Australia Twitter: 2021-02-21

Saturday, February 27, 2021

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Established since 1991 AKI Garments is working with multiple sports brands. Our biggest trade partners are Select, Derby star, TK, Grays International, Gryphon, and Deventrade. Recently, Company has partnered with Fashion wear brands: Apathy and Teddy Fresh Inc.

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Morgårdshammar AB is an engineering company, specialized in rolling mills for long products in the steel industry. We have been supplying rolling mill equipment and consulting services to steel producers for over 150 years. Our process knowledge of steel plant is earned from our extensive experience and together with Danieli Group, who are 'a step ahead' in the metal industry, we provide tailored products and services to our customers who need to improve their business efficiency.

Edmonton police are investigating another incident involving threats against a young Black woman wearing a hijab.

The woman was at the Century Park LRT Station on Feb. 17 when she was threatened by "a male suspect," police said in a news release Wednesday.

The Edmonton Police Service Hate Crimes and Extremism Unit has met with the woman to confirm details and offer her support, police said.

The incident — the fifth such attack in Edmonton on Black women wearing head coverings in a 10-week period — prompted a call for action from the National Council of Canadian Muslims.

On his first day in office last month, President Joe Biden signed an executive order which threatened to pull federal funding from schools unless they allow transgender women to compete on girls’ sports teams. On Thursday, the House passed a bill that would write this policy permanently into law.

Like many Americans with common sense, we strongly oppose these radical and unfair measures. And like many parents, our opposition is rooted in the care and concern we have for our daughters.

Participation in sports has had a positive impact on countless young women, helping them to develop leadership skills and learn to work together as a team.

In late January, reports emerged of a surge in student suicides in Las Vegas, noting that Clark County reported 18 suicides over nine months of school closure — double the number of the entire previous year.

Many of my female friends share my concerns about the impact of COVID on their school-aged children for reasons ranging from:

Lack of physical contact with friends at school and elsewhere.

Growing inability for parents to balance work responsibilities with adequate oversight of younger children.

When Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump for the presidency in 2020, many of our nation’s pandemic-weary educators had reason for optimism. The change in leadership meant an exit for the spectacularly unpopular Betsy DeVos, a secretary of Education whose lack of ed credentials and support for privatization had galled public school teachers for four years. It meant we’d have a real teacher as first lady in Dr. Jill Biden, someone with first-hand knowledge of the plight of educators who could hopefully encourage President Biden to live up to his lofty campaign promises about education.

For years, Betty Sigala spoke to her family about her death: she didn’t want to be put on a machine and she didn’t want to die alone.

When she was admitted in June to the COVID-19 care ward at her local hospital, her family refused a ventilator. One of her grandsons convinced the nurses to ignore the no visitors rule and let him in.

He set up an iPad so the family could speak with her, then held her hand as she died.

Her granddaughter, Leticia Aguilar, 37, lit a fire for her that lasted four days and four nights, a tradition of their Pinoleville Pomo Nation. She cut her hair in mourning, and sang and gave offerings to help her grandmother on the yearlong journey she would take to her final resting place, according to their traditions.

A HUGE gold statue of Donald Trump holding a star wand delighted the CPAC crowds ahead of the former president's comeback speech.

The gold statue is seen wearing a pair of Stars and Stripes shorts, with a suit jacket, white shirt and a tie.

The Trump effigy is also holding what appears to be a magic wand.

Footage shows supporters taking selfies with the statue and watching in awe as it is rolled through the building.

Trump is set to make his first post-presidential appearance at the conservative gathering in Florida this weekend.

(Reuters) - Police dispersed protesters in Myanmar’s two biggest cities on Friday, firing stun grenades, rubber bullets and guns into the air, witnesses said, as the challenge to the army’s bid to re-impose its rule showed no sign of slackening.

At least one person was wounded in the protests in the main city of Yangon, a witness said, and several people were hurt in the second city of Mandalay.

Police were not immediately available for comment.

The Southeast Asian country has been in crisis since the army seized power on Feb. 1 and detained government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership after the military complained of fraud in a November election her party won. The election commission said the vote was fair.

The agency that runs the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been directed to fund the training of an assistance dog for a 63-year-old cancer survivor living with a rare autoimmune disorder, three years after she initially applied for it.

Cancer survivor wins appeal to have assistance dog funding included in NDIS plan after three-year battle https://t.co/CYBGtahnjr via @SBSNews
— 🐨Maria 🐨 (@MariaOzLakshmi) February 26, 2021

Earlier this month, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruled the National Disability Insurance Agency should include the $34,000 cost associated with finding and training an assistance dog in the statement of supports of the woman’s NDIS plan.

The woman lives with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. She has also experienced various other health conditions including osteoporosis, post-traumatic stress disorder and thyroid cancer, which had been treated with chemotherapy.

