China faces a tall order in its efforts to catch up to Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite service. SpaceX’s Starlink already has nearly 7,000 operational satellites in orbit and serves around 5 million customers in more than 100 countries, according to SpaceX. The service is meant to offer high-speed internet to customers in remote and underserved…
Kenya’s most senior judge has hit out following recent allegations of corruption and incompetence within the judiciary. “In all these 22 years I’ve been a judge and a chief justice, nobody has ever approached me with a bribe. I would have them arrested,” Martha Koome told the BBC. The country’s first female chief justice has…
A group of workers of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) burnt the cover pages of a book by Communist Party of India (Marxist) State committee member P. Jayarajan here on Saturday in protest against some references to their party founder Abdul Nasir Maudany in it. The protest was staged outside the Kerala NGO Union Hall,…
The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 2.8% annual rate from July through September, with consumers helping drive growth despite the weight of still-high interest rates. Shoppers and pedestrians on Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of New York, US, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (Bloomberg) Wednesday’s report from the Commerce Department said the gross domestic…
Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy. Hollie Adams | Reuters Shares of Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk plummeted roughly 20% on Friday after reporting results in a late-stage trial for its experimental CagriSema weight loss drug that missed expectations. The maker of the wildly popular Wegovy obesity…
A logo on the exterior of the ASML Holding NV headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Peter Boer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dutch semiconductor giant ASML on Wednesday reported a big jump in fourth-quarter net bookings, suggesting strong demand for its advanced chipmaking tools even as DeepSeek’s low-cost model raises concerns…
Mozambique’s main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential elections. His announcement came as his supporters staged violent protests across the country to demand an end to the 49-year-rule of the Frelimo party. The capital Maputo was like a ghost…
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged stabbing of a Coles employee. Police allege the teenager approached the 63-year-old woman while she was working at the supermarket in Ipswich’s Yamanto Shopping Centre, south-west of Brisbane, and stabbed her in the back with a knife before attempting to flee the scene….
A man was arrested in Azusa — a city just east of Pasadena where one of the largest fires in L.A. is raging — Friday … and, cops claim he may have tried to start another fire. Azusa PD tells TMZ … officers were dispatched to a local park just before midnight in regards to…
Georgia coach Kirby Smart’s father, Sonny, died early Saturday of complications from hip surgery after falling in New Orleans ahead of the Sugar Bowl, the school announced. Sonny Smart, a longtime high school football coach in Alabama and Georgia, fell while walking on New Year’s Eve and fractured his hip. He was hospitalized and had…
