Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Hindustan Times via Getty Images Providing unskilled public work, the jobs scheme has become a backbone of rural livelihoods in India India is home to one of the world’s most ambitious social programmes – a jobs guarantee that gives every rural household the legal right to paid work. Launched in 2005 by…
PA Media Jack Hibbert had been working as a police officer for just months before he was shot A young police officer who was shot in the head during the Bondi Beach attack has been released from hospital. Probationary Constable Jack Hibbert – who is just four months into the job – was patrolling a…
James Landale,Diplomatic correspondentand Rachel Hagan Watch: BBC asks Trump what the new appointment to Greenland entails Donald Trump has sparked a fresh row with Denmark after appointing a special envoy to Greenland, the vast Arctic island he has said he would like to annex. In response to a question from the BBC about the new…
Investors have high hopes that Tesla will monetize its robotaxi and robotics initiatives. Tesla (TSLA +1.57%) stock has been on a tear — hitting an all-time high on Dec. 15. Tesla is now within striking distance of surpassing Meta Platforms and Broadcom (AVGO +0.62%) in market capitalization to become the sixth-most-valuable U.S. company, behind only…
The Powerball jackpot has soared to one of the largest in the lottery game’s history. The current jackpot is estimated to be $1.6 billion for Monday night’s drawing. That would make it the fourth-largest in Powerball history and the fifth-largest among U.S. lottery jackpots. The winning numbers from Monday’s drawing were 3, 18, 36, 41…
According to the IDF, soldiers and police forces followed a report that “several Israeli civilians had slaughtered livestock and vandalized Palestinian property. Jewish settlers beat and slaughter animals from a Palestinian family, from which its members were also assaulted, in the West Bank on Monday, Army Radio reported. According to the IDF, soldiers and police…
Chris BaraniukTechnology Reporter The Washington Post via Getty Images Data centres can’t function without cooling systems They work 24/7 at high speeds and get searingly hot – but data centre computer chips get plenty of pampering. Some of them basically live at the spa. “We’ll have fluid that comes up and [then] shower down, or…
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Bernd Debusmann Jrat Mar-a-Lago Watch: Trump announces new class of Navy battleships President Donald Trump has announced that the US will commission a new series of heavily armed Navy “battleships” named after himself, as part of a revamped “Golden Fleet”. Construction on the Trump Class USS Defiant ships, which will be equipped to carry an…
Over the last year, Tehran transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to Hezbollah to provide its force rehabilitation due to downsizing as a consequence of the war with Israel. Hezbollah presented complaints regarding a supposed lack of money transferring from Iran to the terrorist group, KAN reported on Monday. In the last few months, senior…