At least 205 people were injured at Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque after Israeli police in riot gear clashed with Palestinians following evening prayers, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The effort to evict six Arab families from a contested neighborhood has drawn attention to the Israeli effort to remove Palestinians from parts of East Jerusalem and led to protests.
Narendra Modi's carefully crafted image has taken a hit as India reels from a punishing Covid wave.
Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police late Friday at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a major holy site sacred to Muslims and Jews, in an escalation of weeks of violence in Jerusalem that has reverberated across the region.
Up to 178 Palestinians and six officers injured in skirmishes at al-Aqsa mosque and around east Jerusalem
Nation continues to break records for new COVID-19 cases and deaths
The Tories continue to gain in the former Labour heartland.
The picture across Scotland with 48 seats declared after the end of the first day of counting.
Glasgow’s Emirates Arena was built for victories.
Mexico City’s government says that the public hospital network dedicated to fighting COVID-19 is experiencing its lowest rate occupancy of the pandemic and the city is slightly easing some restrictions
Growth in new cases slowed in some of the hardest-hit parts of India, including the capital, New Delhi, and Mumbai, but other states are still seeing significant spread.
High-rise apartment towers are hotbeds of infections, whereas some slums are proving resilient after enduring the first wave of the virus last year.
The Prime Minister met up with Jill Mortimer on Hartlepool Marina
The fastest and most effective way of driving politically moderate Scots away from the United Kingdom is to tell them that they are never allowed to leave.
Travelers from the UK have been given the go ahead to visit Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel from May 17 when months of restrictions making it illegal to travel abroad for a vacation will come to an end.
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Travel destinations have been categorised with different quarantine and testing requirements, depending on how high-risk they are.
The World Health Organization on Friday announced it granted emergency use listing to Beijing's COVID-19 vaccine, Sinopharm, marking the sixth vaccine in the world health agency's arsenal.
The new addition to the list could hasten efforts to control the spread of Covid, which has recently spread to record-high infection levels in some countries.
The transport secretary announces a "green list" of countries deemed safest for travel from England.
Keir Starmer could unite his party’s divided base by focusing on creating well-paid, unionised jobs, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
The World Health Organization has approved a Chinese vaccine for emergency use. The announcement comes at a time when officials in the country are warning of a domestic shortage.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party picked up a major victory late Thursday, winning a seat in the northeast town of Hartlepool -- a seat held by the opposition Labour Party since it was formed and a brick in Labour’s now-crumbling "red wall."
The party must reset itself with a new name and a progressive alliance, says Neal Lawson, director of pressure group Compass
A bloody, hourslong gunbattle in a Rio de Janeiro slum echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission killed two dozen criminals while residents and activists claimed human rights abuses.
The CEOs of vaccine-makers Pfizer and Moderna joined cardinals, academics and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith in opening a unique Vatican conference on COVID-19, other global health threats and how science, solidarity and spirituality can address them.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the President and the director of the...
The global public health body said it would announce its decision on Friday.
The operation aimed at alleged drug traffickers resulted in a terrifying shootout in one of the city's poorest slums. One police officer also died in the raid.
The first results in crucial elections for the Scottish parliament which could determine the future of the United Kingdom began to be announced on Friday with mixed outcomes for Scotland's main pro-independence party.
Star fund manager Cathie Wood on Friday discussed a few of her top disruptive stock ideas, including Netflix, Tesla and Deere.
U.S. employers hired far fewer workers than expected in April, likely frustrated by labor shortages, leaving them scrambling to met booming demand ...
Cathie Wood, the founder, CIO and CEO of Ark Invest, appeared on CNBC's "Clo...
Some people questioned why a billionaire businessman is going to be featured on the NBC show which usually reserves its coveted hosting spots for people in entertainment.
Adidas is expecting a 'slow but steady' recovery in China amid the Xinjiang boycott. It predicted 'strong growth' in the country for 2021.
The Bureau of Labor Statistic's newest report showed that an April jobs report did not materialize, confounding a rosy picture of the U.S. labor market.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U. S. Chamber of Commerce is calling for Washington to immediately stop paying out-of-work Americans an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits, saying the boost in government aid is giving some recipients less incentive to look for work.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the U.
