English Time with Yves

  Scenes of rampant looting in the heart of downtown Philadelphia have Elon Musk fearful that America’s social fabric is unwinding in an orgy of unfettered lawlessness. At least 20 people were  arrested  on Tuesday after dozens ransacked stores belonging to  Apple , Lululemon, and  Foot Locker . Footage captured by onlookers and posted to social media showed police officers overwhelmed by thieves pouring out of stores and fleeing with stolen goods in hand. The incident highlights the dilemma brick-and-mortar retailers face as they come to grips with an epidemic of organized shoplifting. Nowadays even baby formula can be found locked behind anti-theft plexiglass. “America is going full Joker,” Musk posted to his social media platform X on Tuesday. The 2019 film he referenced stars Joaquin Phoenix in an Oscar-winning turn as the titular antihero whose actions inadvertently spark a riot in the city of Gotham, a tinderbox of violent crime just waiting to go ...

  Watch:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oARMhVOPd2Q In this age of consumerism, we unnecessarily discard millions of tons of clothes every year. A lot of these items are as good as new. Some may be a little threadbare or miss a button or two. France has come up with a new scheme to encourage people to increase the longevity of their apparel. The government will pay a "repair bonus" to people who get their garments repaired at special repair workshops, or take their shoes to a cobbler. The bonus allows individuals to claim back up to $27 of the cost of their repair bill. The scheme will be run by an eco-organization called Refashion. The government said the goals of its new initiative are "to support those who carry out repairs" and help the environment. An estimated 700,000 tons of clothing are thrown away in France every year. Around two-thirds of this ends up in landfills. Furthermore, the global fashion industry accounts for between 8-10 per cent of global c...

  Teachers in Mexico went on a riot on Wednesday. They are angry at changes to their jobs made by the government. Hundreds of angry teachers attacked the offices of political parties in Mexico's south-western Guerrero state. They broke windows, set fire to offices and sprayed graffiti on the walls. Thousands more rioters who are angry with the government joined the teachers in the streets. The state governor sent hundreds of police officers to guard the local government building. The police could not stop the violence, so mayor Mario Moreno asked for government support to control the situation. He told a local TV news station: "We do not have the ability to face a mob of 4,000 or 5,000 people." The teachers are angry at changes that would take power away from their unions. Mexico's government wants more control over the quality of teachers and who becomes a teacher. Teaching unions currently assess the quality of education in schools. The government wants to do this...