Новости за 08.03.2024

The coalition, called the Association of International Development Agencies, or AIDA, says its members have played a critical role and are desperately needed more than five months into the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

Tesla Inc.’s support among Wall Street bulls is weakening with the lowest percentage of analysts since April 2021 recommending that investors buy the stock.

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Actress marks 40th anniversary of her Oscar win this year and is starring in the new movie 'American Dreamer' opposite Peter Dinklage

ANTHONY JOSHUA returns to action TONIGHT against MMA legend Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia!

Actor Ryan Thomas has opened up about his experience on ITV's Dancing On Ice as he prepares to battle it out to be crowned the winner of the skating competition

Melbourne (AFP) March 6, 2024
Southeast Asian and Australian leaders on Wednesday warned against actions that "endanger peace" in the South China Sea, following fresh confrontations between Beijing and the Philippines in contested waters. Simmering tensions in the trade corridor threatened to boil over this week, when Chinese boats in the Spratly Islands were accused of hounding Philippines vessels. Beijing on Wednes

Van Wyksdorp, South Africa (AFP) March 7, 2024
Andre Britz pulled over his pick-up truck on a rocky mountain track to show off the nature-preserving powers of southern Africa's spekboom shrub. The 62-year-old Afrikaner is an evangelist for Portulacaria afra, a red-stemmed bush or small tree with thick, dense green leaves that acts as a sponge for carbon dioxide. "Here you can see the difference between degraded land and what we call

Manila (AFP) March 7, 2024
Two Filipino crew members were among those killed in a missile attack by Yemen's Huthi rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden, the Philippine government said Thursday. The Iran-backed Huthis have been targeting merchant vessels transiting the vital Red Sea trade route for months but Wednesday's deaths were the first reported fatalities resulting from such an attack. "The Department of Fore

Hong Kong (AFP) March 8, 2024
As Hong Kong fast-tracks a new national security law, the legislation and questions about its implementation have raised fears among the business community. The draft bill, introduced at the city's legislature on Friday, includes major offences such as treason and insurrection, which could be punished with life imprisonment. The government has said it intends to pass the bill as soon as

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) March 7, 2024
Apple must explain its decision to halt Epic Games' effort to develop a competing app store for its devices, EU regulators said Thursday, as they consider whether the iPhone-maker violated any laws. "We have requested further explanations on this from Apple under the DMA," a spokesperson for the European Commission, the EU's powerful antitrust regulator, said, referring to the bloc's new lan

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) March 7, 2024
The EU's landmark curbs on how tech titans do business online kick in from Thursday, but just how far Brussels succeeds in bringing the giants to heel will hinge on bitter battles that lie ahead. Wielding a tough new legal arsenal, Brussels is determined to force a change in behaviour by the world's biggest tech firms, to create a more competitive online field that allows smaller players to

New York (AFP) March 6, 2024
US-listed companies responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions will be required to report and address climate risks for the first time under a new rule enacted Wednesday by securities regulators. The rule, which is expected to be challenged legally, aims to respond to investor demands to standardize reporting of climate-related risks and the corporate response, according to backers

Paris (AFP) March 6, 2024
Sea level rise could hit major US cities like New Orleans and San Francisco harder than expected by mid-century because coastal land is sinking, researchers said Wednesday, warning current flood defences leave people and property at risk. Global warming is melting ice sheets and glaciers and raising ocean water levels across the world, with predictions that the United States will see some

Paris (AFP) March 7, 2024
France warned Thursday that the world's construction sector was not on track to decarbonise by 2050 as it co-hosts with the UN Environment Programme the first ever conference aimed at reducing the industry's impact on climate change. Some 1,800 government officials, investors and industry representatives from 50 countries are gathering in Paris for the Buildings and Climate Global Forum, whi

Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2024
China will submit a draft resolution to the United Nations calling for stronger international cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI), Beijing's foreign minister said Thursday. The rapid development of AI has become a topic of global concern, turbocharged by the 2022 launch of ChatGPT, a generative programme by the US-based OpenAI that can pen stories, create pictures, write computer cod

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2024
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leader in the provision of Earth observation data, has been awarded a significant contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, underscoring the company'growng role in maritime surveillance and security. This contract, valued in the 'seven-figure range', aims to bolster vessel detection and monitoring across pivotal regions of the Pacific Ocean, m

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 08, 2024
ICEYE, a pioneer in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth observation, has unveiled ICEYE Ocean Vision, a new SAR product line aimed at bolstering maritime domain awareness with actionable intelligence. With ocean shipping facilitating nearly 75% of global trade, ensuring the safety and legality of maritime operations has become critical amidst rising geopolitical t

Geneva (AFP) March 7, 2024
International patent filings declined last year for the first time in 14 years due to higher interest rates and economic uncertainty, the UN said Thursday, with India among the few countries bucking the trend. A total of 272,600 international patents were filed in 2023, marking a 1.8-percent decline from a year earlier, the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said

1. Trump allies defend Katie Britt's widely mocked State of the Union response  Axios
2. Katie Britt State of the Union response: Why the GOP rebuttal was so weird.  Slate
3. Breaking down Katie Britt’s GOP response to Biden’s SOTU speech  The Washington Post

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2024
Karman Space and Defense ("Karman") has released details on its involvement in the first certification mission of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan launch vehicle. This collaboration underscored Karman's strategic importance in the landmark debut flight of the Vulcan rocket, which occurred on Jan. 8, 2024. The mission, known as Cert-1, carried two significant payloads: the Peregrine Lu

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2024
What do meteor showers, medicine, and MIT have in common? Aerospace engineering major Nicole McGaa. The senior has long been drawn to both space and medicine. Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she would search for good hillsides for watching meteor showers with her brother and father. Meanwhile, her favorite TV shows featured doctors and healers as main characters. The "Star Trek" series w

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 6, 2024
NASA completed a full-duration RS-25 engine hot fire Wednesday, as the space agency continues testing the updated engines that will launch Artemis missions to the moon and beyond. The full-duration test was the ninth of 12 scheduled tests, and took place on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis in Mississippi. The certification engine, which

Ulan Bator, Mongolia (SPX) Mar 08, 2024
In a significant stride towards the global space arena, Mongolia marked its entry by launching its inaugural satellites, catalyzing an era of innovation and amplifying the potential for investment in its evolving tech domain. On 4th March 2023, Space-X's Falcon-9 rocket, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carried two Mongolian low-earth-orbit nano satellites, Ondos

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2024
In a strategic move to enhance space communications, Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has partnered with Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) to introduce a groundbreaking spacecraft bus and mission operation support for its upcoming hybrid space communications network demonstrations. These initiatives aim to showcase Viasat's comprehensive suite of multi-band, space-based communication services design