Tue 05 November 2024: The UK launched its first government-backed four-day workweek trial on Monday, allowing over 1,000 employees to work fewer days without a pay cut. Seventeen businesses, including the British Society for Immunology and Crate Brewery, will test shorter schedules, with some opting for a nine-day fortnight model, according to the Guardian. An […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: Determining the winner of Tuesday’s US presidential election – Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris – may take more than 24 hours, with slim chances of a final declaration on Wednesday, as neck-and-neck races are expected in seven swing states, American media reported, citing multiple factors for the possible delay. […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday said the West has signed a “death warrant” for the US dollar by turning it into a weapon against its competitors. “The dollar … has been turned into a weapon for suppressing and punishing geopolitical competitors, and simply those who are disobedient. Thus, in […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: At least 55 people died trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands in boats from the coast of Africa over the weekend, the Spanish news agency EFE reported Sunday. The Spanish coast guard also rescued 1,786 people making the voyage on one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world. The worst tragedy took place on a […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: In a cyber espionage scandal uncovered in Italy last week, involving a former police officer, it was reported that personal information about several famous companies and individuals may have been sold to foreign intelligence agencies, including those of Israel and the Vatican, for money. The investigation led by the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office continues to […]
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Sun 03 November 2024: During an interview with Tucker Carlson in Arizona on Thursday (October 31), Donald Trump suggested that Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could play “influential roles” in a possible second term as president. Carlson questioned Trump on rumours that he might appoint Musk and Kennedy. Kennedy had initially launched an […]
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Sun 03 November 2024: Moscow has warned the US it should take Russia’s nuclear warnings seriously to avoid World War Three. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s security council and who served as the country’s president from 2008 to 2012, warned the US on Saturday it was “wrong” to believe “that the Russians will never […]
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Sun 03 November 2024: More than one in three species of trees are at risk of extinction worldwide, threatening life as we know it on Earth, according to a report published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The report published on Monday has warned that over 16,000 tree species […]
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Sun 03 November 2024: More than 75 million Americans voted early in the US presidential election, according to data released late Saturday. The figures from the University of Florida’s Election Lab tracker show 75,093,872 people have voted either by mail or in-person at polling stations. More voters chose to vote in-person than by mail this […]
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Sun 03 November 2024: If you want to live longer, you may need to push yourself a bit harder during your next gym visit. A new study highlights the importance of increasing exercise intensity. According to research conducted by the University of Basel in Switzerland and the University of Leicester in the UK, raising exercise […]
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