Twelfth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar Rescheduled to May 2022

The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and the ET Foundation have announced that they are rescheduling the dates for the Twelfth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar, previously postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ET Seminar, now named ET 2022, will be held May 3 – 5, 2022, at the same hotel, the Hilton Orlando, in Orlando Florida. The hotel is located on Destination Parkway, minutes from I-Drive in the heart of Orlando's dining and entertainment district.

Twelfth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar rescheduled to May 2021 https://t.co/bc7bcliGd6 #TwelfthInternational #AluminumExtrusionTechnology #Seminar #AEC #ETFoundation #COVID19 #alcirclenews #AlCircle
— AlCircle (@Alcircle) May 14, 2020

"The ET Seminar Committee and the AEC Board of Directors decided to postpone our most important aluminium extrusion industry event until we can ensure that everyone felt comfortable travelling and attending the ET Seminar," said AEC President Jeff Henderson. "ET is an essential event for the industry, and circumstances with the limited availability of a vaccine are just too uncertain at this time to take a chance with this, our most important and respected aluminium extrusion technology conference."

PWE takes a look at how to select the right blower technology for industrial effluent treatment plants.

Across the nation’s manufacturing industries, there is a universal dependence on the reliable supply of low-pressure air within a 0.3 to 3bar range to meet the demands of a wide variety of process applications.

@AtlasCopcoUKIRE Atlas Copco offers versatile air blower technologies for clean water & wastewater treatment. They're oil-free air & designed to enable water & wastewater companies to reduce energy costs. Read here: https://t.co/BDokGrpqHC pic.twitter.com/uvQyJFgf8o
— Duncan Ashcroft (@EnvironmentTime) February 22, 2021

Probably none are more stringent than those for water diffused aeration and filter backwashing duties within industrial effluent treatment plant (ETP) installations. And it is in this cleaning of process waste- or contaminated water to make it reusable and recyclable where selecting the right low-pressure blower technology for the job is an essential consideration.

ETP installations are to be found within the process operations of a wide variety of industries such as food manufacturing and the production of pharmaceuticals, textiles, glass, cement, paper, and pulp. They play an essential role too in the output of tanneries, chemical industries, and general manufacturing activities.

SMS group supplied a scold rolling mill for aluminium strips to the Chinese aluminium supplier BaoWu Aluminium Technology Ltd., which belongs to the BaoWu Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., the largest steel producer in China.

Tianjin Zhongwang purchases 1+1+4 hot rolling mills and 1+5 hot rolling mills from SMS Group Germany. All the hot finishing rolling mills adopt the CVC flatness control technology, which can produce hot-rolled strips and coils with ideal flatness and good shape in the world. ... pic.twitter.com/c4WGYuNVlo
— 石晨 (@LUvNfwICCgKeg10) April 25, 2019

The cold rolling mill was successfully put into operation by rolling the first coil at the company's location in Sanmenxia in the Chinese province of Henan. Despite the Corona pandemic, this milestone was reached faster than expected.

The six-high cold rolling mill can process aluminium strips with a maximum width of 2,350 millimeters. The smallest final thickness of the finished strips is 0.15 millimeters. The plant was designed for an annual capacity of about 120,000 tons.

London (CNN)Boris Johnson didn't have a very good start to the pandemic. The United Kingdom still has one of the world's worst coronavirus mortality rates, and is near the top of the table in total infections and deaths -- truly the Covid capital of Europe.

Critics have blamed this on several errors made early on, from going into lockdown too late and making a mess of testing to poor government communications.

However, of late, Johnson's fortunes appear to have turned. On Monday, the Prime Minister was able to reveal a roadmap that would take England out of lockdown before the end of June.

Johnson would not have been able to deliver this good news had the UK's vaccine rollout not gone so remarkably well to date. As things stand, the UK has administered more than 18.5 million doses, or 27 per 100 people. Compare this to other European giants like France and Germany, who have each managed only six per 100, and a very favorable narrative emerges for Johnson.

In the September 1932 issue of Modern Screen, actress Loretta Young appears in a full-page portrait. She’s artfully slouched in a chair, wearing a long dress with delicate cuffs that graze her hands and a semi-sheer top that doesn’t reveal so much as suggest her delicate shoulders. She has a cigarette in one hand, and she’s looking away from the camera, creating a distance between her and the reader. You can’t fully know her, but you probably wish you did—if nothing else, to ask her how she does her mascara.

Australia Twitter: Glamour photography

Glamour photography is a genre of photography whereby the subjects, usually female, are portrayed in a romantic or sexually alluring way. The subjects may be fully clothed or seminude, but glamour photography stopshttps://t.co/ekPrl0BoUJ pic.twitter.com/D1hvJ7BFRv
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 25, 2021

This photo provides a strong contrast to another portrait of Young, printed in a 1936 issue of Movie Classic. In this one, she’s smiling in a simple white shirt, long coat, boots, and pants. One hand is in her pocket and the other is curled around a leash connected to two large, docile dogs. She’s not quite looking at the camera here either, but you don’t necessarily need to know this woman. You probably already do.

