A string of high-profile Democrats have withdrawn support for Platner following sexual assault allegation., A string of high-profile Democrats have withdrawn support for Platner following sexual assault allegation. Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has suspended his campaign for the 2026 US midterm elections after a series of controversies, includingContinue Reading
Image source, GoodLifeStudio Overwhelmed, irritable, dizzy, bloated, exhausted. These are the words coming up frequently in comments sent to the BBC by women who, having barely recovered from the record-breaking heat in June, are bracing for more hot weather. Extreme heat can affect anyone. But heatwaves are a “stress-test” forContinue Reading
German energy services provider CUBOS has acquired the commercial charging business of TotalEnergies in Germany, adding around 6,000 charging points. The acquisition takes the Wolfsburg company to more than 15,000 charging points serving over 1,000 business customers. It follows CUBOS’s acquisitions of SWARCO in December 2025 and ChargeOne in AprilContinue Reading
Ocean temperature patterns appear to act as a natural brake on the global spread of drought, preventing vast areas of the planet from drying out simultaneously. Researchers found that shifting climate cycles create regional drought hotspots while reducing the likelihood of a worldwide agricultural crisis., Read MoreContinue Reading
EV charging giant ChargePoint is expanding its partnership with Optimus Energy Solutions, a US-based charge point operator (CPO), to deploy more than 200 new public EV charging ports in the Southeastern US. Optimus will act as owner-operator of the sites, and ChargePoint will serve as the exclusive solutions provider, deliveringContinue Reading
Maine’s embattled Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner dropped out of the race on Wednesday after a former partner accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. “We believe for the movement to continue, it can’t be me and for that reason, we are suspending campaign operations,” Platner said in aContinue Reading
China’s Kaiyi has officially introduced the E04 electric hatchback in Pakistan, expanding the country’s growing electric vehicle (EV) market with one of its most affordable offerings. Priced at under Rs. 4 million, the new EV is designed to make electric mobility more accessible to a wider range of consumers…Continue Reading
A computer-generated image of ispace’s Mobile Cargo System to be installed on SpaceX’s Starship. (Image credit: ispace) ispace is expanding its already extensive moon plans to include SpaceX’s Starship megarocket. The Tokyo-based company announced today (July 8) that it has booked 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of cargo capacity on Starship , the biggest and mostContinue Reading
NASA’s nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the protective aeroshell that will shield the Skyfall spacecraft’s descent stage during its plummet through the Martian atmosphere. Skyfall, slated to be NASA’s first-ever nuclear powered interplanetary probe , is scheduled to launch in 2028 with threeContinue Reading
The veteran creator has a new home for management. “He’s not only a pioneer of the creator economy, but also a genuinely entrepreneurial-minded innovator,” says HeartRock founder Alec Shankman…Continue Reading
Waymo’s Robotaxi is making headlines again after a smart taxi delivered a pair of law-breaking teens to a California police department…Continue Reading
Implantable brain devices—from deep brain stimulation to a new generation of brain-computer interfaces—can help people with severe, treatment-resistant psychiatric and neurological conditions or loss of function (such as paralysis or blindness). Despite the United States’ heavy investment in building these devices and the systems to deliver them…Continue Reading
A stalled peace process, deepening humanitarian needs and economic challenges test the world’s youngest nation., Juba, South Sudan – As South Sudan marks 15 years of independence on July 9, hopes that accompanied the birth of the world’s youngest country in 2011 have given way to a fragile reality. AfterContinue Reading