OTD: In 1867 the British North America Act created the dominion of Canada
“What is Canada Day? We explain https://cnn.it/31ytH2D
10 fun immigration facts about Canada: As Canada celebrates its 153th birthday today, here are 10 fun Canadian immigration facts. https://bit.ly/38glVMd
Since 1867, Canada has welcomed over 19.5 million immigrants.
Macron’s turning point: Will he go left or right to save his presidency? Less than two years before he seeks re-election the French leader is facing a critical decision that could determine his fate, Adam Sage writes. https://bit.ly/2VwpqsE
Ashis Ray: Xi’s bid for global domination could easily backfire https://bit.ly/3gjOpaN
Most people with coronavirus won’t spread it. Why do a few infect many? Growing evidence shows most infected people aren’t spreading the virus. But whether you become a superspreader probably depends more on circumstance than biology. https://nyti.ms/38ieT9u
Fact or fantasy? Futurists predict a better world for 2030: The year is 2030. It's been 10 years since the coronavirus pandemic closed down the planet. The world has moved on. It has innovated, adapted, and progressed. Things are familiar, yet different. Is it a better world or is there just more shiny gadgets distracting us from cracks in the foundations? https://bit.ly/2NLOYgZ
What makes Asia−Pacific’s Generation Z different? https://mck.co/3gbb7S6
2020 countdown:
+ 7 weeks to the Democratic convention
+ 8 weeks to the Republican convention
+ 13 weeks to the first presidential debate
+ 18 weeks to Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020
Lordstown Motors unveils endurance pickup truck in 'Voltage Valley' https://bit.ly/2NKN804
Apple’s virtual event gives hope for online-only conferences in COVID-19 era: Developers said they missed bumping into each other at in-person event, but that presentations were more efficient online. https://on.wsj.com/2VBBr02
The BrandZ Top 10 Most Valuable Global Brands 2020:
1. Amazon
2. Apple
3. Microsoft
4. Google
5. Visa
6. Alibaba
7. Tencent
8. Facebook
9. McDonald's
10. MaterCard
+ Innovation and creativity key drivers of growth as BrandZ Top 100's total worth hits $5 trillion and delivers US$277bn in additional brand value growth
+ Amazon maintains no. 1 spot and accounts for a third of the Top 100 total growth
+ TikTok enters the ranking for the first time at no. 79
+ MasterCard entered the Top 10 for the first time this year
+ Four luxury brands made the Top 100 this year, led by Louis Vuitton (+10%, no. 19, $51.8bn)
+ Technology brands continue to dominate the top of the ranking, growing overall by 10%
View the full report here: https://bit.ly/2NEQMbQ
Two black holes colliding not enough? Make it three: Astronomers claim to have seen a flash from the merger of two black holes within the maelstrom of a third, far bigger one. https://nyti.ms/38h5uPI
AdWeek: How the lessons of quarantine will reshape advertising’s creative process https://bit.ly/31u0MN2
Scrunched timelines, less travel and Zoom meetings are challenging old ways of working
Embracing leisure: When we work ourselves to exhaustion, it's not surprising we don't have much productive capacity left. https://bit.ly/31uSuVo
Put your hands up for Detroit! The city's opulent ruins – in pictures: Detroit’s early 20th-century buildings were astonishingly grand – now they’re being destroyed. Philip Jarmain captured their fading glamour. https://bit.ly/3eLuxg5
'I'm high as a Georgia pine': Dock Ellis's no-hitter on LSD, 50 years on: Baseball’s great psychedelic myth took place five decades ago, but the man behind it was far more than an amusing sidenote in the sport’s history. https://bit.ly/2YLE1CI
The greatest: Chris Evert – US revolutionary who helped shape modern tennis: The ‘Cinderella in Sneakers’ battled with Martina Navratilova, endorsed everything from Rolex to cheese and helped drive the 1970s US tennis boom. https://bit.ly/2NEDX1f
