Nuclear powers’ spending to modernize their arsenal of nuclear weapons is up nearly 9 percent in 2021, to $82.4 billion. This is according to a report from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The United States alone spent $44.2 billion on its nuclear program last year, 12.7 percent […]
The recently resigned CEO of Meta is said to have used company resources for her own interest in recent years. That is why she has been under investigation internally since last year. According to the Wall Street Journal, lawyers for Facebook parent company Meta have been investigating the activities […]
More than 3,000 people have been evacuated in southern Spain’s Costa del Sol tourist region due to a forest fire that broke out there on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency services have mobilized en masse to fight the fire. The fire started on the slopes of the Pujerra Mountain, affecting the […]
TSMC, the world’s largest chip maker, says it has no concrete plans to build a new factory in Europe. In the US, the price tag of those plans is now rising. TSMC makes chips for other chip vendors like AMD or Nvidia. In recent days, there have been trading […]
The Ukrainian nuclear authorities do not want the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to send experts to investigate the Ukrainian nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhya. According to the Ukrainian nuclear energy producer Energoatom, this would legitimize the Russian occupation of the plant. IAEA chief […]
Chinese stock markets were up on Monday. Investors appear to be confident that the further lifting of the corona measures in Beijing will lead to a rebound in economic activity. Investors came back from a long weekend. Stocks related to the electric car industry were especially among the winners. […]
Germany wants to supply Ukraine with multiple rocket launchers and a modern anti-aircraft system to fight against the Russian aggressor. During the budget debate, Chancellor Olaf Scholz also promised the Ukrainian armed forces a modern tracking radar. According to the British secret service, the Russian military is still gaining […]
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the West Bank. The woman allegedly tried to attack a soldier with a knife. The Israeli army and the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported this on Wednesday. The 31-year-old woman was shot dead near the Palestinian refugee camp al-Arroub, in […]
Hurricane Agatha, the first of its season on Mexico’s Pacific coast, made landfall Monday as a Category 2 hurricane, reports the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm landed in a highly touristic region, where the alert phase has been declared. With winds of 165 km/h, Agatha, moving at […]
In Adelaide, in southern Australia, a man stole a car on Monday morning with a four-month-old baby in the back seat. Australian media report that. The child was found and the suspect is still on the run. The mother entered a store in Emzig, a suburb of Adelaide, and […]
