BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping has vowed to foster a globally competitive open environment for scientific and technological innovations, and expand international exchanges and cooperation, state media reported on Tuesday. The comments come at a time when the world’s second-biggest economy is trying to nurture new growth drivers, in its bid to restore […]
Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents continues to be highlighted as a global health issue, as new research published by JAMA Pediatrics finds that, worldwide, 1 in 5 people under the age of 18 have experienced excess weight. The review of global studies revealed that the prevalence of obesity saw a 150% increase from […]
May 20—The University of Hawaii at Manoa placed in the top 2.5% of a new global ranking of more than 20,000 universities. UH announced Sunday that it was ranked 511 on the Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings, which measured key areas such as education, employability, faculty and research. UH also […]
Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It’s so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off. More than three-fifths — 62.9% — of the world’s coral reefs are badly hurting […]
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a “surplus of available updated vaccines” since the pandemic. The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria’s marketing authorizations within Europe. “As multiple, variant COVID-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus […]
Tesla will lay off more than 10 per cent of its global workforce as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles. The world’s largest automaker by market value had 140,473 employees globally as of December 2023, its latest annual report shows. News of the job cuts was shared in […]
By Victoria Waldersee (Reuters) -Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles. The world’s largest automaker by market value had 140,473 employees globally as of December 2023, its latest […]
(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is cutting prices for cloud customers from the US to Singapore by as much as 59%, mirroring deep discounts at home as the once high-flying division struggles to fend off rivals and revive growth. Most Read from Bloomberg The move coincides with a surge in demand for cloud computing […]
Microsoft is to split its meeting and chat app Teams from its Office software globally after making a similar move in Europe last year. The tech giant said it was expanding the approach worldwide to help “ensure clarity for customers”. The decision to split Teams from Microsoft’s Office suite of apps in Europe last year […]
In Charlotte, innovative chefs are being recognized for bringing international influences to the local culinary scene, like chef Sam Hart at Counter and chef Andres Kaifer at Customshop. But nestled between a karaoke bar and a nail salon in Montford is a quiet, unassuming spot, La Dolcekca Bakery Cafe, that’s doing just the same. At […]
More than 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued by the United Nations children’s agency. In the last eight years, some 30 million people have undergone the procedure, in which external genitalia are partially or fully removed, Unicef estimated in the […]
Russia’s economy remains resilient against Western sanctions. Economist Elina Ribakova wrote about the limitations of trying to isolate a globally integrated economy like Russia. The West’s experience sanctioning Russia could help in crafting potential future trade restrictions against China. Russia’s economic resilience against sanctions has frustrated the West as the war in Ukraine drags into […]