Seven people were killed in northern Israel on Thursday after strikes by Hezbollah from Lebanon that the Israeli military described as the “deadliest cross-border” airstrikes since the onset of the conflict between the two sides. A picture taken from the area of Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon shows explosions over buildings in the town of Khiam,…
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -The Federal Communications Commission announced new regulations mandating that all mobile phones be compatible with hearing aids, enhancing access to mobile technology for Americans with hearing loss. The agency approved the new regulations on October 17th. According to the agency, all mobile phones have to meet volume control benchmarks. People with…
TWO YEARS after Xi Jinping declared a “no limits” partnership with Vladimir Putin, and as the leaders meet again in Beijing on May 16th and 17th, the world is getting a good look at what China’s approach means in practice. It is not pretty. As we explain this week, Chinese firms are sustaining Mr Putin’s…
(Bloomberg) — China’s manufacturing activity unexpectedly picked up last month despite a weeklong holiday, according to a private survey, a further sign of stabilization after Beijing unleashed a stimulus package to shore up the economy. Most Read from Bloomberg The Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 50.3 last month from 49.3 in September, according…
With England’s Test tour of Pakistan only finishing on Saturday, it meant a number of key players were not considered for this Caribbean tour, comprising three ODIs and five T20s. Harry Brook, Brydon Carse and Gus Atkinson are among the players skipping this series before the pre-Christmas Test tour of New Zealand. Meanwhile regular captain…
Online retailer MercadoLibre (MELI) sits solidly in a flat base with the company’s earnings report around the corner. Sometimes referred to as the Amazon.com (AMZN) of Latin America, MercadoLibre operates the largest online marketplace in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and 15 other Latin American countries. It reported 57 million unique active buyers on its e-commerce platform as…
I was saddened when a small group of Pomona College students in the United States recently barricaded themselves inside Carnegie Hall, causing significant damage and choosing violence over discussion. They were a minority in a group that included masked protesters, some later identified as students from other Claremont Colleges, a consortium of seven independent institutions…
The worst flash floods in three decades sweep across Spanish region of Valencia For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails As the death toll in the wake of flash flooding continues to rise, dozens of…
ChromeOS 130 started rolling out on Tuesday, with Google’s changelog today confirming what’s new. Overall, this is a bigger release and delivers the second set of new Chromebook Plus features. All Chromebooks now have a Recorder app that features on-device transcription that works in real-time after downloading a 100MB model. There’s a nice Material You…
New Delhi: Russia issued a fine against Google, estimated at an astronomical $20 decillion – a 2 followed by 34 zeroes. The unprecedented penalty targets YouTube, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, over the platform’s decision to block Russian state-run media channels in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This sum far exceeds any reasonable…