Viewers were introduced to Clarke Griffin before anyone else on The 100. At the time, her voiceover explained the apocalypse as she sat in solitary drawing on the floor. Over the years, Clarke was at the center of nearly every event. Although Clarke has done good and bad things, she was looked at to make the most prominent choices for humanity.

Só lembrei da lenda, Clarke Griffin pic.twitter.com/4Es9F0hqcx
— Rafael (@rafaoliz) February 25, 2021

However, one of her most significant competitors for the main character is Octavia Blake. While this may not be easy to see in the first season, collectively, Octavia grew so much from the series premiere to the finale. Beaten, bruised, and came out the other side, Octavia has dealt with many emotional and physical storylines. While Octavia may not have always made the best decisions, she did have her moments of knowing the right thing to do.

'Purple' trends on Twitter as BTS maknae Jungkook flaunts new hair colour

South Korean boy band BTS’ youngest member Jeon Jungkook treated the Army with his latest hair makeover.

The BTS maknae took to social media and posted a mirror selfie flaunting his self-dyed hair.

For those unversed, ‘purple’ has a deeper meaning in the BTS context.

Jeon Jung-kook (Korean: 전정국; born September 1, 1997), better known mononymously as Jungkook, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He is the youngest member of and vocalist in the South Korean boy band BTS.pic.twitter.com/Jc4mHOwyVh
— riri⁷ 🍂; (@namuboop) February 25, 2021

BTS member V aka Kim Taehyung first coined the phrase “I Purple You” in 2016. He explained, "Do you know what purple means? Purple is the last colour of the rainbow. Purple means I will trust and love you for a long time, I just made it up."

In a rare deviation from the controversial sentencing policies of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, prosecutors cemented a plea deal Monday expected to send a violent predator to prison for the rest of his life without the possibility of parole for the murders of 6-year-old Jeffrey Vargo of Anaheim Hills and another boy.

During a hearing in Pomona Courthouse South, Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson, 59, sat shackled at the waist next to his defense attorney and quietly pleaded no contest to two counts of murder with the special circumstance of multiple slayings.

A judge is expected to sentence Rasmuson to life in prison without parole during another hearing on April 27. He was accused of abducting Jeffrey near his home in 1981 and killing him in Agoura Hills. The second boy, 6-year-old Miguel Antero, was kidnapped in 1986 and his body was found dumped in an Agoura Hills canyon.

Gérard Depardieu, Famed French Actor, Reportedly Charged With Rape

Depardieu was charged with rape and sexual assault, a judicial source told the French news agency, but has not been jailed, though he is under judicial supervision and must check in with authorities regularly.

Authorities initially began investigating the woman’s allegations almost immediately after she reported Depardieu had raped her in August 2018, but the case was closed in June the following year for lack of evidence, only to reopen again over the summer.

Australia Twitter: Monica Lewinsky Has Something Funny To Say About The Clinton Impeachment Trial

On February 13, 2021, President Donald Trump was acquitted in his second impeachment trial after being accused of inciting the riot and violence that tookhttps://t.co/lWO2nh9Sec pic.twitter.com/FOdOkwnpbA
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 25, 2021

Le Parisien reported in 2018 Depardieu had taken the young actress in her twenties “under his wing,” and acted as a career mentor, only to assault her on two ocassions at his home in French capital.

Alesya Kafelnikova, a 22-year-old Russian social media influencer, has sparked online outrage after she posed naked on top of an endangered Sumatran elephant. Notably, the influencer-model is also the daughter of Yevgeny Kafelnikov, former world No.1 tennis player. Posing nude on an Sumatran elephant, Alesya shared a short video of her with the animal on her Instagram page on February 13, captioning it as “Natural vibes”. After criticism by animal lovers, the video has since been removed.

Australia Twitter: Nude photography

Nude photography is a style of art photography which depicts the nude human body as a study. Nude photography should be distinguished from glamour photography, which places more emphasis on the model and her/hishttps://t.co/INlzDyQqGM pic.twitter.com/Jb33Gk2iDs
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 25, 2021

One of the comments on her post read, “This is not cool action, leave the elephant and use a chair or something else. This is cruelty,” as well as, “Why be naked? Do you think everyone is interested in seeing you naked? How does this elephant deserve to have treatment?” As per The Sun, another person wrote, “Poor elephant. Aren’t you ashamed to lie naked on an elephant? This is a living creature. Money overshadows everything.” Many animal groups including Save the Asian Elephants, also condemned her actions and described the post as ‘something else tragic’.

What makes a movie truly sexy, enough to to grant it entrance to our guide of the sexiest movies ever? Variety is the spice: For some movies, it’s about the animal chemistry between its stars (Body Heat, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) or the building passion of its characters (Brokeback Mountain, Titanic). With others, the turn-on is the illicit thrill of being bad (Unfaithful, Secretary) or the purity of self-awakening and discovery (Gloria, Moonlight).

