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California sues oil giants, alleging climate-risks deception

Energy-daily.com 

Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 16, 2023
The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on Friday, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and misled the public by minimizing the risks from fossil fuels, according to a court filing. The suit, dismissed by one defendant as "meritless" and "politicized," follows numerous other cases brought by US cities, counties and states against fossil f

Shares in Chinese property giant Evergrande plunge after employees' arrest

Energy-daily.com 

Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 18, 2023
Shares in Chinese property giant Evergrande plunged by around 25 percent as markets opened in Hong Kong on Monday, following the arrest of several of the debt-ridden company's employees in China. Evergrande's stock price dipped to 0.47 around 9 am in Hong Kong (0100 GMT) on Monday, before ticking back up, after closing at 0.62 Hong Kong dollars on Friday. The drop comes two days after po

Baghdad ups financial support for Iraqi Kurdistan; Turkey kills 4 PKK members

Energy-daily.com 

Baghdad (AFP) Sept 17, 2023
The federal government in Baghdad on Sunday agreed to increase funds allocated to Iraqi Kurdistan that are desperately needed to pay salaries in the northern autonomous region. The decision came after thousands of people took to the streets of Dohuk, the third-biggest city in the region, in early September over unpaid civil service salaries which they blamed on Baghdad. On Sunday the fed

Slack CEO is ready to ride AI wave

Energy-daily.com 

San Francisco (AFP) Sept 17, 2023
Artificial Intelligence is transforming Slack, the widely used workplace messaging platform, its CEO told AFP just nine months after taking on one of the most high profile jobs in Silicon Valley. Lidiane Jones was handed the reins to Slack after the departure of its co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield who exited two years after his company's acquisition by Salesforce, the San Francisco-ba

Fitness tracker beyond Earth

Spacedaily.com 

Paris (ESA) Sep 18, 2023
One of the experiments during ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen's mission will track his health and body vital signs during his daily exercise in space. Understanding how the human body copes with microgravity is the focus of many experiments on the International Space Station. While it takes about two weeks for astronauts to get used to being in space, keeping track of how the body is doing,

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites in 65th mission of 2023

Spacedaily.com 

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 16, 2023
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida late Friday. The launch at 11:38 p.m. EDT was confirmed by SpaceX, which said it was the fifth flight for the first stage booster used in the mission. It had previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, and two earlier Starlink missions

The Taliban have banned girls from school for 2 years. It’s a worsening crisis for all Afghans

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly Monday in New York. The U.N. children’s agency says more than 1 million girls are affected by the ban. It triggered global condemnation and remains the Taliban’s biggest obstacle to gaining recognition as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan. Читать дальше...



ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾ ಸಮಯ

The Hindu 

ಆಗಸ್ಟ್‌ ತಿಂಗಳ ವಿದೇಶಿ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ಅಂಕಿಅಂಶಗಳು ಚಿಂತಾಜನಕವಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಕೊಂಚ ಭರವಸೆಯನ್ನೂ ಮೂಡಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.

Iran, US Could Complete Prisoner Swap Soon

Voice of America 

The United States and Iran could soon carry out a prisoner swap agreement that includes five Americans the U.S. government says were unjustly detained in Iran. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told VOA last week that the Biden administration hoped the transfer would happen “in the coming days.” Three of the Americans in the swap have been publicly identified: Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz.  They along with one of the unnamed Americans were moved from Tehran’s Evin prison to house arrest... Читать дальше...

500 dengue cases in Gzb, 400 in Noida

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Ghaziabad reported 10 new dengue cases on Sunday, taking the tally to nearly 500. Meanwhile, Noida has reported a total of 400 cases so far. Noida officials said that the DEN-2 strain of dengue virus has been found in samples.





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