White House cuts a check to Rust Belt nuclear plants as electricity costs rise
The White House expanded its strategy of offering loans to the nuclear industry with $4.2 billion for power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania.Continue Reading
FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. did not say protecting VP Duterte from her case is ‘corruption’
Claim: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he could not be blamed for Sara Duterte’s legal troubles, that he could not protect her from her case, and that if a president did so, “corruption” would be the result. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A viral Facebook graphic posted by SeniorContinue Reading
Protestors clash with police in Barcelona as thousands attend Spain housing protests
Protestors clashed with police as thousands took to the streets of the Spanish city of Barcelona Monday to protest against the housing shortage in the country. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/homeContinue Reading
Tear gas and water cannon in Pristina as protesters clash with police
Police fired tear gas as protesters clashed outside Kosovo’s parliament over moves to limit powers of a Hague war crimes court.Continue Reading
Housing protest turns violent in Barcelona with fires and arrests
Barcelona’s housing protest turned violent with fires and arrests, highlighting Spain’s affordability crisis ahead of a general strike and snap election in November.Continue Reading
Harmanpreet Kaur steps down as captain of India’s women’s cricket team
Kaur, 37, is the only man or woman to captain her side in international cricket in more than 150 T20I games., India’s long-standing women’s cricket captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, has stepped down from the role across all formats, bringing down the curtain on a successful stint as she led the SouthContinue Reading
Are pets replacing human babies?
Why are birth rates declining while pet ownership is on the rise?, Are pets replacing human babies? Money Works People are adopting pets over having babies, making the pet care industry grow. But why are people having fewer babies? Al Jazeera’s Yasmeen ElTahan explains. By Yasmeen Eltahan Published On 6Continue Reading
Firefox GNOME theme updated to work with Nova
The unofficial GNOME theme for Firefox has been updated to work with the Firefox 157 release and its newer, rounder Nova theme. It is not a traditional Firefox theme (like the ones you can install from the Mozilla Add-ons site) but, to quote its GitHub page, a “bunch of CSSContinue Reading
Department of Homeland Security buys two more detention centers in California for $950 million
The GEO Group, a Florida-based private prison corporation, announced Monday that it had sold the detention facilities, including the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, totaling 2,644 Beds., Read MoreContinue Reading
New York City Proves that Affordable Housing Is Possible
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s initiatives build on a long history of housing advocacy., Read MoreContinue Reading
Wolfspeed adds Premium 200 mm n-type silicon carbide substrate to its materials line
Wolfspeed has made its Premium 200 mm n-type silicon carbide (SiC) substrate commercially available. The company says the higher-grade starting material is designed to improve device yield through reduced defects and greater wafer-shape stability. It joins the 200 mm SiC materials portfolio that Wolfspeed brought to commercial availability in SeptemberContinue Reading
Charge_iN by Mahindra expands its network to 50 charging stations in India
Charge_iN, a public EV charging network operated by Indian automaker Mahindra, has expanded its reach to 50 locations in India. The newest station is located at an HP Auto Care Centre on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, one of the country’s busiest inter-city corridors. This is the first Charge_iN station to becomeContinue Reading