Why chocolate is pricier this Halloween
As you shop for Halloween candy this year, sticker shock might be what scares you the most. Changing weather patterns in West Africa, where the majority of the world’s cocoa is produced, has significantly reduced the cocoa supply causing chocolate prices to skyrocket. Companies have been responding to the shortageContinue Reading
Truce allows father to grieve lost sons at Gaza City church | REUTERS
Grieving father Ramez al-Souri joined other Christian Palestinians at Gaza City’s Church of Saint Porphyrius, to remember his three children and several other relatives killed during the war. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #israel #palestinian #palestinian #hamas #gaza #church 👉 Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Keep up with the latest news from around the world:Continue Reading
Tehran’s Espionage Network in the U.S. Is Bigger and Bolder Than You Think
DEEP DIVE — Front companies, campus networks, diaspora recruits — Tehran’s espionage push on U.S. soil is bigger, bolder, and harder to track than many realize. On July 31, a coalition of Western governments led by the United States publicly warned of a wave of Iranian intelligence activity they saidContinue Reading
‘Show Us the Video’: Lawmakers Seek Transparency in Anti-Drug Boat Strikes
OPINION / FINE PRINT — “We have asked the Mexican government to also step up their involvement in stopping these cartels and stopping the huge amount of drugs that are coming across. If the Mexican navy saw a group of American fishermen that they thought were suspicious of potentially movingContinue Reading
Reddit’s ‘AI Scraping’ Lawsuit Is An Attack On The Open Internet
When Reddit sued “data scraper” companies and AI firm Perplexity earlier this week, I assumed it was another predictable skirmish over AI training data—the kind of case we’ve been tracking as companies try to wall off the open internet and set up toll booths. But reading the actual complaint madeContinue Reading
Environmentalists Sue Regulator Over Extension of Construction Permit for LNG Export Terminal in New Jersey
The Delaware River Basin Commission says the terminal’s developer has not materially changed its plans and has “diligently” pursued its goals. By Jon Hurdle An environmental group is suing a regional regulator over its recent extension of a construction permit for a terminal to export liquefied natural gas from aContinue Reading
Inventando hábitats
La reconciliación significa encontrarse con un paisaje en sus propios términos The post Inventando hábitats appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Why Southern California’s farming regions are becoming deadly hotspots for farmworkers
In some of the most agriculturally rich regions in the U.S., researchers from San Diego State University are working to understand how climate change is affecting heat in rural areas and the farmworkers who toil in them.Continue Reading
Economic Experts React to CPI
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that headline CPI increased by 3.0% over the past year. Members of the Economic Speakers Bureau shared their reactions and are available for interviews on inflation and how the Fed might respond at its meeting next week:Alex Jacquez, Chief of Policy & AdvocacyContinue Reading
AWS outage: Are we too dependent on Big Tech?
With so much of the global internet ecosystem dependent on a few US tech companies, is it time for digital sovereignty?, Video Duration 19 minutes 40 seconds 19:40 The Take The Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage may have started at a data centre in Virginia, but its effects were feltContinue Reading
Brentford vs Liverpool: Premier League – teams, start, lineups
Premier League champions Liverpool travel to Brentford in our featured live text commentary stream on Saturday., Who: Brentford vs Liverpool What: English Premier League Where: Brentford Community Stadium in London, United Kingdom When: Saturday at 8pm (19:00 GMT) How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera SportContinue Reading
Xubuntu 25.10: Best New Features
We outline the list of new features of Xubuntu 25.10 release and additional updates for this version. Xubuntu 25.10: Core New Features Kernel and core updates Xubutnu 25.10 is based on the Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka release. It is powered by Linux Kernel 6.17. This Kernel offers latest hardware andContinue Reading
Altech to start selling sodium nickel chloride (SNC) batteries
Australian solid-state battery developer Altech Batteries has entered the market for sodium nickel chloride (SNC) batteries—previously referred to as sodium alumina solid state (SAS)—in Australia, Europe and the US through a strategic collaboration and distribution agreement with AMPower. AMPower is a subsidiary of Chilwee Group, a Chinese battery manufacturer, whichContinue Reading