About 40% of the world’s land surface is classed as drylands1 — deserts and water-scarce grasslands, shrublands and savannahs. Life can be tough for the more than two billion people that live there. In Chinguetti, Mauritania, Saharan dunes push into streets and courtyards, burying homes and forcing residents to move to other towns. In Mongolia,…
Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance, one of South Korea’s largest life insurers, to pilot blockchain-based settlement of government bonds, as Seoul moves to formalize rules for tokenized securities. Ripple Custody, Ripple’s digital asset custody solution, will support the issuance, storage and settlement of tokenized government bonds, the company said in a Wednesday announcement….
A US statement said the two sides had agreed to launch direct negotiations, at a time and place to be determined. Source link
Some of the most high-profile players of the 21st century have opted to purchase stakes in clubs rather than committing to full-time coaching, a marked difference from previous generations. Perhaps Terry would aim to follow in the footsteps of another former team-mate, Cesc Fabregas, by taking on a dual role. The Spaniard bought shares in…
Some of the most high-profile players of the 21st century have opted to purchase stakes in clubs rather than committing to full-time coaching, a marked difference from previous generations. Perhaps Terry would aim to follow in the footsteps of another former team-mate, Cesc Fabregas, by taking on a dual role. The Spaniard bought shares in…
Credit: Marko Nikolic/Alamy Dubious data sets are being used to train artificial-intelligence models that are designed to predict people’s risk of stroke and diabetes, researchers report in a preprint1 on medRxiv. Some of the models seem to have been used in clinical settings although it’s not clear whether this has led to flawed diagnoses. At…
US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds bounced back to notable daily inflows as Goldman Sachs entered the Bitcoin ETF sector. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded $411.5 million inflows on Tuesday, marking the second-largest daily inflows in April so far, according to SoSoValue data. The fresh inflows pushed total net flows for 2026 into positive territory at…
Johnny Somali sparked outrage after kissing a statue representing World War Two sex slaves. Source link
Malcolm Offord said during a TV debate that Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar told him their parties should work together to “remove the SNP”. Source link
Brit boffins have a £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) budget for fusion power research and development, and the government agency leading the effort has published a roadmap of targets to hit before the decade is out. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) isn’t promising a working commercial fusion reactor by 2030, though it does want key…