Tag: risks
FA release desperate statement as Lauren James risks missing Women’s World Cup final | Football | Sport
The Football Association have rallied behind Lauren James and confirmed they will be appealing the red card that could see the Chelsea attacker miss the Women’s World Cup final, should England get there. The 21-year-old, who had enjoyed a standout tournament to date, was shown a straight red card following a VAR review for stamping on Michelle Alozie just before the end of normal time.
James will be handed a one-match ban which could yet be extended via FIFA’s disciplinary
Brandi Glanville risks nip slip in photos from ‘amazing’ getaway
Brandi Glanville risked suffering a wardrobe malfunction during a recent getaway to San Diego.
The former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star posed in a white robe that nearly exposed her chest in a series of sexy photos taken at Viejas Casino & Resort.
“Having the most amazing time @viejascasinoandresort I may just stay forever 💕,” she captioned the sponsored Instagram post Saturday.
In the first snap, Glanville, 50, pulled her hair back into a top knot and posed with
F1 chief risks upsetting Red Bull and Mercedes with major new team update | F1 | Sport
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem risks Red Bull and Mercedes’ wrath as he pushes to have an 11th and 12th team on the grid in 2025. The FIA officially launched an application process for new teams to join Formula 1 earlier this year – a decision that hasn’t gone down with many of the 10 constructors including two of the big three.
Sulayem has aspirations of adding American and Chinese teams to the line-up as the sport aims to break
‘Rooftopping’ Is Popular on Instagram, but the Risks Are High
Remi Lucidi, a sergeant in the French Army, died far from a battlefield. His body was found last week aside a Hong Kong skyscraper where he had been spotted near the rooftop.
In his spare time, Mr. Lucidi, 30, was a “rooftopper,” shorthand for someone who takes photos and selfies from the tops of tall buildings, sometimes by trespassing. After his death was reported, some Instagram users debated the value and purpose of his art, which involved clambering onto ledges
The Risks Hidden in Public Pension Funds
The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund prides itself on being open about its investments, publishing monthly reports that provide more timely information than most other state and local government pension plans across the country.
But like many plans, Oregon’s state pension fund is perpetually hungry for high returns on its investments — higher than it expects from stocks and bonds alone.
So Oregon’s plan has been pouring money into private equity funds that are, by definition, illiquid and opaque. Those
An Evolutionary Debate on the Risks of Childbirth
It’s a question on every new parent’s exhausted mind: Why are babies born so helpless? In 1960, an American anthropologist laid out an influential explanation rooted in human evolution.
As our early ancestors began walking upright, Sherwood Washburn argued in 1960, they evolved a narrower pelvis to make walking long distances more efficient. At the same time, those hominins were evolving larger brains. And babies with big heads could get stuck in a tight birth canal during delivery, threatening the
‘A Dangerous Combination’: Teenagers’ Accidents Expose E-Bike Risks
On a Thursday evening in late June, Clarissa Champlain learned that her 15-year-old son Brodee had been in a terrible crash, the latest teen victim of an e-bike accident.
He had been riding from home to shot-putting practice. The e-bike, a model made by Rad Power, had a top speed of 20 miles per hour, but his route took him on a busy road with a 55-mile-per-hour limit. While turning left, he was clipped by a Nissan van and thrown
New York ‘battery fire’ sends cloud of smoke into the air, Hochul warns smoke ‘may pose health risks’
A blaze that burned batteries at a northern New York solar farm prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday night to advise residents to avoid the smoke coming from the rural site near Lake Ontario.
WWNY-TV said the blaze began around 1 p.m. at a solar farm in Jefferson County, outside the village of Chaumont. It’s about 78 miles north of Syracuse and near the Canadian border.
Photos and video aired by the station show smoke shooting from a solar panel array
EU lawmaker points to mental health risks for online services’ addictive design – EURACTIV.com
A European Parliament draft report about online services’ addictive design paints a damning picture of the mental health consequences of excessive screen time and calls for new EU rules to address the problem.
Addictive design, which refers to capturing users’ attention so they spend as much time on platforms as possible, has been on the radar of the EU for a while. Last year, as EURACTIV reported, the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) was preparing
EU ministers split on risks, potential of looser gene editing rules – EURACTIV.com
A first discussion about new genomic techniques saw many EU agriculture ministers welcome the European Commission’s proposed loosening of the bloc’s gene editing rules as a building block for sustainable farming, while others voiced concerns over potential risks.
During their meeting on Tuesday (25 July), EU agriculture ministers had a chance to discuss for the first time the European Commission’s recent proposal on new genomic techniques (NGTs) – technologies used to genetically modify specific traits of crops.
In early July,