Uruguay will finalize their Copa America preparations with a friendly against Panama in June, the South American country’s football association (AUF) said. The match will be played at the Centenario Stadium in Uruguayan capital Montevideo on June 7, according to an AUF statement. The teams have met on just two occasions, with Uruguay winning both times. Uruguay have been drawn in Group C of the Copa America alongside Chile, Ecuador and Japan. The two-time World Cup winners will make their debut in the continental tournament against Ecuador in Belo Horizonte on June 16. … [Read more...] about Update: Uruguay to meet Panama in Copa America warmup
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Coal fading from America’s economic radar despite White House push
Free market capitalism is putting the skids under one of the Trump Administration’s biggest initiatives — coal production. “Backwards thinking,” encapsulated Mike O’Boyle, an analyst with Energy Innovation, an energy research group which released a study last week saying that 74 percent of American coal plants were obsolete and costing American customers more money now than renewable energy alternatives. The Energy Innovation’s study went viral last week, with media outlets across the world publishing the California think tank’s findings that by 2025, almost 90 percent of U.S. coal firing plants could be phased out simply on the grounds of being too expensive to run. By 2025, midwestern states including Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin will see their coal-fired plants under extreme pressure to close, due to renewable energy, the study showed. DEATH OF COAL Within 48 hours of the report’ release, Idaho, the state that gave U.S. … [Read more...] about Coal fading from America’s economic radar despite White House push
Males at risk: ‘Boy crisis’ of identity jeopardizes America’s future
opinion Warren Farrell Opinion contributor Published 5:00 AM EDT Apr 7, 2019 In an astonishing disclosure about the two greatest dangers to the future of America’s economy, Fed Chair Jerome Powell revealed on 60 Minutes (March 10, 2019) the peril posed by “young males”: young males not looking for work; being addicted to drugs (think: opioid crisis); and being unprepared for the transition to technology. Powell posits that this economic problem is also a national security problem. He implies that we ignore this crisis at our own peril. Yet his warning is ignored. In my half century of research on boys and men, I have discovered that there is, in fact, a boy crisis; that it is a global crisis, and that it is particularly egregious in the U.S. The crisis is more than economic. It is multi-faceted, with each facet magnifying the others. It is a crisis of education. Worldwide, 60% of the students who achieve less than the baseline … [Read more...] about Males at risk: ‘Boy crisis’ of identity jeopardizes America’s future
Peter Andre thanks wife Emily for being his ‘rock’ as he pursues ‘incredible’ new career in America
PETER Andre has thanked wife Emily for being his "rock" as he pursues an "incredible" new career in America. The 45-year-old singer recently turned his hand to acting, starring in short film The Inheritance. Last month, Peter revealed he had been nominated for a Best Actor gong at the North Hollywood Film Festival for his role as a heroin addict. Clearly riding high on his new success across the pond, Peter took to Instagram today to pay tribute to wife Emily for fully supporting his latest career move while she looks after their two children alongside her own medical career. Posting a snap of them together, he wrote: "For the first time in 45 years things are looking incredible for me here in America and I’m so grateful. "Through it all, you Emily are my rock and I love you. Peter Andre on playing a heroin addict in his new film Inheritance "I’m putting it on here so everyone knows what a legend you are. Behind every man........" Last month, Peter shared the happy news of … [Read more...] about Peter Andre thanks wife Emily for being his ‘rock’ as he pursues ‘incredible’ new career in America
Is America losing its grip on world economy? 5 big defeats for US financial interests abroad
Donald Trump made it a banner promise of his presidency to stop the US being abused as the world’s “piggybank” – but not all foreign powers seem to be cowed into submission by his assertive style of foreign economic policy. The United States remains the world’s second-biggest exporter after China, but these five cases show that it can’t always get its own way – even among its allies. Is this a consequence of Trump’s personal abrasiveness, a period of painful adjustment before as the giant rouses, or perhaps a harbinger that the rest of the world no longer needs America as much as it used to? No US alternative to Huawei Washington tried to scare other Western countries into dropping a Chinese telecoms giant from supplying 5G network equipment, claiming Beijing could capture any data transferred through Huawei devices “at will.” But both Germany and the UK refused to bar Huawei from participating in tenders, with Berlin … [Read more...] about Is America losing its grip on world economy? 5 big defeats for US financial interests abroad