Asia
World Cricket: Pakistan out of World Test Championship 2023 final race, know how it’s Team India gain
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Babar Azam's Pakistan on Monday lost the second Test against England by 26 runs, thus losing the ongoing three-match Test series to the visitors. With this, their chances of reaching the final of World Test Championship 2021-23 have also been dashed, with the Men in Green falling to sixth in the latest WTC standings.
Pakistan suffered their third...
DECEMBER 12, 2022
India-China News: AICC general secretary of communications Jairam Ramesh said the Congress has been trying to wake up the government on the Chinese actions on the border but it is silent to protect its political image.
The opposition parties have trained their guns on the Narendra Modi government alleging that the Centre is trying to suppress border issues....
DECEMBER 12, 2022
About 270,000 homebuyers who bought during the red-hot housing market this year already owe more than their house is worth, a new analysis found.
Among the 450,000 underwater borrowers in the third quarter, nearly 60% had mortgages originated in the first nine months of 2022, Black Knight found. That's about 1 in 12 homes purchased in 2022 with...
Asia
12 Yahoo Finance Is Rolex’s certified pre-owned plan a ‘positive development’ for the watch industry?
December 12, 2022
Rolex certified pre-owned program (credit: Rolex)
Leave it to Rolex to shock the watch industry.
The undisputed king of the high-end timepiece business, Rolex surprised the world of watch dealers, collectors, and amateur Ebay watch flippers by launching its own Rolex-backed certified pre-owned (CPO) program.
Rolex had stayed clear of the pre-owned game up until now, so its entrance into...
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Shoppers look at festive decorations and toys at a stall in the Christmas market in Munich, Germany, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Despite slowing, inflation in the 19-nation euro area remains five times the 2% goal.
The gift that no one wants but everyone is getting this year? Inflation.
Higher prices are hitting shoppers hard as 2022 comes to...
Britain
Billionaire James Dyson says letting people work from home is ‘staggeringly self-defeating’ and will cause friction between employers and employees
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Sir James Dyson presents the Special Recognition award for Innovation on stage during The Fashion Awards 2017 in partnership with Swarovski at Royal Albert Hall on December 4, 2017 in London, England. Stuart Wilson/BFC/Getty Images
Sir James Dyson has slammed the UK's plans to extend employees' rights to work from home.
Writing in The Times, the billionaire...
DECEMBER 11, 2022
The Department of Energy plans to announce Tuesday that scientists have been able for the first time to produce a fusion reaction that creates a net energy gain — a major milestone in the decades-long, multibillion dollar quest to develop a technology that provides unlimited, cheap, clean power.
The aim of fusion research is to replicate the nuclear...
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Sunday called to prosecute Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Biden who has led the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic since it started during the Trump administration, and drew swift backlash for his comment.
“My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci,” Musk said on Twitter. He later shared a meme edited to show Fauci telling...
Astronomy
Return to Earth! NASA’s Artemis I moon mission wraps up with Orion splashdown in Pacific Ocean
DECEMBER 11, 2022
This screen capture from NASA's livestream on Sunday, Dec. 11, shows an uncrewed Orion capsule splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 12:40 p.m. ET concluding the Artemis I mission to the moon and back. - NASA
After "skipping" through Earth's atmosphere blazing in at 25,000 mph, an uncrewed Orion capsule successfully splashed...
DECEMBER 11, 2022
The billionaire entrepreneur fears that the economic downturn will become worse if this decision is made.
Elon Musk is worried about the economy.
For several months now, the richest man in the world has continued to sound the alarm, warning that the economy risks a deep recession if the central bank's monetary policy stays on course.
While the Federal Reserve...