Новости за 11.01.2025

The Vancouver Canucks, nearing the end of a disappointing road trip, will attempt to end a four-game skid when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on S

A HUGE coffee chain with over 1,300 shops in the UK is closing one of its high street shops tomorrow.

Sunidhi's trainer, Viraj Sarmalkar, stated that her commitment is the main factor behind her success.

Blues looking to play themselves out of recent funk as cup returns

ALOR STAR: A 64-year-old man sustained 20 per cent burns on his hands and body while attempting to escape after his home near Longwan, Sultan Abdul Halim Highway, was destroyed in a fire today.

SAN FRANCISCO: More than 3,000 flights were cancelled Friday and thousands more hit by delays due to a storm in the southern United States, airlines and tracking website FlightAware reported.

A surge in cases of HMPV (human metapneumovirus) has raised fears of another Covid-19 style pandemic after harrowing images in China show children in hospital beds needing urgent treatment

Reality TV star and charity advocate Ashley Cain has hit out at those who have criticised him for 'flaunting' his wealth in his latest social media upload

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, recently shared a shocking account of Biden administration officials berating Facebook staff over content removal requests.

Patrick Bulen, a previous participant at the World Darts Championship, has been kicked out and suspended after exploding at a qualifying event where he took aim at the PDC

Rogun, Tajikistan (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
In a remote village in Tajikistan's soaring mountains, Muslikhiddin Makhmudzoda relies on a mobile phone to light his modest home as his family spends another winter without electricity. Makhmudzoda's three children and wife were sitting huddled together to share the phone's flashlight in their modest brick home. A shortage of water needed to fuel hydroelectric plants has led to serious

Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
A Kazakh court on Friday fined a consortium of oil companies over $6 million for excessive gas flaring from a giant oilfield under the Caspian Sea. The Central Asian country has stepped up fines on environmental violators in recent years, as it seeks to placate concerns about pollution while also exploiting its immense natural resources. The North Caspian Operating Company - a group tha

Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
Equities fell Friday as traders prepared for the release of US jobs data that could play a key role in the Federal Reserve's decision-making on interest rates, with several officials indicating the cutting has finished for now. Markets have started the year cautiously, with the optimism that characterised most of the past three months dented by concerns about Donald Trump's coming presidency

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
Brazil closed 2024 with annual inflation at 4.83 percent, pushed above target by higher food prices after a year in which crops were hard hit by floods and drought, official data showed Friday. The central bank last month warned two more interest rate hikes were likely in the coming months as inflation remained above the upper tolerance threshold of 4.5 percent. This is likely to further

Taipei (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
Taiwanese chip making giant TSMC said Friday its net sales rose by more than a third last year, beating its own forecast, as the company continued to benefit from soaring demand for AI technology. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company controls more than half the world's output of chips used in everything from Apple's iPhones to Nvidia's cutting-edge artificial intelligence hardware.

Berlin (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
Dozens of German universities said on Friday they would no longer use social network X - owned by the world's richest man, Elon Musk - citing ethical concerns. More than 60 German universities and academic institutions said in a joint statement that X was now incompatible with their principles. "The platform's current direction is not compatible with the basic values of the institutio

New York (AFP) Jan 10, 2025
Constellation Energy, a major US nuclear power plant operator, has agreed to buy another electricity producer, Calpine, for nearly $27 billion, the two firms announced Friday. The deal will create the largest low-emission energy supplier in the United States, the companies said, amid rising energy needs fueled by the artificial intelligence boom. Baltimore-based Constellation will pay ap

Calmer winds enabled firefighters to start gaining some control of the biggest blazes in metropolitan LA on Friday.

Steve Smith plunders a Big Bash League century for the Sydney Sixers at the SCG.

The founder of Oxhey Jets FC John Elliott says the fly-tipping at its ground is "heartbreaking".

Last year the national agro-industrial complex achieved a record gross harvest of winter barley – 721,000 tonnes. The crop of grain maize exceeded two million tonnes for the first time. The gross yield of rapeseed for the first time exceeded one million tonnes.

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The facility will enable large-scale production, ensuring the delivery of sustainable and innovative graphene solutions to global markets, HEG says in regulatory filing

After wearing an Oura Ring for four years, fitness reporter Rachel Hosie said she loves that it's stylish and discreet, and tracks a range of health data.