Elon Musk, richer than God and therefore a trusted source of investment advice for mortals, has pivoted now to offer some sober advice about the dangers of meme currencies. He provides previously unshared information: Doge’s only tangible value is hype, and HODLers may reach price…
(AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling for Washington to immediately stop paying out-of-work Americans an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits, saying the boost in government ai…
The World Health Organization on Friday announced it granted emergency use listing to Beijing's COVID-19 vaccine, Sinopharm, marking the sixth vaccine in the world health agency's arsenal.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling for Washington to immediately stop paying out-of-work Americans an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits, saying the boost in government aid is giving some recipients less incentive to look for work
Long and lucrative unemployment benefits are keeping employees out of the workforce.
It may take more than a much-weaker-than-expected April jobs report to kill the stock market rally, though the popular reflation trade is seeing a modest...
About 29% of unemployed Americans have been out of work at least a year, a period of joblessness stretching to the early days of the Covid pandemic.
Sporting goods group Adidas has started the year extremely well, with a reported increase in sales of 20%. Especially the footwear division did very well.
Sinopharm is the first Chinese shot to be classified as safe and effective by the World Health Organization, allowing the vaccine to be more widely distributed to poor and middle-income nations.
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The Nasdaq immediately spiked 1.5% after the Labor Department announced that April job creation fell way short of expectations.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling on Congress to cancel the extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits, citing worker shortages.
A year after the biggest monthly job loss in U.S. history, millions of jobs have returned but the economy is still well short of pre-pandemic levels.
Debate has been raging about whether there are too few workers willing to accept the jobs on offer.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce blamed a $300-per-week federal jobless benefit for April's far-weaker-than-expected jobs report.
Messonnier's stark warnings contrasted sharply with then-President Donald Trump's messaging at the same time.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO spends his life promoting things that make the world a more irritating place. He doesn't need 90 minutes on NBC.
Canada’s labour market recovery hit a major snag in April, as the economy shed 207,100 jobs.
U.S. firms hired far fewer workers than expected in April, as employers struggled to find people to fill job openings.
US News: WASHINGTON: America's employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find.
Nancy Messonnier has been director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases since 2016.
Dr. Nancy Messonnier’s departure may signal more changes at the C.D.C. division she led.
Just 46% of respondents said they were at least somewhat confident in the J&J shot, compared with 69% who said the same for Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines.
The global public health body said it would announce its decision on Friday.
With viral cases declining and states and restrictions easing, businesses have added jobs for four straight months, the Labor Department said. Still, the unemployment rate ticket up 0.1%.
Peloton shares climbed about 6% Friday as investors realized the financial hit from the company's treadmill recall isn't as bad as some had feared.
The April jobs report was stunningly soft. Dow futures fell, Nasdaq futures soared as Treasury yields slid.
DraftKings and Spectrum Brands rose on earnings, Nike led the Dow Jones today, as stock futures divided after April payrolls data.
Employers added only 266,000 jobs in April, much fewer than the previous month and far short of expectations.
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 1 million in April, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.
Elon Musk has issued the crypto community perhaps a rare word of caution about dogecoin.
There are only about 200 California condors in the wild in California, but for some reason, 15 to 20 of the massive birds decided to congregate in one location — on a woman's deck.
An Italian astrophysicist has captured the almost 100-foot Chinese rocket core that is expected to make an uncontrolled reentry into Earth's atmosphere over the weekend.
The chances of it hitting a populated area are small, but not zero. That has raised questions about how the country’s space program designs its missions.
A section of a large Chinese rocket is falling back to Earth and is expected to hit sometime Saturday. Where will it land?
The risk "should be kept as close to zero as possible," ESA astronaut and Interagency Coordinator Thomas Reiter told Insider.
The Western Hemisphere's first tropical system of 2021 could form by next week.
The U.S. cannot meet its nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement without without major sacrifices for Americans.
About 15 to 20 of the giant endangered birds have recently taken a liking to the house in the city of Tehachapi and made quite a mess.
