The Demerara River in Guyana, South America. Arterra | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The world’s fastest growing economy may be on track to grow by more than 100% by 2028, largely fueled by profits from its oil production and export sector, according to one analysis. Guyana, a country in South America with a
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Joe Biden’s dog has bitten yet another member of the US Secret Service – the 11th time such an incident has happened. The US president’s German shepherd attacked the agent at the White House on Monday evening, a Secret Service spokesperson said. The female officer needed medical treatment on site after the incident but is
Two sellers offering merchandise for sale through a TikTok livestream. Bay Ismoyo | Afp | Getty Images Indonesia’s ministry of trade said Tuesday it is working to further regulate e-commerce, adding that the country does not allow transactions on social media platforms. “One of the things that is regulated is that the government only allows
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has threatened to take his own club to court over a video on TikTok appearing to mock him for missing a penalty. Osimhen – who helped the Italian club secure its first league title in 30 years last season – is reserving “the right to take legal action” over the social
GB news presenter Laurence Fox has been formally suspended by the channel after he refused to apologise for saying of a female journalist live on air: “Show me a self-respecting man that would like to climb into bed with that.” GB News had launched an investigation after Fox made a series of remarks about Ava
California is on the brink of bringing in an Amsterdam-style law which will allow cannabis cafes and coffee shops to open across the state. Campaigners say it will reduce black market sales and boost legitimate business. Recreational cannabis has been legal in California since 2016 and purchases are made through dispensaries, with products generally smoked
Amid several reports that Volkswagen is cutting EV production at two German plants, the automaker revealed the reason – slowing demand. Volkswagen suspends EV production in Germany Last week, a report from the German newspaper Automobilwoche claimed Volkswagen was pausing EV production at its Dresden facility in Germany. Volkswagen’s Dresden facility has built over 150,000
Foundry’s Kevin Zhang with Jihan Wu, the founder and chairman of Bitdeer and a co-founder of Bitmain. Kevin Zhang Crypto winters don’t scare Kevin Zhang, who has been in the business of mining bitcoin for ten years. He’s lived through a few bear markets in the last decade, but no matter where he has set
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple senior vice president for services Eddy Cue arrives at the Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 26, 2023. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, testified on Tuesday that the company chose to make Google the
Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, a court has ruled. Judge Arthur Engoron found that the former president and his company deceived banks and insurers by massively overvaluing assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals
England will oppose playing matches against Russian football teams after UEFA lifted its blanket ban on the country taking part in its competitions to allow under-17s fixtures. European football’s governing body took the decision at a meeting of its executive committee, 18 months after prohibiting all Russian teams from its competitions following the full-scale invasion
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost his appeal against a 19-year sentence added to his existing jail term. It was imposed in August after he was convicted on six charges related to alleged extremist activity – which he denied. The appeal was rejected by a judge in Moscow, with Mr Navalny – wearing a
The cost of solar power has fallen by 87%, and battery storage by 85% in the past decade, according to a new study – here’s why. Berlin-based scientific think tank Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) has released a new study in the journal Energy Research & Social Science in which
In this article BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Alibaba Group sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters Alibaba plans to list its logistics unit Cainiao on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Chinese e-commerce giant said in a regulatory filing on
Ford is pausing construction on its $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, with plans to limit spending for the time being. Ford pauses construction at planned EV battery plant Ford spokesperson T.R Reid told The Detroit News Monday, “We’re pausing work, and we’re going to limit spending on construction at Marshall until we’re
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kif Leswing/CNBC Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have a new frame design, which could make repairing the devices’ screens or swaps of their batteries easier, according to a teardown analysis by iFixit, a parts vendor and gadget-repair advocate. However, iFixit gives
Spotify Technology is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) powered feature that will translate podcasts into other languages. Powered by Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s newly released voice generation technology, translated versions of podcasts will mimic the original speaker’s style and will be more natural than traditional dubbing, Spotify said. Podcasts such as Armchair Expert from actor Dax Shepard,
Gatwick Airport has temporarily limited flight numbers for the rest of the week as a result of sickness amongst air traffic control staff. In a statement, the airport said it would limit the number of flights to 800 a day from today, which will remain in place until Sunday 1 October. It said the limit
The Metropolitan Police says it has received a number of sexual offence allegations against Russell Brand in London and elsewhere in the country. It says the alleged offences are all non-recent. A Met statement said: “Following an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times, the Met has received a number of allegations of
A drug used to treat COVID-19 may, in fact, be helping spread the illness, scientists have said. Molnupiravir works by causing mutations in the virus’s genetic information, or genome, many of which kill or harm the virus, reducing the amount of COVID in the body. Used across the world to treat COVID, it was one