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Kirk's presentation was approved ahead of the conference, Financial Times reported. [...]
âAn algo stable will exist in the next five-to-seven years,â said Hassan Bassiri, a portfolio manager at Arca, which was an investor in Terra. âAnd it has to exist or else what are we even doing in this space?â [...]
Is there a silver lining to the current wave? [...]
The average price at the pump is $1.61 higher than it was one year ago. [...]
The formula was transported by military plane. [...]
Fears of a recession are mounting, but this economist is unwilling to get drawn into the drama just yet [...]
Any concession to Russia will lead to an escalation of the war, Mikhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said in an interview with Reuters on Saturday. [...]
White House economic adviser Brian Deese stopped short of ruling out a U.S. recession as the Federal Reserve combats inflation, saying the central bank needs space to do its job. [...]
The slow pace at which ride volumes have recovered from their pandemic depths is the latest sign the industry might not become as pervasive as once hoped. [...]
The nurse and educator considers returning to the private sector to boost his earnings potential. [...]
Without investors starting to see a way through challenges and policy markets starting to help, any bear-market rallies arenât likely to last. This would further damage confidence. [...]
History shows markets have long stumped strategists trying to predict when downturns would end. [...]
A withdrawal of foreign capital from China and a weaker yuan recall 2015, when Beijing faced a vicious cycle of outflows and currency depreciation. But the comparisons may be overdone. [...]
We answer questions about how long you have to hold them, if the rate is guaranteedâand more. [...]
More museums are finding out, as financial strainsâthanks, in part, to pandemic lockdownsâhave taken a toll on budgets. [...]
A study of New York cab drivers also suggests that when you increase the possible tips, overall tips may go up. [...]
On Thursday, the Canadian government announced that it will ban Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks. The move comes as the Biden administration debates imposing further sanctions on Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance camera company, for supplying and operating equipment in Xinjiang mass… [...]
On the evening of May 15th, Peking University (PKU) students held an on-campus gathering to protest the schoolâs construction of a wall separating the Wanliu student dormitories from the faculty and staff areas. Protesters were upset that the school had erected the barricade without informing… [...]
March 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia; but for some students at Chinaâs elite Peking University, the day was marred by harassment directed against those who dared to mark it. The harassment of LGBTQ+ students and allies marks a new low in… [...]
Tranquille Art Student, by Marc Jebara (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [...]
On Saturday, China officially withdrew from its role as the host of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. The quadrennial event, which brings together 24 national soccer teams from across Asia, was originally scheduled to take place in ten Chinese cities during June… [...]
Tactile sensation is an incredibly important part of how humans perceive their reality. Haptics or devices that can produce extremely specific vibrations that can mimic the sensation of touch are a way to bring that third sense to life. However, as far as haptics have… [...]
New research fills a longstanding gap in carbon material science, potentially opening brand-new possibilities for electronics, optics and semiconducting material research. [...]
How effective environmental measures in agriculture are for biodiversity and wild bee populations depends on various factors and your perspective. This is shown by agroecologists. The research team found that when assessing the effectiveness of different measures, whether in the field (organic farming) or next… [...]
An insightful cross-disciplinary team, working for over a decade, published a study recently revealing that a key number of hours of darkness during the lunar cycle triggers mature 'Hawaiian box jellyfish' (Alatina alata) to swim to leeward O'ahu shores to spawn. [...]
Novel simulation brings extraordinary fast radio bursts into the laboratory in a way once thought impossible. [...]
Researchers determined exactly what happens as crystal grains in metals form during an extreme deformation process, at the tiniest scales, down to a few nanometers across. The findings could lead to better, more consistent properties in metals, such as hardness and toughness. [...]
Scientists discover the enzymes responsible for the production of one of the most toxic and fast-acting neurotoxins associated with freshwater harmful algal blooms in lakes and ponds. The discovery revealed that guanitoxin-producing cyanobacteria are more prevalent than originally known in the United States, opening the… [...]
A groundbreaking study has found the underlying cause and a potential treatment for infantile spasms -- intractable epilepsy common in babies and with limited treatment options. [...]
Relatives say police used unjustifiable force on them inside the hospital treating the wounded man. [...]
An Arab member resigns in anger, leaving the government as a fragile minority for the first time. [...]
Amnesty International calls on Fifa president Gianni Infantino to set up a ÂŁ350m fund to compensate migrant workers used on Qatar World Cup projects. [...]
For Iraq's non-binary community, life is difficult and dangerous. [...]
British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah's prison conditions are "inhumane", the foreign secretary is told. [...]
Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in the 2019 strike on an IS position. [...]
The Iran-backed group suffers a setback in the first elections since mass anti-government protests. [...]
