AUGUST 21, 2023
People wait for the arrival of President Joe Biden outside the Lahaina Civic Center in Lahaina, Hawaii, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. - Jae C. Hong, AP
Ashley Correa has a lot of questions about the government’s response to the wildfires that devasted her home island of Maui. Why wasn’t it faster? Why wasn’t the emergency cash assistance greater?...
AUGUST 21, 2023
The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris on June 14. Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta is keeping its promise to block news content in Canada on its platforms in response to a new law that requires tech giants to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online. ((Thibault Camus...
AUGUST 21, 2023
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference at the Fulton County Government building on Wednesday, August 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Willis spoke about the 13 charges former President Donald Trump received after a Georgia grand jury indicted him for interfering with Georgia's election results in 2020. (Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post...
AUGUST 21, 2023
NEW DELHI: India's direct selling sector has registered a growth of 5.4% over 2021 retail sales, even as the industry shrunk globally by 1.5% in 2022 to $172.89 billion.
According to a report by the World Federation of Direct Selling Association (WFDSA), India has moved up to 11th position in the ranking of top markets of direct sellers,...
AUGUST 20, 2023
According to Daniel Moghimi, a senior research scientist from the University of California San Diego, several Intel CPUs have been reported to have security compromises due to a flaw called "Downfall" in Intel'sinternal chip design, where, skilled hackers can steal passwords and other sensitive information from computers and servers powered by select Intel processors and the company...
AUGUST 17, 2023
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The US economy could soon be at risk of deflation, according to Wermuth Asset Management.
Wobbling commercial property values a correction of lofty stock valuations would drag prices lower.
Inflation accelerated 3.3% on an annual basis in...
AUGUST 16, 2023
Currently, American citizens traveling to most of Europe, including Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Germany, do not need a visa as long as they’re staying in Europe for no more than 90 days.
But according to viral posts on Instagram and X, formerly Twitter, that’s changing in 2024. These posts with millions of views claim that U.S. citizens...
AUGUST 15, 2023
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who recently launched his podcast 'Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates,' engaged in an intriguing conversation with Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, during one of his podcast episodes. Gates posed a light-hearted query, asking Sal Khan if he ever found himself mistaken for Bollywood actor Salman Khan.
"Given a web search for Sal...
AUGUST 15, 2023
I am here today not as a prime minister but as a Hindu, said British PM Rishi Sunak, who attended a 'Ram Katha' by spiritual preacher Morari Bapu organised at the Cambridge University campus on Tuesday.
"It is truly an honour and pleasure to be here today at Morari Bapu's Ram Katha at the University of Cambridge on...
AUGUST 10, 2023
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of wildfires on Maui
Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui island and Big Island have killed dozens of people, forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate, and devastated the historic resort city of Lahaina. Here are some key questions and answers about the disaster.
HOW DID THE FIRES START?
The causes of the fires, which started...
