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September still holds that back-to-school feeling for many of us, no matter how long ago we left the classroom. For many young people looking forward to freshers’ week or returning to their studies, though, the continuing rise in sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) might be a good reason to revise guidance on safer sex and condom use … Read more
Jure Susac, a Bosnian olive farmer from the western-Herzegovinian town of Ljubuski, delivers his pickings to an oil-mill in Capljina, during harvest season, on October 29, 2022. Elvis Barukcic | Afp | Getty Images Spain’s Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil producer, says one of the most challenging moments in the industry’s history appears to … Read more
The European Union (EU) has launched an educational intervention programme targeting out-of-school children in Kano, Jigawa and Sokoto states. The programme, to be implemented by Save the Children, Plan International and DAG, is aimed at emancipating the poorest, underserved anaqd most marginalised population groups. At the flagging off of the programme on Wednesday in Jigawa, … Read more
Under pressure by EU regulators, Meta said Tuesday it was offering non-paying users of its Facebook and Instagram services in the bloc the ability to do so with less targeted ads, as well as cutting its subscription rates. The move follows the European Commission accusing the US social media giant in July of breaching the … Read more
Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Ahead of the US election, the world was bracing itself for a long, uncertain period during which America might descend into violence as a power struggle between … Read more
Donald Trump (L), President of the USA, and Emmanuel Macron, President of France, join hands during the final press conference of the G7 Summit on 26 August 2019, in Biarritz, France. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images European officials have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump after he defeated his Democratic rival Kamala Harris to … Read more
Industrial chiller at Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A huge upswing in the number of data centers worldwide shows no signs of slowing down, prompting Big Tech to consider how best to power the artificial intelligence revolution. Some of … Read more
New cars, among them new China-built electric vehicles of the company BYD, are seen parked in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, October 24, 2024. Yves Herman | Reuters Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD reported third-quarter revenue that topped that of behemoth rival Tesla for the first time. On Wednesday, BYD reported revenue for the three … Read more
1. North Korean defectors push for Ukraine deployment to wage psychological warfare A group of nearly 200 North Korean defectors living in South Korea is pushing to deploy to Ukraine so they can launch a psychological warfare campaign against their former comrades, now reportedly assembling in Russia. 2. ‘A lot of unknowns’: China-born scientists face … Read more
China is anxious to fend off the European Union’s “divide and conquer” tactics during their electric vehicle (EV) tariff negotiations to maintain a united front and steer future talks, analysts said. Chinese EV manufacturers should, they added, also not be influenced as the EU insists on the right to approach firms individually. China and the … Read more