Australia Twitter: Nude photography

Nude photography is a style of art photography which depicts the nude human body as a study. Nude photography should be distinguished from glamour photography, which places more emphasis on the model and her/hishttps://t.co/INlzDyQqGM pic.twitter.com/Jb33Gk2iDs
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 25, 2021

Sometimes it’s about the mood a movie evokes, intoxicating and overwhelming, like with In the Mood For Love or Y Tu Mama Tambien. And, yeah, sometimes it’s all about the sex scenes: Mulholland Drive, Lust, Caution, In the Realm of the Senses have got your number.

Hulu Quietly Has the Best Library of Sex Movies Available to Stream Anywhere

In a way every movie is about sex. Like food and water, sex is a biological need of the natural world. It's lurking behind everything we do. It is normal. It should be celebrated and cherished. There should be no shame in seeking out movies about sex, because that is what humans have done since the dawn of time: look for sex.

So, you've come to the right place. Hulu subtly has a legitimately incredible lineup of movies about sex. There are some all-time classic sex movies available on the platform, including Boogie Nights and Eyes Wide Shut. From comedy to action and drama, Hulu features some of the sexiest movies from every genre.

Diane Wilson: The life and times of a veteran of the boards

When somebody says, well, I started out young and I always knew that this was what I wanted to do, it’s usually a fairly meaningless generalisation. But when veteran actress Diane Wilson says it, it rings true and bold. In fact, what she says is this: “I was a war baby born in 1941. My father and mother conceived me in 1940 and he immediately left to join the war. My mother had to work so I started school as a boarder at Durban Girls College at the age of four. I moved as a boarder to Maris Stella Convent where Joan Brickhill was my drama mistress. She told me that I was a born actress so naturally I believed her and decided at the age of nine that that was what I was going to do.”

And there’s serendipity right there. A born actress, and who should your school drama mistress be but Joan Brickhill, grande dame of the South African stage. But that was all a lifetime ago. Diane Wilson, who was named after the song Diane, the theme song from the 1927 silent movie Seventh Heaven (later a smash hit for Irish vocal harmony group The Bachelors in the Sixties), has just turned 80, and Maverick Life approached her for an interview to mark this milestone.

Los Angeles (CNN)The rollover car crash that seriously injured Tiger Woods outside Los Angeles on Tuesday was an accident and investigators won't pursue any charges against the golf great, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday.

"We don't contemplate any charges whatsoever in this crash," Villanueva said in a Facebook Live chat. "This remains an accident. An accident is not a crime. They do happen, unfortunately."

Australia Twitter: Tiger Woods is recovering from major surgery after a high-speed car crash
Los Angeles Tiger Woods was "awake, responsive, and recovering" in the hospital from major surgery, according to a statement on his Twitter account on Tuesdayhttps://t.co/wsYVY0zCHP pic.twitter.com/IJBThzqSn5
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 24, 2021

As of overnight Wednesday, Woods was "awake, responsive, and recovering" in the hospital from major surgery, according to a statement on his Twitter account.

The 45-year-old golf legend was driving shortly after 7 a.m. PT Tuesday in Rancho Palos Verdes when his SUV crossed a median and veered across two lanes of road before hitting a curb, hitting a tree and landing on its side in the brush, Villanueva said Tuesday.

Come Play with Me is a 1977 British soft porn film, starring Mary Millington and directed by George Harrison Marks. Its cast list contains many well-known British character actors who were not known for appearing in such films. The film is regarded by many as the most successful of the British sex comedies of the seventies.

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Come Play with Me is a 1977 British soft porn film starring Mary Millington and directed by George Harrison Marks. The film's cast list contained many well-known British character actors who were not known https://t.co/QWArzpOURe pic.twitter.com/JeEqt1Nzgo
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 25, 2021

It ran continuously at the Moulin Cinema in Great Windmill Street, Soho, London for 201 weeks, from April 1977 to March 1981, which is the longest-running screening in Britain. A blue plaque on the former cinema's site commemorates this.

On February 13, 2021, President Donald Trump was acquitted in his second impeachment trial after being accused of inciting the riot and violence that took place at the United States Capitol Building on January 6 (per CBS News). The trial, which took place over the course of five days, attracted attention from millions of people around the world – including former White House intern and current activist Monica Lewinsky.

Australia Twitter: Monica Lewinsky

Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom then-United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an "improper relationship while she worked at the White House in 1995 https://t.co/zewz1qGptL pic.twitter.com/h8BlaCSH58
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 25, 2021

A few decades before the impeachment trials of President Donald Trump, Lewinsky was directly involved in another political scandal involving President Bill Clinton. Along with being accused of engaging in inappropriate sexual acts and harassment of former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones, Clinton was discovered to have maintained a sexual relationship with then-White House intern Lewinsky in 1995 and 1996.

Gigi Hadid has shared a selection of never-before-seen photographs of herself during her pregnancy last year.

In an Instagram Q&A, the model replied to fans and followers with various photos as they asked to see images of her on different dates in 2020.

