Sun 08 September 2024: The U.S. acquired nearly 40% of its current territory by purchasing it from colonial powers and regional countries. After protests erupted in Bangladesh, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who subsequently left the country, alleged that the U.S. attempted to take control of St. Martin’s Island in the Bay of Bengal. She […]
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Sun 08 September 2024: The chief executive of Germany’s Volkswagen Group has described the situation at the company’s core VW brand as “alarming,” days after plans for spending cuts and potential plant closures in its home market caused outrage among employees. Writing in the Sunday edition of the Bild newspaper, Oliver Blume said radical changes were needed to ensure the […]
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Sat 07 September 2024: The price of Bitcoin price plummeted Friday to $53,000, hitting its lowest since Aug. 5. The world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading just below that level at 4.52 p.m. EDT for a daily loss of 5.8%. Ethereum, the world’s largest altcoin, also experienced a decline, falling 8.2% to $2,180. Among Ethereum, some […]
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Sat 07 September 2024: When asked for reasons to vote for Kamala Harris in the US presidential poll this fall, Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa got chatty, but when asked the same thing for former President Trump, she struggled for words. The Trump campaign cried foul when the questions “Why should I vote for Kamala Harris/Donald […]
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Sat 07 September 2024: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a stark warning about the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, calling for immediate global action to address the improper disposal of antibiotic waste. The Organisation stressed that the mishandling of antibiotic waste is significantly contributing to the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), posing a […]
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Sat 07 September 2024: A recent report showed UK’s teenagers have grown dissatisfied with life. It calls for economic and educational reforms. Children and young people in the United Kingdom are unhappier and have lower life satisfaction compared with others in their age group in the rest of Europe, a report published by a British […]
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Sat 07 September 2024: Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov released a statement Thursday, his first since his arrest last month in France. Durov called the actions of the French authorities “surprising,” insisting that “using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages […]
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Sat 07 September 2024: NASA announced that Boeing’s uncrewed Starliner spacecraft landed at New Mexico’s White Sands Space Harbor at 0400GMT Saturday. The spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 2204GMT Friday for its return to Earth. The capsule was scheduled for a deorbit burn at 0317GMT Saturday, with a targeted landing […]
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Fri 06 September 2024: 3 EU, US, UK sign 1st-ever global treaty on Artificial Intelligence The EU, US and the UK are among the countries that signed the first-ever international legally binding treaty addressing risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Council of Europe said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence […]
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Fri 06 September 2024: A destructive wildfire has ravaged about 20% of the National Forest of Brasília, blanketing Brazil’s capital with grey-white smoke. Officials suspect the fire was started by arsonists. This forest, spanning over 5,600 hectares, is a critical conservation area, supplying over 70% of the city’s freshwater. Firefighters Battle to Contain Blaze Amid […]
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