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To read this content, please enable JavaScript or try another browser.Video caption, Future of Tata’s Port Talbot steelworks a ‘major priority’ – ReynoldsItem informationAuthor, Huw ThomasRole, Business Correspondent, BBC Wales NewsJuly 7, 2024, 10:15 a.m. BSTUpdated 6 hours agoThe UK’s new business secretary has said “job guarantees” will form part of negotiations with steel giant Tata over its Port Talbot site.Jonathan Reynolds said there was “a better deal available” on the future of the plant, but added that new technology would employ fewer people.Mr Reynolds said he and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had already spoken to Tata and were…
Jakarta:The next government, which will be led by Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, is expected to strengthen the competitiveness of palm oil products as a strategic product for domestic and foreign markets, an academic said, as reported by the Indonesian News Agency (Antara). According to Rachmat Pambudy, a professor at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), there is a need for a policy to protect and promote palm oil. “The government can choose a protection policy because palm oil is often unstable. There are many ways to protect palm oil actively and passively,” he said in his statement released on Sunday. The protection…
Down angle icon An angle icon pointing down. Chinese Coast Guard anchored in Exclusive Economic Zone Philippine Coast Guard The largest ship in the Chinese Coast Guard dropped anchor in Manila’s exclusive economic zone earlier this week.The ship anchored there for “intimidation” purposes, the Philippine Coast Guard said.Maritime relations between China and the Philippines have become increasingly tense in recent months. The world’s largest coast guard vessel dropped anchor in Manila’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea earlier this week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.Jay Tarriela, a spokesperson for the PCG, wrote on X that the…
Have you ever wondered what the secrets of the universe are? Dark matter, dark energy, particles that move at lightning speed: these are the central topics of recent cosmic mysteries. Imagine if we shared our universe with particles that travel faster than light, called tachyons.That’s the bold new theory presented by scientists Samuel H. Kramer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ian H. Redmount of St. Louis University.Dark matter and dark energyDark matter and dark energy are considered the “elephant in the universe” by scientists. These entities make up about 95% of the universe, but much about them remains a…
Photo provided by the Sitaro Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) shows volcanic materials and smoke spewing from Mount Ruang as seen from Sitaro regency in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, April 17, 2024. (Photo by BPBD Sitaro/Handout via Xinhua)JAKARTA, April 19 (Xinhua) — Sam Ratulangi Airport in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi was temporarily closed on Thursday following the eruption of Ruang Volcano that forced hundreds of people to flee.“This closure affected 33 flights and 3,182 passengers,” said AirNav Indonesia’s operations director Riza Fahmi.Authorities are closely monitoring current conditions to ensure the safety of flights, Fahmi added.The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation…
Some swimmers who will compete in the Paris Olympics this month are banking on innovation to be their ally. Major swimwear brand Speedo has released its latest version of its Fastskin LZR Racer wetsuit. The brand claims that not only are the suits water-repellent, but they also provide a feeling of weightlessness in the water.Interesting engineering reports that Emma McKeon from Australia, Caeleb Dressel from the United States and Adam Peaty from Great Britain will be using these swimsuits.Dressel called it her own “little Speedo rocket swimsuit,” and McKeon said her new outfit is “faster than ever” with water “just…
Vice President Kamala Harris typically spends the Fourth of July weekend with her husband, Doug Emhoff, at their home in Los Angeles, grilling hot dogs for their Secret Service agents. But as concerns over President Biden’s age and mental acuity have continued to simmer in recent days, Ms. Harris has been on the road, relentlessly defending his record in interviews and before crowds of supporters.On Saturday, in an appearance at the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, neither Ms. Harris nor her interviewer, Caroline A. Wanga, the chief executive of Essence, mentioned Mr. Biden’s teetering campaign for re-election or…
This also means that Indonesia’s annual inflation rate has declined from 2.84% year-on-year (y/y) in May 2024 to 2.51% (y/y) in June 2024, implying that price pressures are relatively modest in Indonesia and have remained well within the central bank’s target range of 1.5-3.5% (y/y) for the full year 2024. According to the latest BPS data, only one factor caused the overall deflation in Indonesia in June 2024: the decline in food prices. As a direct result of the decline in the prices of onions, tomatoes, chicken meat, chicken eggs and garlic, the BPS data shows that the expenditure group…
The Russian army has had a makeover in Ukraine: soldiers on motorcycles speeding through no man’s land, relying on their speed to evade Ukrainian fire… but not always able to outrun the swarms of drones that hover above the battlefield and can pick off fighters one by one. A Ukrainian drone (highlighted, left) hits a Russian soldier on a motorcycle. 47th Mechanized Brigade/CBS News George Barros of the Institute for the Study of War says it is one of several new tactics Russia has used to seize 430 square miles of territory in the past nine months. “Right now, the…
What lies ahead in the world of technology is truly the billion dollar question: if you knew what technology would be the next big thing, you would make an absolute fortune.Some of the big advances right now are in wearable VR technology, although we haven’t really gotten to the issue of how ridiculous you look wearing it.Meanwhile, it seems like the world and its aunt are jumping on the AI bandwagon without really thinking about what we’re doing in a bigger picture.If only we could know where all this is going to end up, that would be wonderful, but for…