International and regional news from around the globe.
It was in 2024 that discoveries became revolutionary as the data came from the James Webb Space Telescope, and astronomers announced they had now learned much about the atmosphere surrounding one specific exoplanet in the constellation Pisces. Located some 98 lightyears from Earth, the exoplanet GJ 9827 d has therefore sparked interest among scientists due…
Atlanta, GA–Oct 8, 2024-Six-week abortion restriction voted by Georgia lawmakers; nicknamed “heartbeat law,” has been reinstated by the Georgia Supreme Court although dangling from tenuous legal challenges pending against the legislation. The law, which bars most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, had been blocked by lower courts following lawsuits from reproductive rights groups….
Washington, D.C., 8th October 2024, —US officials say the Biden administration is doing very little with real efforts to revive the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah amid growing tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border. In the wake of renewed hostilities, which included at least two incidents of sporadic cross-border exchanges, many in the international community…
October 8, 2024: Week 5 of the NFL brought with it a fascinating set of games on Sunday, with a last-second win by the Houston Texans, an overwhelming overtime triumph by the Baltimore Ravens, and another sterling performance from star Jayden Daniels. Texans Steal Victory in Final Seconds Texas was in desperate need of a…
New York, October 8, 2024. The New York Liberty ensured the WNBA Finals went into Game 4 after defeating the Las Vegas Aces Sunday with an 82-75 victory. The team left the defending champions dreaming no longer of a sweep and a chance at three wins in a row. New York came into the series…
It was a rare move when Samsung Electronics made its apology public to investors after the disappointing third quarter profits in 2024, that fell below market expectations. The world’s leading production company of memory chips, smartphones, and televisions said that the operating profit for the quarter stood at 9.1 trillion won, or 6.8 billion US…
In a ground-breaking legal judgment, a U.S. judge ordered Google to open its Android Play Store to competition. This marked a significant change to the app distribution ecosystem of a now substantially transformed distribution system. This ruling, passed in October 2024, comes after an extended period of antitrust litigation, especially led by Epic Games-developed Fortnite….
Japan’s economy has faced plenty of challenges in 2024. Still, the last reports reveal that real wages and household spending are falling. Though it seems to be a sign of economic weakness, it is still going to prove to be but a small, short-term hitch on the way to further tightening by the BOJ. Household…
A rally went up on a whim for most of last year, which began as China’s stock market in 2024 but lost steam over the lack of further big stimulus beyond the initial back-to-back moves by the government. There, optimism surrounding the policy shifts by Beijing has given way to growing frustration among traders over…
A new analysis is out, showing that the fiscal policies put forth under former President Donald Trump would add substantially more to the national debt than those proposed by Vice President Kamala Harris. Comparing the two leaders’ philosophies on tax cuts, spending priorities, and their long-term impacts on U.S. debt, the think tank says the…
