nearly 10 million in total darkness Cuba’s national power grid collapsed on Monday, triggering a nationwide blackout that left around 10 million people without electricity and deepened the island’s ongoing energy crisis.State grid operator UNE said the outage occurred around midday and that authorities were investigating the cause of the collapse.The nationwide blackout comes after […]
For a long time, the story seemed straightforward. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels fell and the planet cooled, large ice sheets began spreading across the polar regions. Yet there was an awkward detail that never quite fitted. Antarctica became locked beneath vast quantities of ice around 34 million years ago, while the Arctic remained largely […]
UAE banking rules tighten as foreign bank faces Dh1.82 million penalty / Image – file The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has imposed a Dh1.82 million financial penalty on a branch of a foreign bank operating in the country after finding that it failed to issue a customer’s liability letter within the legally required […]
Donald Trump seeks more time for $5 million sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll US President Donald Trump has sought more time to pay the $5 million civil judgment awarded to writer E Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation, a move Carroll’s legal team has described as a move which “appears to be […]
Indian-origin CEO Sanjay Mehrotra announces $250 million donation to Trump Accounts on behalf of his company Micron. Indian-origin CEO of Micron Technology, Sanjay Mehrotra, announced that on the occasion of American turning 250 on July 4 this year, his company will make a $250 million investment in Trump Accounts, the largest donation that any company […]
Millions of black plastic balls floating on a drinking water reservoir might sound like an environmental disaster, but for Los Angeles, they became an ingenious solution to several major challenges. The unusual sight attracted worldwide attention and left many wondering why a city would deliberately cover its water supply with 96 million plastic spheres. Far […]
A routine family outing along the Suffolk coast turned into an unexpected encounter with Britain’s distant prehistoric past when an 11-year-old boy noticed an unusual object lying close to the water’s edge. At first glance, it looked a little different from the countless stones scattered across the shoreline, yet its shape suggested it was something […]
Meet Yousuf Imran, Google executive who left after making nearly $1 million in a year over fears about AI and job security After earning nearly $1 million in a single year at Google, Yousuf Imran made a decision that surprised many. The ex-account executive walked away from one of the world’s biggest technology companies, saying […]
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum is behind the largest single donation ever made to an Israeli hospital. Co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp Jan Koum has created a ripple as he donated $200 million to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, the largest single donation ever made to an Israeli hospital. While Koum is known for […]
Google has agreed to pay Elon Musk’s Spacex $920 million a month for computing power as part of a cloud-services deal. According to a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) filing by Spacex, the deal runs through mid-2029. As per the agreement, Google will pay Spacex the monthly fee from October through June 2029, with capacity ramping […]
