Category: World news

Rain at a UK festival is hardly a surprise, and festivalgoers at Download 2024 were well-prepared with their trusty wellies. While wading through ankle-deep mud is practically a tradition, what usually adds to the charm became a source of frustration this year. It wasn’t the mud itself, but the disruptions it caused that left fans […]

Extreme heat, prolonged dry spells followed by relentless rainfall – the climate crisis is posing a serious challenge to the wine industry. Vineyards in traditional wine-growing regions may soon be abandoned. But the shifting climate is not only making grape cultivation more difficult, it is also altering the way wine tastes. “Wine quality is highly […]

JUICE to Use Earth and Moon Gravity for Faster Journey to Jupiter In mid-August, the JUICE spacecraft will utilize the gravitational pull of both the Moon and Earth to accelerate its journey to Jupiter. The path to the gas giant Jupiter is long and complex. For the ESA’s JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) probe, this […]

It thrives in deserts, the Antarctic, and might even survive for a while on Mars. Chinese researchers hope that a type of moss could make the red planet fertile. Mars has extremely hostile conditions for life. In the 2015 film “The Martian,” astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) manages to grow potatoes in Martian […]

Elon Musk has announced plans to build the world’s largest AI supercomputer for his startup, xAI, which will be powered by 100,000 high-performance chips. This announcement has already attracted significant investment interest. According to a report by “The Information” on Saturday, Elon Musk intends to construct the largest supercomputer in the world for his AI […]

Tesla is set to lay off 285 employees in New York State as part of a broader restructuring initiative, according to a WARN notice filed in the state. The majority of the affected employees were based at the company’s Buffalo factory, with others working at a store and service centre in the area, the document […]

Meanwhile, a Creditor Files for Liquidation of Country Garden, One of China’s Leading Real Estate Groups Asia trended downward on Wednesday, February 28th, particularly the Chinese stock markets. At 7:40 AM Italian time, the Nikkei was below parity, the Hang Seng lost 1.2%, Shanghai was down 0.8%, while the U.S. ten-year T-bond was sideways at […]

In a recent development, a judge has ordered the custody of five children who traveled to Pakistan with the father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif. This decision comes as part of an ongoing investigation into the tragic death of Sara Sharif, whose body was discovered at her home in Woking on August 10th. Her […]

Asylum Claims and Backlog Soar to Record Highs in the UK The United Kingdom is facing a significant surge in new asylum claims and an unprecedented backlog of individuals awaiting initial decisions. Despite the government’s 2019 pledge to decrease the influx of people entering the UK, both legal migration for work and studies have also […]

In a surprising move, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), has announced a reduction in one of its key lending rates while leaving another unchanged. This decision has caught economists off guard, as they were anticipating more assertive measures to bolster the nation’s economic growth amidst growing concerns about its trajectory. As […]