Australia Twitter: Gigi Hadid
Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid, born April 23, 1995) is an American fashion model and
television personality. She was named one of the 12 rookies in Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue in 2014. She has also appeared on thehttps://t.co/wGZbKkyf2I pic.twitter.com/51y4bCdUp7
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 25, 2021

Hadid, 25, was pregnant with her first child, Khai, last year, and many of the photos she has shared offer a glimpse at her baby bump, including one from August 2020 in which the model is pictured in a gold bikini.

Former MP Kerryn Phelps will challenge political rival Clover Moore in an attempt to become Sydney's Lord Mayor in this year's September election.

The former federal member for Wentworth said it was time to bring in a new era after 17 years of the same leadership which has "grown stale".

Australia Twitter: Mayor of Sydney
Clover Moore (née Collins, 22 October 1945) is an Australian politician. She has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney since 2004. She was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988https://t.co/5btLw1sTIQ pic.twitter.com/nvKn5iyq4z
— Mix World Tw!tter (@Mix_World_Blog) February 25, 2021

"I am up against an incumbent with massive resources but it's time to place the City of Sydney in new safe hands," she said.

Ms Moore is looking to win her fifth term this year, after the 2020 local government elections were postponed due to COVID-19.

As part of her push for Lord Mayor, Dr Phelps flagged improving infrastructure, helping small businesses and reviving the night-time economy as priorities.

"Going forward, it's important that we look at improving every single area," she said.

The high-profile GP said the council needed to plan and budget well and be strategic around spending, as the city recovers from the financial impacts of COVID-19.

Rainbow Path In Australia Commemorates Legalization Of Same-Sex Marriage

It’s been more than three years since Australia voted to legalize same-sex marriage. To commemorate the historic 2017 decision that gave Aussie LGBTQ couples the right to marry, the country’s largest city commissioned a giant rainbow road in a park as a permanent tribute.

Spanning 90 meters (or about 295 feet), the painting of the rainbow road was completed just in time for Sydney’s annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebration.

Take a look at the rainbow path in this tweet from the City of Sydney .

The placement of the rainbow path is meaningful. It’s located at the site inside of Sydney’s Prince Albert Park where same-sex marriage supporters gathered together on Nov. 15, 2017, to hear the results of Australia’s marriage equality postal survey.

A new species of howler monkey just discovered deep in the Amazon river basin has been named after President Donald Trump.

The monkey, scientifically named Alouatta donaldea trumpis, is blonde-haired and spends most of its time in the Amazon canopy foraging for flowers, fruits, and nuts. The monkey has a complex social structure, with trumpis monkeys living in groups of six to fifteen.

There is never not a good time to be cheered by baboons that look like Donald Trump IMO. pic.twitter.com/UUr7UZ8vRm
— Smita Jamdar 💙 (@smitajamdar) August 26, 2017

The most startling similarity to President Trump, however, is the trumpis monkey’s reproductive behavior. Following copulation the female trumpis monkey will pee on its male mate.

Los Angeles (CNN)Tiger Woods was "awake, responsive, and recovering" in the hospital from major surgery, according to a statement on his Twitter account on Tuesday, after a high-speed rollover car crash near Los Angeles.

Woods remained conscious and calm but sustained serious leg injuries.

He underwent a lengthy emergency surgery on his lower right leg and ankle at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, the statement said. The leg fractures were "comminuted," meaning the bone was broken into more than two parts, and "open," meaning the broken bone was exposed to open air, creating risk of an infection, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anish Mahajan said in the statement.

Huawei Releases 5GtoB Solution

Shanghai, China, February 22, 2021] Huawei's Executive Director and Carrier Business Group President Ryan Ding gave a keynote speech at the company's "5G Brings New Value" forum held at the MWC Shanghai 2021, where he announced the official launch of Huawei's new 5GtoB solution. During his speech, Ding talked about the developments, commercial returns, and opportunities for industry digitalization that 5G would bring.

The 5G industry has been developing faster than expected, with operators already seeing commercial returns from the first wave of 5G rollouts. The 5G user base and the number of 5G devices in commercial use have exploded since 2019. By the end of 2020, 380 5G devices had hit the market, 8 times more than there were the year before. The mobile 5G user base had also reached 220 million and wireless home broadband connections reached 1.05 million, a 17 and 21 times YoY increase, respectively. Ding claims these numbers will triple in 2021.

A record number of U.S. adults – 5.6% – identify as LGBTQ, an increase propelled by a younger generation staking out its presence in the world, a poll released Wednesday shows.

The survey by Gallup marks more than a 1 percentage point jump from the last poll in 2017 in which 4.5% of adults identified as LGBTQ.

The estimated 18 million adults who identify as LGBTQ represent a continued upward trajectory since Gallup started tracking identification in 2012, Gallup senior editor Jeff Jones said.

Is it that LGBT people are overrepresented in these polls becasue they seek them out? Is it that many identify as say, a Kinsey 1-2 so don't consider it worth mentioning outside of polls? What possibly causes this discrepancy that apparently our entire generation is bi?
— Seóirse🔻 (@SeoirseDuffy_) February 24, 2021

“It reflects what we are seeing in society and the way society is changing,” he said.

