Fri 02 February 2024: Recently, a new set of photos taken with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed remarkably clear views of spiral galaxies in near- and mid-infrared light. New galactic architecture and materials are revealed by contrasting these new photographs in visible and ultraviolet light with earlier views captured by NASA’s other space telescope, […]
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Fri 02 February 2024: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley clarifies that her recent viral comments regarding Texas secession were primarily aimed at addressing President Biden and the “illegal immigration crisis,” rather than speculating on Texans actively pursuing departure from the union. The day before, Haley seemed to fumble over a question regarding Texas’s potential right […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday confirmed that continental Europe saw a record temperature of 48.8 C (119.8 F) in 2021. According to the findings published in the International Journal of Climatology, the temperature was recorded in Italy’s Sicily Island on Aug. 11, 2021, WMO’s media officer Clare Nullis said […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: Due to an ongoing salary dispute, security personnel at Germany’s main airports began a one-day strike on Thursday, which resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of flights, Anadolu Agency reported. Over 200,000 people were impacted by the strike, which canceled more than 1,100 flights at 11 airports, including Frankfurt, the busiest […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: All 27 EU members have agreed on an additional 50 billion euro ($54bn) support package for Ukraine, Charles Michel, president of the council of European Union leaders, said on social media platform X. “This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for Ukraine”, he added. We have a deal. #Unity All 27 […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: US-based global tech major Microsoft saw its revenue jump 18% in the final quarter of 2023, according to its financial results statement released Tuesday. Revenue came in at $62 billion for the three months ended Dec. 31, which the company refers to as the second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year. […]
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Thu 01 February 2024: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that the BRICS economic bloc does not intend to create a mechanism for a “new dictatorship of the world majority.” “In all our actions, statements, declarations and in practice, all our countries always emphasize that we are open at any time for honest […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: Around 3,000 internal emails from the BBC regarding the controversy surrounding Princess Diana’s 1995 interview have been made public. On December of last year, a judge ordered the release of the emails. After being accused of using deceit to get an interview with the late Princess, journalist Martin Bashir cited ‘professional jealousy’, as well as his background and ethnicity. LONDON POLICE RULE OUT NEW INVESTIGATION INTO PRINCESS DIANA INTERVIEW The investigative journalist Andy Webb put in the freedom of information (FoI) […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: A growing number of Americans are ending up homeless as soaring rents in recent years squeeze their budgets. According to a January 25 report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, roughly 653,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in January of 2023, up roughly 12% from the same time a year prior and 48% […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States) later this week. Critics have doubted the appeal of the face-worn computer, which “seamlessly […]
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