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Traces of poliovirus detected in Gaza, raising fears of outbreak

Traces of poliovirus detected in Gaza, raising fears of outbreak

Humanitarian groups are considering a mass vaccination campaign for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after that traces of the poliovirus type 2 variant were found in water sources in the war-ravaged territory. The disease was detected in six locations in Gaza, the World Health Organization said Friday, adding that no cases of paralysis had been ...

Spanish Prime Minister's wife opts not to testify in corruption case

Spanish Prime Minister’s wife opts not to testify in corruption case

Begoña Gómez, the wife of the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, appeared before the judge on Friday, but she refused to answer questions about allegations of corruption and influence peddling in a case that prompted her husband to consider resigning in April. Friday’s appearance in Madrid is part of a preliminary investigation ...

What is CrowdStrike? Why and what caused a global computer blackout?

What is CrowdStrike? Why and what caused a global computer blackout?

On Friday, July 19, a massive computer outage by CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. grounded flights, disrupted markets and disrupted businesses around the world.. CrowdStrike shares fell as much as 15%. The impact of the outage, which was compounded by an apparently unrelated issue with Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud services, is expected to be felt continue for ...

Fed's Beige Book shows moderate economic growth and lower inflation

Fed’s Beige Book shows moderate economic growth and lower inflation

The U.S. economy grew at a moderate pace in the third quarter, with a number of regions reporting flat or declining activity, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts. Employment also rose slightly, according to Wednesday’s report. Job turnover has decreased and contacts in several districts plan to be ...

Google brings AI to US broadcast of Paris Olympics

Google brings AI to US broadcast of Paris Olympics

Alphabet’s Google to introduce artificial intelligence to US broadcasts of Paris Olympics, which will allow sports commentators to use AI to explain competitionsthe technology company announced Thursday together with NBCUniversal and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Google will be named the official AI search engine partner of Team USA, marking the first partnership ...

Milei's economic reforms cause the greatest inequality in Argentina since 2005

Milei’s economic reforms cause the greatest inequality in Argentina since 2005

President Javier Milei’s drastic economic reforms have sent income inequality soaring in Argentina, testing how much his voters can tolerate his “shock therapy.” According to the latest available data, wages for the country’s large informal workforce rose 136% year-on-year in April, almost half the 248% growth rate recorded among wage workers in the formal private ...

Satellite images show oil slick in Red Sea after Houthi attacks

Satellite images show oil slick in Red Sea after Houthi attacks

An oil slick stretching more than 200 kilometers has appeared in the Red Sea, satellite images show, a new environmental disaster in a waterway where commercial ships are under siege by attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants. The patch stretches from about 96 kilometers northwest of the Yemeni city of Hodeidah and continues north, the images ...

Orban tells EU that re-elected Trump would act as mediator between Russia and Ukraine

Orban tells EU that re-elected Trump would act as mediator between Russia and Ukraine

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is ready to “immediately” act as a peace mediator in the war between Russia and Ukraine if elected in November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a letter to EU leaders. The letter, addressed to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and shared with all EU ...

Argentine scientists discover the oldest human record in South America

Argentine scientists discover the oldest human record in South America

The remains of the glyptodont, belonging to the genus Neosclerocalyptus, an ancient relative of the current mules and hairy ones that became extinct 10,000 years agoshowed cut marks that followed patterns similar to those seen on the bones of animals consumed by ancient hunter-gatherers. “The marks we found were initially linear marks without any other ...