Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Sewilam, called for a global partnership on non-conventional water resources and increased financing for water projects in developing countries during a preparatory meeting for the 11th World Water Forum, scheduled to be held in Riyadh in March 2027. According to a ministry statement, Sewilam participated in the…
All 72 group stage matches are complete, and we are officially on to the Round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Netherlands will face Morocco in a Round of 32 showdown on June 29, 2026, at Monterrey Stadium on FOX. Netherlands won Group F undefeated, drawing Japan 2-2 in the opener before beating…
With England involved in the T20 World Cup and England A in the middle of a low-key series with India A, many of the county sides have been struggling to field full-strength teams. The positive spin is that it gives some the Academy members the chance to make their first team debut. The negative is…
Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Sewilam, called for a global partnership on non-conventional water resources and increased financing for water projects in developing countries during a preparatory meeting for the 11th World Water Forum, scheduled to be held in Riyadh in March 2027. According to a ministry statement, Sewilam participated in the…
All 72 group stage matches are complete, and we are officially on to the Round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Netherlands will face Morocco in a Round of 32 showdown on June 29, 2026, at Monterrey Stadium on FOX. Netherlands won Group F undefeated, drawing Japan 2-2 in the opener before beating…
With England involved in the T20 World Cup and England A in the middle of a low-key series with India A, many of the county sides have been struggling to field full-strength teams. The positive spin is that it gives some the Academy members the chance to make their first team debut. The negative is…
There are few mascots in world football as instantly recognisable as Mefi – the eagle of OGC Nice, who mirrors the club’s crest and performs a dramatic flight around the Allianz Riviera before kick-off. The spectacle was once again on show ahead of Nice’s Europa League clash with AS Roma on Thursday, but what was…
Writer E. Jean Carroll arrives at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where former U.S. President Donald Trump will arrive to ask a federal appeals court to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her, who accused Trump of raping her nearly three decades ago, in Manhattan,…
Four hours after powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela’s northern coast and the capital of Caracas, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced on X that he had offered aid to the Venezuelan government to help deal with the aftermath of the tragedy. Ninety minutes later, Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez retweeted the message from the…
Among all the awards and mementos Moderna co-founder Kenneth Chien has accumulated over a 50-year career in science, one stands out for its sheer luxe: an Hermes belt. It was a 2013 gift from Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, one of biotech’s more dapper CEOs, after Chien helped secure a large partnership between the then-tiny mRNA…
Warnings from the Bank of International Settlements, even though written in dry economese, are worth heeding. It was the BIS, specifically Willam White and Claudio Borio, who identified dangerously elevated housing prices in many markets. Alan Greenspan pooh poohed their concerns. Better credentialed economist similarly dismissed White and Borio because all they had was empirical…
TikTok and YouTube have deactivated a total of around 4.7 million accounts belonging to Indonesian children since the country’s youth social media restrictions took effect in late March, the country’s communications and digital affairs minister said. Speaking late last week, Meutya Hafid told the press that TikTok had deactivated 4.1 million accounts since the imposition…