One of the biggest headlines in the 2020 poll is the emergence of Generation Z adults, those 18 to 23: 1 in 6, or 15.9%, identify as LGBTQ. In each older generation, LGBTQ identification is lower, including 2% or less of respondents born before 1965.

For the first time, Gallup queried respondents on their precise sexual orientation, rather than a simple yes or no on whether someone identified as LGBTQ, allowing more insight into identity, Jones said.

Among LGBTQ adults, a majority or 54.6% identify as bisexual, the poll shows. About a quarter, or 24.5%, identify as gay; 11.7% as lesbian; 11.3% as transgender.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s approval ratings have plummeted as anger grows over his administration’s handling of the coronavirus in nursing homes.

The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion survey of 953 adults between February 15 and 17 saw Mr Cuomo’s approval rating dip below 50 per cent.

Forty-nine per cent said they approved of the job he was doing while 44 per cent disapproved.

That’s down from the 66 per cent approval rating the third-term Governor reached in July last year, while the number who approve of his handling of the pandemic has also plunged from 72 per cent in July to 54 per cent.

“Cuomo’s approval rating, which was sky high in the summer, has returned to its pre-pandemic level,” Marist Poll director Dr Lee M. Miringoff told The Wall Street Journal.

“Should Cuomo decide to seek a fourth term, these results suggest it will be a challenge. That said, his current numbers are comparable to what they were when he faced the voters last time.”

After being feted by the media throughout much of last year – where his daily, Emmy Award-winning press briefings boosted his popularity and even led to calls for him to run against President Donald Trump – the shine has well and truly come off the 63-year-old’s political star after a series of explosive revelations in recent weeks.

Facebook will lift its news ban for Australian users and publishers, less than a week after making the shock decision.

The ban – made last week in response to a proposed new Media Bargaining law – meant Australian users could no longer view or share local articles, while international Facebook users were also restricted from seeing Australian news.

Lifting the ban means local news publications and sites – including news.com.au – will be back on Facebook, with content once again allowed to be shared in coming days.

“Australian news will be restored to the Facebook platform, and Facebook has committed to entering into good faith negotiations with Australian news media businesses and seeking to reach agreements to pay for content,” Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told reporters.

Mr Frydenberg thanked Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg “for the constructive nature of the discussions we have had over the course of recent days”.

“It has been a difficult process, but these are really important issues. These are important issues because the purpose of the code and the purpose of the Morrison Government’s intentions have been designed to sustain public interest journalism in this country,” he said.

“That is why we have sought to put this code in place, that is why the now-Prime Minister, then the Treasurer, commissioned the ACCC to undertake this groundbreaking review a number of years ago.”

The nominees for the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced, with The Crown and David Fincher’s Mank leading the way.

Hit royal drama The Crown and Mank, a biopic of Citizen Kane writer Herman Mankiewicz, both scored six nominations.

Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor, Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Corrin all received nominations for their performances in The Crown, which is also up forbest TV drama.

Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried were nominated for best actor and best supporting actress for their roles in Mank, which is also up for best screenplay for the late Jack Fincher, best director, best score and best film (drama).

Divisive Lily Collins vehicle Emily in Paris received two, for best comedy series and best actress, while The Flight Attendant also received nominations for best comedy series and best actress for Kaley Cuoco.

The Golden Globes have been delayed by two months and will be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on February 28.

Netflix dominated for the second year running, with 42 nominations, 22 in movie categories and 20 in television.

U.S. aims to return to U.N. rights body, shield Israel

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joseph Biden's new administration said on Wednesday it would continue its international re-engagement by seeking election to the U.N. Human Rights Council where it will press to eliminate a "disproportionate focus" on ally Israel.

Under former President Donald Trump's more isolationist approach, Washington quit the council in 2018 but the Biden government has already returned as an observer.

"I'm pleased to announce the United States will seek election to the Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term," Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the council by video.

"We humbly ask for the support of all U.N. member states in our bid to return to a seat in this body."

Elections for three-year membership on the 47-member council are due at the U.N. General Assembly in October.

Before Mourad Kerollos stabbed his wife to death, he installed a GPS tracker in her car, secretly recorded her conversations and bombarded her with phone calls demanding photos of her companions, a court has heard.

Mr Kerollos is facing a judge-alone trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of murdering Gihan “Gigi” Kerollos, 48, by stabbing her in the neck outside Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick at about 8.30pm on May 18, 2019.

The 62-year-old does not deny killing his wife, but has pleaded not guilty due to mental illness. Acting Justice Peter Hidden must decide if Mr Kerollos was so mentally ill that he is not liable for murder, or if his liability is reduced to manslaughter.

A forensic psychiatrist is expected to tell the trial that Mr Kerollos was experiencing a mental disorder such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, which included auditory hallucinations, delusional beliefs, referential ideation, and a “delusion of infidelity” also known as “the Othello syndrome”.

