted in India and South Africa, showed high effectiveness in diagnosing tuberculosis, with over 90 percent sensitivity and over 70 percent specificity. The research was recently published in the journal Advanced Science. The prospects of an affordable and…
DELHI, India — The Cyber Cell Police in India’s capital Delhi has filed a case against U.S. microblogging site Twitter under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Information Technology Act (IT). This is the latest case filed against the firm after Twitter lost legal protection as a social media intermediary. This is the third police case has filed against the social media company in India. A case has been registered against Twitter for reporting a distorted map of the country, while the other has been registered in connection with a video that shows an old Muslim man being assaulted in India’s…
A natural food supplement ordinarily used to lower cholesterol was found to reduce anxiety in mice, according to a new Weizmann Institute of Science study. The plant-derived substance, beta-sitosterol, calmed the lab mice by itself and also worked synergistically with the antidepressant drug Prozac. The study results, published May 18 in Cell Reports Medicine, need to be confirmed in clinical trials to see if beta-sitosterol could help relieve anxiety in humans. Developing antianxiety drugs is challenging because the brain circuits for anxiety are closely related to those responsible for memory, awareness and other functions vital for handling danger. Scientists try…
Experts from multiple European institutions helped prove that fossil teeth dating back 138 million years — found more than a hundred years ago in Europe — are from a previously unknown species of extinct sea crocodiles. The teeth were found in a quarry near the Czech town of Stramberk in 1912. Since then, they have been kept at the Natural History Museum in Vienna without any detailed taxonomic information. But a recent study has concluded that they belonged to previously unknown creatures. The teeth come from members of the extinct marine crocodile family Metriorhynchidae, which dates back around 138 million…
A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer arrived in Odessa, Ukraine, to take part in a military exercise amid conflict with neighboring Russia. Footage shows the USS Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, as it arrives off the coast of the Black Sea port city of Odessa on June 27. The U.S. Navy ship arrived in the region to participate in Exercise Sea Breeze, a military exercise with 30 other NATO allies and partners including the United Kingdom. The maritime exercise has been co-hosted by the United States Sixth Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy 21 times since 1997. This year’s edition is…
The White House is expected to fall short of its goal for 70 percent of U.S. adults to have received at least one coronavirus vaccine jab by July 4, but should not consider it a major failure, experts told Zenger on Thursday. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. acknowledged last week that his administration will likely fall short of the threshold it set for vaccinations by the July 4 deadline. But with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting that 57.2 percent of Americans over 18 are fully vaccinated and 66.2 percent have received at least one dose, some experts…
WASHINGTON — Despite Britney Spears’ bombshell testimony, last week, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a request from the singer’s lawyer, Samuel D. Ingham III, to have Jamie Spears dropped as his daughter’s co-conservator. As per reports, Spears’s father was named the conservator of her estate and person in 2008, when the singer suffered a very public breakdown. The wealth-management firm Bessemer Trust Company joined Jamie last year as co-conservator of the estate. “The conservator’s request to suspend James P. Spears immediately upon the appointment of Bessemer Trust Company of California, N.A. as sole conservator of the estate is denied without prejudice,” the court document…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have rejected a unilateral ceasefire declared by the central government on June 28, dashing hopes for a quick resolution to the eight-month-long conflict in the region. The government declared the ceasefire after the rebels from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front took control over the regional capital Mekelle region, forcing Ethiopian forces to retreat from the town, setting off celebrations in the city. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front spokesman expressed that their forces would not rest until the Ethiopian military and its allies leave the entire region. Thousands of people have been killed and more than…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Henrik Maehle, a Norwegian-born business development professional, recently transferred $3,707.59 from his Norwegian bank, DNB Norway, to Absa Bank Kenya, then to the Standard Chartered Bank in Kenya for the apartment he is renting in Nairobi. However, he has yet to receive his money after being transferred back to his DNB bank without his knowledge. Maehle, the founder of TecHub, worries that he will incur high costs of remitting money from his Norwegian bank to Kenya again. Although remittance costs differ depending on the channel one uses, he is charged an average of $14.39 on transaction costs. But, if…