Juan Carlos left Spain in 2020 after he was linked to an inquiry into alleged corruption. [...]
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): The Taliban Return and Communications with Former Afghan Officials and Political Figures Commission has released a list of fifteen articles which includes provisions for "considering temporary accommodation" accompanied by "fulfilling the legitimate demands" of the political and military officials of… [...]
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has caused constant unrest and a severe food crunch in the country with the newest one emerging in the form of soaring food prices, especially the inflation of flour which presently costs about 2800 Afghanis.… [...]
The violent legacy of the break-up of the Soviet Union is dissected in "The Hill" by Lina Tsrimova and Denis Gheerbrant, an astonishing documentary shot entirely on a gargantuan rubbish heap in Kyrgyzstan and screened this week at the Cannes Film Festival's parallel section ACID.The… [...]
Islamabad, pakistn - Female program presenters in Afghanistan went on the air Sunday with their faces covered to comply with a fresh decree by the country's Islamist Taliban rulers.Since seizing power nine months ago, the male-only interim Taliban government has subjected women and girls to… [...]
GUANGZHOU, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The following is the full text of a joint statement released by China and Pakistan on Sunday: China-Pakistan Joint Statement (Full Text) 1. At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister H.E. Wang Yi, H.E. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari… [...]
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): Afghanistan's leading news channels on Sunday carried out the Taliban's recent decree to cover the faces of female presenters on television however, the female speakers appeared on TV in the form of virtual images rather than real ones. This comes… [...]
KABUL -- At least one person was injured as a blast rocked the Police District 15 of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed. "One person sustained injury due to a blast that happened next to the Esteqlal Hotel today,"… [...]
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): At least three people sustained injuries in a blast that occurred in the vicinity of Police District 10 in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, said the Afghan ministry of interior affairs Spokesperson Abdul Nafe Takor. The reports of the explosion were… [...]
[Daily Maverick] Municipalities are behind the contamination of freshwater sources, admits the provincial Cogta, with the DA accusing the provincial government of failure to hold local entities to account. [...]
[SNA] Khartoum -- Joint talks between Khartoum and Juba began today in Khartoum to develop joint cooperation in the field of petroleum, discuss technical and financial arrangements, increase oil production and the challenges that faced implementation of previous agreements between the two countries in this… [...]
[UN News] As a significant portion of the recently reported Monkeypox cases has been identified among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) expressed concern on Sunday about some public media reporting and commentary… [...]
[New Times] Rwandans who live in the Kingdom of Morocco and friends this weekend met to pay tribute to over a million victims who were killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. [...]
[Leadership] Sex workers in Ondo State have vowed to continue with their trade despite the frequent killings of their colleagues in the illegal business by the ritualists. [...]
[New Zimbabwe] Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister, David Musabayana, has dismissed claims by Citizens Coalition for Change vice president, Tendai Biti that the government knowingly harboured Rwanda's most wanted genocide fugitive, Protais Mpiranya. [...]
[New Zimbabwe] Two-thirds of children in Zimbabwe have experienced some sort of abuse and are vulnerable to mental health challenges, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced. [...]
[New Zimbabwe] Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) media lecturer Last Alfandika has expressed concern over low voter registration amongst students at tertiary institutions as the 2023 presidential election draws closer. [...]
While President Erdogan intensifies his crackdown on his opponents ahead of the next 2023 elections, Turkish opposition supporters held a mass gathering in Istanbul. [...]
Historical controversies in Bosnia and anti-Ukrainian propaganda in Hungary caused some of the most troubling digital breaches of early May. [...]
North Macedoniaâs ex-leader Nikola Gruevski was handed a nine-year jail sentence on Friday for ordering the demolition of a former ally-turned-rivalâs building in Skopje. [...]
Three witnesses testified that Danko Vladicic, who is on trial for killing a Bosniak couple near Foca in Bosnia in August 1992, was selling petrol and cigarettes on the streets of Belgrade around the time of the crime. [...]
Prime Minister Abazovic on Thursday in Brussels vowed to end the economic citizenship program by December 31, following criticism of such programs by the European Commission. [...]
Eurovision bosses say suspicious voting on an 'unprecedented' scale in six countries taking part in Eurovision 2022 resulted in their votes being excluded from the Grand Final. [...]
On the anniversary of a rebellion at Spac Prison, a notorious jail and labour camp for political prisoners under Communism in Albania, ex-inmates explain why they staged the uprising and call for the site to be turned into a remembrance museum. [...]
Germanyâs push to revive the âBerlin Processâ has reopened a debate about whether the parallel âOpen Balkanâ initiative is a hindrance or help to EU integration. [...]
