Cargill cuts 5% of its workforce, affecting thousands of employees worldwide
Agribusiness giant Cargill to lay off thousands of employees Source link
Syrian rebels capture four more towns in advance on Hama
Insurgents led by the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham along with Turkey-backed opposition fighters were about 10 kilometers from Hama, Syria’s fourth largest city, after seizing Aleppo over the past few days. Source link
The price of the HBAR cryptocurrency soars, what is happening?
The price of the hedera cryptocurrency (HBAR) rose more than 140% in the last 7 days and is the second digital asset in the market with the best weekly performance (after IOTA), within the top 100 by market capitalization. The growth that HBAR has shown during the last week allowed it to position itself in … Read more
Can Germany still pay for arts funding? – DW – 12/03/2024
Germany likes to promote itself as a nation of culture. But that image is at odds with plans by the cash-strapped state of Berlin to cut arts funding by 12%. The cuts would affect both world-renowned institutions and independent organizations in the areas of theater, orchestra, cinemas, dance and literature. The German Culture Council, the … Read more
Chernobyl’s mutant wolves: A case study of adaptation and cancer resistance
In the Science segment, we tell you more about the so-called “mutant wolves of Chernobyl”. 38 years after the nuclear disaster, animals roaming the exclusion zone are still exposed to high levels of radiation but researchers have also found that part of their genetic information appears to be resilient to increased risk of cancer. Source … Read more
Chile does nothing against the current regarding maintaining reserves in bitcoin
From Chile they maintain that the reserves must meet high security criteria. In this way, they differ from countries like Brazil and the United States. In contrast to the debates currently occupying congressmen in Brazil and the United States, in Chile the idea of establishing a strategic bitcoin reserve has been categorically rejected. The Central … Read more
Germany’s stock index DAX hits 20,000 despite economic woes – DW – 12/03/2024
Germany’s benchmark blue-chip stock index topped 20,000 points for the first time during trading on Tuesday morning, hitting the historic mark shortly after opening. The DAX, which is made up of 40 large publicly traded German corporations, has been hovering around the 19,000 mark recently but has surged towards 20,000 over the past week despite … Read more
Kirill Serebrennikov’s poetic take on Russian punk outsider Eduard Limonov
Eduard Limonov was a poet, a punk, a Russian “émigré” and provocateur whose anti-system politics eventually saw him embrace fascist tendencies. Filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov tells Olivia Salazar-Winspear why he chose to make a “ballad” of Limonov’s life and not a biopic, revealing that British actor Ben Wishaw even had the Russian crew members fooled with … Read more
Big accident happened again due to Google Maps, car fell into canal in wrong direction, three people injured – google maps error accident car fell into canal in wrong direction, three people injured
Three people in Uttar Pradesh had a narrow escape when Google Maps showed them the wrong route. The accident occurred on the Kalapura canal, which falls under the jurisdiction of Izzat Nagar police station in Bareilly. Divyanshu, a resident of Kanpur district, was going with his two friends to attend a wedding in Pilibhit district. … Read more
The ruins of Paris through the lenses of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Two photographers whose images look like something you might see in a Hollywood high budget film have spoken to FRANCE 24 about their work. They take pictures of Paris, and then use artificial intelligence to adapt them to take viewers to a post-apocalyptic world where humans are perhaps no more. Their photography has been made … Read more