La Niña, the flip side of El Niño, is an irregular rising of unusually cold water in a key part of the central equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide
Uruguay’s former guerilla-turned-president, José Mujica, has announced that the cancer in his esophagus had spread to his liver, and that he had chosen to forgo further treatment
Opensignal has put out its January 2025 mobile network rankings based on its widely-crowdsourced performance data. In many categories, the big three US carrier networks performed similarly, with scores differing by just a few percentage points. But in several key categories, T-Mobile pulled far ahead, while Verizon performed notably better in one key category. In "Overall Experience" (including 4G and 5G), T-Mobile scored almost triple the other networks in download speed, and around double in upload speed. Читать дальше...
There has been a great deal of heat – and not an overabundance of light – when it comes to the media’s reactions to Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark after he resumes…
Deven Sangoi and his sister Meghana Gosar settled a front-running case with the Securities and Exchange Board of India by paying ₹91 lakh. They agreed to a six-month voluntary debarment from the markets. The regulator found evidence of front-running involving 266 equity trades and 76 equity derivatives trades during its probe.
Residents of Jefferson County, Missouri were flabbergasted by the sight of a monkey in a pink tutu frolicking on the side of a busy road. Curiously, the monkey was wearing a pink tutu.
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According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple could be developing a new “Invites” app to manage event invitations. The site found code related to “Apple Invites” back in the iOS 18.2 betas that were gone from the final release but have resurfaced in the second iOS 18.3 beta.
As 9to5Mac explains, the app seems fairly basic, displaying a list of the people invited to a specific event along with who has confirmed their attendance. Other similar apps such as Evite or Invitd... Читать дальше...
I powered through Max’s not-an-ER reboot with so much delight that I was annoyed when I had to pause to watch something ostensibly better.
A “dinosaur highway" containing nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years was discovered in a limestone quarry southern England.
Next time you read headlines from Israel about tensions between Netanyahu and the military, put aside the spin and look for the real story: it's all about the survival of Netanyahu's coalition
Temperatures have plummeted across the UK, which has triggered the payments
There have been at least dozen complaints filed against Israeli troops for alleged war crimes when they were traveling, including in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Belgium, the Netherlands, Serbia, Ireland, and Cyprus.
Bad weather for a rocket landing has pushed Blue Origin's first New Glenn launch to Jan. 12.
While the old powers are declining, Poland is on the rise in Europe. It's time Israelis revised their view of the country
Minnesota United FC re-signed veteran midfielder Wil Trapp for the 2025 season on Thursday.,The deal includes a 2026 club option for Trapp, who is hea
The Special Investigation Team investigating the murder of Mukesh Chandrakar, whose body was found in a septic tank last week, has said the journalist was killed by his cousins who were enraged by his...
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday up to $2 million in funding to expand mental health efforts among military veterans and uniformed personnel.
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Telecom operators in India are urging the DoT to accept Trai's definition of international traffic, which could increase telcos' SMS revenues by over ₹400 crore annually. The new definition will help prevent international messages from being misclassified as domestic, addressing a longstanding issue involving multinational companies and e-commerce giants.
World cricket bosses have no plans to ban Afghanistan's men from the Champions Trophy or to demand the Taliban allow a women's team to represent the country, Sky News has learned.
The aim is to keep the kids away from the devices and bring them to playgrounds and study tables, State Minister of Education Prafful Panseriya told reporters.
