Aneesa Haroon drops off her tattered school bag at her rural home in Pakistan and hurriedly grabs lunch before joining her father in the fields to pick vegetables. The 11-year-old’s entry into school at the age of seven was a negotiation between teachers and her parents in her farming village on the outskirts of Karachi. … Read more
From laptops to EVs, lithium-ion batteries have fueled phenomenal growth in the 21st century, but businesses struggle with a significant downside: increased fire risk. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), companies unveiled a next-generation garbage truck designed to detect these highly flammable batteries. The innovation comes as careless disposal of batteries from smartphones, electric … Read more
Stock markets mostly retreated and the dollar steadied Friday as traders awaited key US jobs data for signals on the health of the world’s largest economy and the outlook for interest rates. Oil prices jumped around 2.5 percent as analysts expect the United States to soon announce more sanctions against Russia, further disrupting its crude … Read more
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday for a third six-year term rejected by the opposition as a “coup d’etat” achieved through election fraud and a campaign of repression. Maduro took the oath before parliament, vowing his next term would be a “period of peace,” a day after thousands took to the streets to … Read more
Media outlets around the world have been left scratching their heads over the future of their fact-checking operations after Meta’s shock announcement that it will halt its US programme. Here are the key facts about how the practice has developed and what could lie ahead for the sector. Fact-checking emerged in the United States in … Read more
Tesla has launched its revamped Tesla Model Y, also called Juniper, with an updated interior and increased driving range, which is expected to arrive in Australia in May. Electric vehicle sales peaked at a record high in Australia in 2024, with Tesla retaining its market dominance. According to data released by the Federal Chamber of … Read more
The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar “beyond what modern humans have ever experienced”, Europe’s climate monitor said Friday. This does not mean the internationally-agreed 1.5C warming threshold has been permanently breached, but the Copernicus Climate Change Service said it was drawing dangerously … Read more
Jimmy Carter brought a brief moment of national unity to a divided America Thursday as five US presidents gathered for the solemn state funeral of the 39th commander-in-chief in Washington’s National Cathedral. In historic scenes just 11 days before the inauguration of Donald Trump for what promises to be a turbulent second term, the incoming … Read more
When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, dropping his pants and doing as bears do. “We survive by eating other living things. But you can give faeces back to nature so that organisms in the soil can decompose them,” the … Read more
Opponents of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro took to the streets in their thousands Thursday in a last-ditch protest against his swearing-in for a third six-year term as president. After a July election that many believe was stolen, opposition supporters gathered in the capital Caracas, and towns and cities nationwide, to denounce what some called a “dictatorship.” … Read more
