Month: January 2024

Cannabis-infused chocolate fountains are flocking to weddings. Budtenders serve cannabis cocktails. And like edible sales are on the rise, cannabis brands are emphasizing the idea that the products could offer a healthier alternative to bongs or blunts.“Edibles allow you to enjoy cannabis without the negative side effects of smoking,” reads the website for Kiva, which makes cannabis-infused chocolate bars and fruit gummies.Consumers are increasingly wondering if this is the case, but the answer is complex. There is little research comparing the health effects of edibles and smoking. What we know so far comes largely from limited data, anecdotes, and inferences…

The NCAA is investigating the University of Tennessee football program for a potential recruiting violation involving a booster group as part of a significant escalation of efforts to curb the rapidly expanding role of outside money in college sports, according to people familiar with the matter.The investigation focuses in part on the use of a private jet by a so-called collective of donors to transport a top recruit – now the school's starting quarterback – to campus while the university courted him.Making quarterback Nico Iamaleava pay for the booster group's trip would be a violation of NCAA rules. The investigation…

In the port of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), April 14, 2022. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP Haropa Port, the public establishment managing the first French port complex (Le Havre, Rouen and Paris) since 2021, has not escaped the slowdown in trade and the war in Ukraine which are hitting all major European ports. After those of Marseille-Fos (− 7%), the 2023 results, published Monday January 29, show a decline of 4.5% in traffic (containers, hydrocarbons, cereals, solid bulk, etc.), to 102 million tonnes, after a year 2022 marked by the post-Covid-19 recovery. Read also | Article reserved for our subscribers The ports…

Hungary open to unlocking European aid for Ukraine, according to an advisor to Viktor Orban As announced earlier, the head of Hungarian diplomacy, Péter Szijjarto, met his counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Monday morning in western Ukraine, said Andriy Yermak, head of Volodymyr Zelensky's cabinet, onsupporting photo, ensuring: “To build a better relationship, frank dialogue is necessary. We are ready. » This meeting takes place in the run-up to the European summit on Thursday 1uh Focus in February on financial aid to the country at war after the recent Budapest veto, and aim to prepare for a meeting between the Ukrainian…

Top officials from at least ten different administrations are trying to hammer out a dizzying series of deals to end the war in Gaza and answer the contentious question of how the territory will be governed after the fighting ends.The smallest set of major discussions concerns reaching a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. This would involve the exchange of more than 100 Israeli hostages held by Hamas for a ceasefire and thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.A second track focuses on overhauling the Palestinian Authority, the semi-autonomous body that administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. U.S. and Arab…

DMany European farmers are furious. The anger is not new, but the barrel has overflowed. Frustration is expressed in cities and on social networks. Anger has long been building on farms and villages against “those above”against the " policy ", against the government, against the European Union (EU). Despair reigns among many farmers who can no longer cope with the labor surcharge, the increase in costs, the precariousness of income, the dependence on subsidies and agricultural companies, the absence perspective of succession for their farms and new regulations emanating from capitals and Brussels. Read also | Article reserved for our…

The UN is concerned about a weakening of humanitarian aid to Ukraine The humanitarian situation in Ukraine remains a subject " very serious " and international aid risks being reduced, warned the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, in an interview with the German news agency DPA, reproduced by the medias German. According to him, Ukrainian society was very strong and united after the Russian attack, but after two years of hostilities, “the tension is palpable”. “These divides are becoming visible, and, of course, there is a risk that they will widen as international support in all…

“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women who drive change in sometimes unexpected places.Wedge the towel under the door. Open the window. And hide the bong.For decades, students have found ways to mask the pungent aroma of marijuana smoke on campus. Wanda James didn't always feel the need to hide, however. A 1986 graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Ms. James would sit on the steps outside her dorm and roll joints with her friends.It would be decades before Colorado became one of the first two states in the country to legalize recreational cannabis, but on campus, James…

For weeks, Donald J. Trump traveled through Iowa and New Hampshire without breaking a sweat, outmuscled his rivals for the Republican nomination and absorbing the adoration of crowds convinced he will be the next president of the United States.But as Mr. Trump steadily advances toward his party's nomination, a harsher reality awaits.Outside the soft bubble of the Republican primaries, Mr. Trump's campaign faces lingering vulnerabilities that make his nomination a considerable risk for his party. Those weaknesses were laid bare Tuesday in New Hampshire, where independents, college-educated voters and Republicans unwilling to ignore her legal risks voted in large numbers…

The United Automobile Workers union endorsed President Biden on Wednesday, providing an influential boost as he faces a battle against former President Donald J. Trump to win the support of labor groups.Mr. Biden, who calls himself “the most pro-union president in history,” delighted striking UAW workers but angered auto industry executives when he appeared on a picket line with workers last fall. On Wednesday, he appeared before a national conference of auto workers to tell them he was proud to have done it.“Let me tell you something I learned a long time ago,” Mr. Biden said. “If I’m going to…