Dame Jane, who was the world’s leading expert on chimpanzee behaviour and defender of the creature’s habitat, was in California when she died from “natural causes”. A statement shared to Facebook said: “The Jane Goodall Institute learned this morning, Wednesday 1 October 2025, that Dr Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and founder of…
Trump’s aggressive trade policies and resulting fallout have weighed on US farmers, including hitting export markets like China – Copyright AFP/File ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS, SUO TAKEKUMA President Donald Trump signaled Wednesday that he plans to push Chinese leader Xi Jinping on US soybean purchases when they meet, as American farmers grapple with fallout from his trade…
US stocks rose on Wednesday after the US government entered its first shutdown in seven years, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in output at risk. Meanwhile, key ADP jobs data showed private payrolls declined in September, widely missing estimates but helping to virtually cement bets on near-term rate cuts. The…
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President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Democrats are trying to extend tax credits that make health insurance premiums more affordable on marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, and…
New Delhi: Slouching over phones, sitting for hours in classrooms and skipping warm-ups before sports — lifestyle habits like these are already showing adverse effects on the health of Delhi’s teenagers. A new study by AIIMS, funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), found that many schoolchildren aged 15–18 years are developing forward posture,…
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) is one of the best smart city stocks. On September 10, Palantir partnered with Hadean, a UK defense technology firm, to introduce battlefield simulation and command software for the British military through PLTR’s Foundry platform. In November 2024, Hadean finalized a £20 million Enterprise Agreement Lite with the UK Ministry of…
Planned Parenthood’s two clinics in Louisiana closed on Tuesday over challenges that the organization said made it unfeasible to operate there. The clinics were in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The president of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast said the closures were forced by “compounding political attacks that have dismantled public health infrastructure, (and) blocked patients…
The survival of the British Swallowtail butterfly, found exclusively in East Anglia and predominantly in the Norfolk Broads, is under threat and its population has dropped by 57% in the last 20 years. This is because of habitat loss, climate change and genetic erosion due to its limited geographical range. Experts said the long-term picture…