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An Olympics like no other, Tokyo perseveres to host Games
It’s an Olympics like no other — and the Tokyo Games are surely that — but this is an event that has persevered through wars, boycotts and now a pandemic over its 125-year modern history.
The Tokyo Olympics have already broken new ground…
Numbers explain how and why West bakes, burns and dries out
The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several others explain why it got this bad.
The West is going through “the trifecta of an epically dry…
Japan to declare virus emergency lasting through Olympics
Japan is set to place Tokyo under a state of emergency that would last through the Olympics, fearing an ongoing COVID-19 surge will multiply during the Games.
At a meeting with experts Thursday morning, government officials proposed a plan…
Amazon begins new chapter as Bezos hands over CEO role
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO on Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
Andy Jassy, who ran Amazon’s cloud-computing business,…
Youth of the pandemic revisited: Hopeful, resilient, nervous
The Associated Press recently spoke with young people across the globe, several who first shared their views of the pandemic in the first half of 2020, just as it gripped the world.
A young woman in California, newly vaccinated, flashes a…
White House reports 56% of hires are women, pay gap narrowed
President Joe Biden has filled about 56% of his senior White House staff positions with women, including about 36% who come from racially and-or ethnically diverse backgrounds, according the White House.
The Biden administration published…
Greenplac invests in a new production front and starts activities of a formaldehyde factory
Since the beginning of its activities in 2018, Greenplac has not slowed down in its journey to conquer more and more space in the Brazilian MDF market. Today, established among the major players in the field in the country and present in…
Greenplac is investing on the expansion and verticalization of its the production process, says…
One of the major players among MDF producers in Brazil, Greenplac, a subsidiary of Asperbras, has sought self-sufficiency and sustainability in its production process. After the resin factory started its activities in early 2020, the…
The tendency is for the real estate sector to expand in the countryside after the pandemic, says…
In the evaluation of Asperbras' partner and member of the Board of Directors, José Maurício Caldeira, with the popularization of the home office work regime during the coronavirus pandemic, smaller cities with good urban structure became…
The ability to adapt to customers’ needs will dictate the survival of retailers post COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken over the world, forcing people to find different and safe ways to perform most daily tasks. Picking up the mail now is more than just going outside and grabbing packages – it’s become a ritual that entails…