A man wanted by police after a woman was attacked at a luxury hotel in Sydney’s CBD allegedly wrote on Facebook hours earlier: “Game Over”.

A warrant for attempted murder has been issued for the arrest of Matthew Donaldson, 41, who police believe may be in the Blue Mountains area and may be armed with a firearm.

He is described as being of Caucasian appearance, approximately 182 centimetres tall and of a solid build with light brown hair.

Mr Donaldson allegedly posted two photos from inside a hotel room on Facebook on Tuesday night with the caption “Game Over”.

Asked on the 9.17pm post what game he was playing, he replied: “life or death, I lost.”

Emergency services were called to the five-star Primus Hotel on Pitt Street following reports a woman had been hurt about 11pm.

Missing financial adviser Melissa Caddick could soon be one of 'New South Wales' most wanted woman' as police move one step closer to placing her on the notorious list.

The 49-year-old Sydneysider is alleged to have stolen about $25million from investors in a pyramid scheme before vanishing without a trace from her Dover Heights mansion one day after fraud investigators raided her home in November.

Her disappearance has been shrouded in mystery but NSW Police are growing more certain the alleged conwoman is still alive and on the run.

In the past week former colleagues claimed to police she went on a shredding spree after learning she was under investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, reports say.

It is understood police are preparing to open a criminal investigation alongside the missing persons probe, and even add her to NSW's most wanted list.

Missing Dover Heights woman Melissa Caddick left behind a trail of emotional and financial devastation, according to Bruce Gleeson who has been appointed by the court to unravel her complex financial affairs.

After reviewing thousands of pages of financial documents, Mr Gleeson, a principal of insolvency firm Jones Partners, said he could not identify a single genuine document Ms Caddick provided to her investors.

The 49-year-old vanished in mid-November, hours after the Federal Police raided her eastern suburbs home on behalf of the corporate watchdog, ASIC. Court documents have since revealed that Ms Caddick allegedly misappropriated millions of dollars from her clients.

Investors, most of whom knew and trusted Ms Caddick, were suffering “emotional and financial devastation” with many of them losing their life savings, said Mr Gleeson.

‘We are not paying that bill’: Queensland holds PM to ransom for quarantine hub

Queensland will refuse to cough up cash it owes New South Wales for hotel quarantine stays until Prime Minister Scott Morrison approves a proposed pop-up quarantine hub near Toowoomba.

The quarantine mega-hub on the outskirts of Toowoomba, which would be built and paid for by local construction firm Wagners, needs federal government approval to go ahead.

Applying pressure on Mr Morrison to move ahead on the pitch, Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the Queensland government would refuse to pay a $30 million quarantine bill issued by NSW until the federal government allowed repatriation flights to land at Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport.

Mr Miles said his state was “stepping up where the Commonwealth have failed” by proposing the national quarantine facility in southern Queensland.

Doctor who administered incorrect dose of COVID-19 vaccine had not been trained

The doctor who administered incorrect doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to two aged care residents in Queensland had not completed the compulsory vaccination training.

Health Minister Greg Hunt has asked the Department of Health to take action against the doctor and Healthcare Australia, the company tasked with providing vaccinations within aged care facilities.

The aged care provider that runs the Brisbane facility where the incident occurred said they will also report the doctor to the medical regulator.

Mr Hunt on Wednesday morning said the doctor had trained in Australia, was registered with the medical regulator and had undertaken the necessary COVID vaccination training.

Facebook brings back news after Australian government amends upcoming law

Facebook will restore news content to its platform in Australia after the government agreed to amend its proposed News Media Bargaining Code. In an update posted today, Facebook’s William Easton, managing director of Australia and New Zealand, said that the company is “satisfied that the Australian government has agreed to a number of changes and guarantees that address our core concerns.” News content will return to the platform “in the coming days,” Easton said.

Facebook and Google have been at loggerheads with the Australian government about an upcoming law that will require them to pay publishers for content shared on their platforms. In response to the proposed bargaining code, Facebook took the extreme measure last week of blocking news from being shared on its platform by Australian users and publishers.

Facebook v Australia: Who blinked fir

Australian news will return to the social media giant's platform, and it will reach deals to pay news groups for their stories. So, who won this titanic battle and how will that play out around the world?

The former boss of Facebook in Australia is pretty clear.

"I'd say Facebook may have blinked a bit here," Stephen Scheeler told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "I think there's no question that global backlash against this was pretty stern.

"And I think Facebook probably observed that governments around the world were taking a harder line maybe than they had anticipated."

Fauci says he sees U.S. CDC relaxing some COVID-19 guidelines soon: CNN

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci on Tuesday told CNN that he expects the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to soon relax some COVID-19 recommendations aimed at curbing its spread for people who have been vaccinated.

“I believe you’re going to be hearing more of the recommendations of how you can relax the stringency of some of the things, particularly when you’re dealing with something like your own personal family, when people have been vaccinated,” Fauci said, adding he expected the new guidance “pretty soon.”

