MELBOURNE : Australia has rolled out a series of grants to critical minerals companies hoping to speed up development of a battery chemical industry and will soon announce details of a national industry strategy, its resources minister said on Thursday. Australia is pushing to reap more value from its mineral […]
US reporter Carl Bernstein has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is a “huge force” which poses challenges for the future of journalism. Bernstein and his colleague Bob Woodward were the reporters at the heart of the Watergate scandal and the fall of President Nixon in 1972. AI’s rapid take-up has […]
Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has been attacked from the air by Russia for the ninth time this month. One person has been killed and two more wounded in a missile strike on Odesa, a Black Sea port city in the south west, officials say. Blasts were also heard in central regions […]
NEW YORK : Bankers are beefing up risk management, monitoring and emergency procedures around the use of social media after an internet-fueled run toppled Silicon Valley Bank two months ago and sparked turmoil in the industry. In board rooms across the United States, executives are devising programs and plans to […]
LONDON : Japanese businesses have committed to invest almost 18 billion pounds ($23 billion) in Britain ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday, including funding for offshore wind power and other clean energy projects. Sunak is in Japan for a Group of Seven leaders’ summit and […]
England’s water and sewage companies have apologised for not “acting quickly enough” to tackle sewage spills. They have faced mounting public anger over continued spilling of raw sewage into rivers and seas. In 2022, raw sewage was dumped into rivers and seas for 1.75 million hours – or 825 times […]
HANOI: Vietnam on Thursday raised its average retail electricity price by 3 per cent, the government said, in a move that could put upward pressure on inflation. Annual inflation in the Southeast Asian country has been easing since the beginning of the year, with April consumer prices rising 2.81 per […]
The 29-year-old Star Awards Best Actor winner said that seeing his fans happy at his very first fan meet made him happy, too When 8days.sg spoke to Richie Koh, 29, backstage at the Star Awards last month, he promised to organise a gathering to thank his fans if he wins […]
WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday approved the world’s first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), the culmination of a decades-long hunt to protect vulnerable people from the common illness. Drugmaker GSK’s Arexvy was green-lighted for adults aged 60 and older, with similar shots from other makers including Pfizer and […]
MADRID: Carlos Alcaraz has enjoyed a spectacular start to his career by winning a Grand Slam crown and three Masters 1000 titles as a teenager and the world number two said he dreams of becoming one of the game’s all-time greats. The Spaniard, who turns 20 on Friday, won the […]