Washington DC (UPI) Aug 07, 2020 If global warming is to be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as recommended by the Paris Agreement, scientists say efforts to reverse economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic must include climate policy measures, according to a study published Friday. COVID-19 has killed several hundred thousand people and sickened millions more, but the lockdowns necessitated by the crisis have … Continue reading Scientists say COVID-19 recovery plans should include climate change

If the ongoing struggles amid the pandemic have taught retailers anything, it is the need to automate their customer service experience. Customer experience automation is making the difference between hanging on until closing down and ensuring more returning customers.http://dlvr.it/RdkS7L Continue reading Automated CX Strategies to Revitalize Customer Relations

Paris (AFP) Aug 7, 2020 The unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions from lockdowns during the pandemic will do “nothing” to slow climate change without a lasting switch from fossil fuels, an international team of researchers said Friday. Global emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas could fall up to eight percent in 2020 after governments moved to confine billions of people to … Continue reading Lockdown emissions fall will have ‘no effect’ on climate

Baghdad (AFP) Aug 13, 2020 Iraq’s health ministry Thursday reported 3,841 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, a record since the first infection was registered in February. The latest count raises total confirmed cases in Iraq to 164,277, including 5,641 deaths, according to the ministry. The novel coronavirus has brought Iraq’s fragile economy to its knees and overwhelmed hospitals already stretched by dechttp://dlvr.it/Rdd440 Continue reading Iraq reports 24-hour virus toll record of over 3,800

Sanaa (AFP) Aug 13, 2020 Muddy waters lap overfoot in Sanaa’s Old City, inhabited without interruption for more than 2,500 years but now facing disaster after floods that threaten the collapse of irreplaceable houses. The deluge risks finishing off the destruction of its distinctive buildings with their ochre brick facades and white latticework windows, experts say. The foundations were already weakened by bombihttp://dlvr.it/Rdd3yY Continue reading Yemen’s heritage battered first by bombs, then floods

Curbside service is one of the more popular strategies that businesses and consumers now use to navigate the ‘new normal’. Ideally, it’s a contactless, convenient experience for all involved. For curbside pickup to be successful, however, it needs to be as quick and easy as possible for consumers — and a large part of that ease of use requires adequate business planning and management.http://dlvr.it/RdZv1g Continue reading In-Store Commerce Kicked to the Curb

Washington DC (UPI) Aug 07, 2020 Storytelling requires a narrative arc, but the trajectory of a dramatic arc isn’t always obvious. By tracing the abundance of “invisible” words – pronouns, articles and other short words – researchers were able to identify patterns shared by a diversity of stories, from Shakespeare to Spielberg, according to a study published Friday in Science Advances. “Over the years, these … Continue reading ‘Invisible’ words reveal common structure among stories

Like it or not, disputes do arise from time to time. So it’s always a good idea to plan for the worst and hope for the best. A website development contract should identify how the parties will handle disputes. Nowadays, contractual disputes can be handled in a variety of ways, in more than one forum. The most obvious forum, of course, is the courthouse.http://dlvr.it/RdW80J Continue reading Website Development Contracts, Part 6: Lawsuit or Arbitration?

Clemson SC (SPX) Aug 12, 2020 When you think of surfing and Brazil, the first image that comes to mind is probably warm waves crashing on a white sand beach, not a cloud of gas swirling 65 miles above the Earth. But the latter is exactly what was found by Clemson University researcher Rafael Mesquita, a native of Brazil. Mesquita and a multi-institutional research team … Continue reading Clemson doctoral candidate uses rockets to surf the Alaskan sky

Paris (AFP) Aug 5, 2020 Intensive farming makes future pandemics such as COVID-19 more likely as wild animals carrying diseases known to infect humans are forced into increasingly close contact with us, research showed Wednesday. Writing in the journal Nature, a team of researchers from University College London warned that animal pathogens are increasingly likely to make the leap to humans as land use changes … Continue reading Intensive farming heightens pandemic risk: study