U.S. House plans vote on COVID-19 aid bill on Friday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Friday on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief, Representative Steny Hoyer, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, said.

“The American people strongly support this bill, and we are moving swiftly to see it enacted into law,” Hoyer said on Twitter on Tuesday.

The House Budget Committee approved the measure on Monday. Passing more relief to ease the economic effects of the pandemic is a top priority of Democratic President Joe Biden.

Covid-19: U.S. Vaccine Production and Supply Increase After Snowstorms Caused Delays

The White House said on Tuesday that weekly shipments of coronavirus vaccines to the states would rise by one million doses to 14.5 million, as vaccine manufacturers continue to ramp up production.

The figure was provided to governors in a call with Jeffrey Zeints, the president’s coronavirus response coordinator, said Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, on Tuesday. With tens of millions of eligible Americans waiting to get shots, state officials have been clamoring for more vaccine, saying health practitioners could easily double or triple the number of shots they are administering.

World’s first AI-powered rapid COVID-19 antigen test launched in the UAE

Two UAE-based health companies have partnered with Canada’s Laipac Technology to launch the “world’s first” artificial intelligence (AI)-powered rapid COVID-19 antigen test.

YAS Pharmaceuticals and Pure Health will be working with the Ontario-based Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) specialist to provide an “intelligent and innovative way to deploy technologies to better protect the health of people across the region,” Laipac announced in a statement.

Women inch towards equal legal rights despite COVID-19 risks, World Bank says

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women gained legal rights in nearly 30 countries last year despite disruption due to COVID-19, but governments must do more to ease the disproportionate burden shouldered by women during the pandemic, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

Nations should prioritise gender equality in economic recovery efforts, the bank said, warning that progress on equal rights was threatened by heavier job losses in female-dominated sectors, increased childcare and a surge in domestic violence.

World Leaders Lead Discussion on Global COVID-19 Recovery

The European Union and the World Health Organization teamed with the international advocacy organization Global Citizen on Tuesday to host a virtual panel discussion on global recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The webcast included leaders from the United States and the African Union, as well as actors and musicians seeking to solicit donations from organizations and individuals. The effort aims to set the stage for the world to bounce back from the pandemic, addressing issues such as vaccine equity, world hunger, the climate crisis and international aid.

Aged care residents miss out on COVID-19 vaccine in regional Victoria

Victorian aged care resident Kenneth McMahon was supposed to get the COVID-19 vaccine today, but missed out due to an administration error.

Mr McMahon, 91, who resides at Benetas Aged Care in Kangaroo Flat, says the last year through the pandemic has been tough.

Hundreds of coffins fall into ocean after cemetery landslide in Italy

A landslide on the Italian coast near Genoa caused the collapse of a cemetery yesterday, leading to hundreds of coffins falling into the sea.

The Camogli cemetery, built more than 100 years ago, is situated along an area of rocky seaside cliffs. Francesco Olivari, the mayor of Camogli, called the collapse an "unimaginable catastrophe."

NTSB says United engine failure caused by metal fatigue

After a preliminary onsite exam, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the engine failure on a United Airlines aircraft on 20 February was likely caused by metal fatigue.

Two fan blades of the Boeing 777-200’s right-hand Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engine were severed

Target Corporation – Consensus Indicates Potential 4.9% Upside

Target Corporation found using ticker (TGT) have now 25 analysts covering the stock with the consensus suggesting a rating of ‘Buy’. The range between the high target price and low target price is between 193 and 83.27 and has a mean target at 165.77.

Motional is now testing fully autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas

Add Motional to the very short list of companies that have tested fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. The Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture announced that it has tested its Driverless car without safety drivers behind the steering wheel on public streets in Las Vegas.

Automobile Safety System Market Size, Status, Top Key Players, By Types, Applications and Forcast 2021-2027

The Global Automobile Safety Belt Market research report provides and in-depth analysis on industry- and economy-wide database for business management that could potentially offer development and profitability for players in this market.

The Navy will make all sailors reaffirm their oath to the Constitution as it fights extremism in its ranks

When the Navy holds its daylong stand-downs to address the extremist ideologies that leaders say have infiltrated the military ranks, sailors across the fleet will be required to reaffirm the oath they took to the US Constitution.

Canada’s Transport Minister Approves Air Transat’s Take-Over by Air Canada

In a long-awaited decision, on February 11, 2021, Canada’s newly appointed Transport Minister approved Air Canada’s acquisition of rival Air Transat on public interest grounds. The approval comes after an 18-month assessment into whether the combination of Canada’s largest and third-largest carriers should be allowed to proceed.

Polar Bear Sculptures Bring Snowy Smiles to Central Park

Artist Heide Hatry has been tending to some delightful visitors to Central Park. Her Polar Bear snow sculptures that she started crafting two weeks ago have been a hit since she first started working on them at night, leaving folks walking by mystified and excited the next morning.

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