China is a greenhouse gas powerhouse.
She said she was both “amazed and angry” to encounter the animals.
Methane is an extremely powerful greenhouse gas and is responsible for about 30 percent of the Earth’s warming.
"We simply don't know where it's going to land," Dr. Michael Kaku said.
Britain will need to find a way to cooperate with its closest neighbours without resorting to gunboat diplomacy., says Marley Morris of the Institute for Public Policy Research
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The U.S. government is keeping a close eye on a large Chinese rocket plummeting to Earth.
Estimates will "vary wildly" until the rocket is closer, says 18th Space Control Squadron, a branch of the US military that tracks space debris.
Cinda Mickols arrived at her house in Tehachapi, California to find that an unusually large flock of the endangered condors had pooped all over her deck.
BEIJING (AP) — China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property…
More than 15 rare birds, whose population is at about 160 in the state, showed up at Cinda Mickol’s home – and they’ve made a mess
Children and young adults around the world are demanding action from governments on global heating and the ecological crisis
French fishing crews dropped their threat to blockade a port on the island of Jersey, but a standoff over post-Brexit fishing rights augured a future of similar disputes.
Tracking radars are following closely the gradual fall to Earth of a large Chinese rocket vehicle.
France moves to calm diplomatic waters but Brussels says Britain has breached terms of Brexit trade deal
BEIJING — The largest section of the rocket that launched the main module of China’s first permanent space station into orbit is expected to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday at an unknown location. Usually, discarded core, or first-stage, rockets reenter soon after…
U.S. Space Command says the exact entry point into the Earth's atmosphere cannot be pinpointed until hours before its reentry, which is expected sometime around May 8.
Study warns universal reliance on hydrogen-based fuels could distract from main game of renewable electrification and lock in fossil fuel dependency.
A new loricifera species, Nanaloricus mathildeae. Video: Ricardo C. NevesThe space between sand and sediment at the bottom of the sea is home to tiny animals called loriciferans. This week researchers describe three new species of the animals found off the coast of France.The big…
Even if we aggressively move away from fossil fuels, sea level will keep rising for centuries because greenhouse gases are baked into the atmosphere.
China is responsible for more than 27% of total global emissions, a new study says. The U.S. accounts for 11% of the global total.
Over the weekend, Cinda Mickols found 15 to 20 of the rare raptors inexplicably...
Cutting the greenhouse gas methane quickly and dramatically is the world’s best hope to slow and limit the worst of global warming, a U.N. report says.
China's greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 exceeded for the first time those of the US and other developed nations combined, according to a report published Thursday by an energy consulting group.
China’s 2019 emissions rate matches those of all OECD member countries.
A California woman's home has reportedly been invaded by a flock of endangered California condors.
Unless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions here and now, a dose of scepticism is in order, says Guardian environment editor Damian Carrington
Giant California condors are rare — but not at Cinda Mickols’ home.
Two Royal Navy vessels have been sent to Jersey amid concerns of a possible blockade of the island by French boats -- but why have they been deployed?
Hydrogen power should reserved for powering aircraft and large factories, say experts, dashing hopes gas industry could pivot to piping hydrogen into homes
Scientists say the risk of debris from the 22-metric-ton rocket stage hitting people or causing property damage is extremely low.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research concludes electrification should lead with H2 reserved for decarbonising air travel and heavy-emitting industries
Sensor data from smartphones and wearables can meaningfully predict an individual’s ‘biological age’ and resilience to stress, according to Gero AI. The ‘longevity’ startup — which condenses its mission to the pithy goal of “hacking complex diseases and aging with Gero AI” — has developed…
Qualcomm AI research head Jilei Hou spoke with VentureBeat about the company's investment focus and broader mission.
Aritifical intelligence in healthcare is becoming increasingly more common. Here are 7 ways this growth might impact the industry as a whole.
Besides a passion for progress in the mobility space, what do Toyota AI Ventures’ Jim Adler, May Mobility’s Nina Grooms Lee and May’s Edwin Olson have in common? All three of them are joining us on an upcoming episode of Extra Crunch Live. The show…
A technology company is bringing around 500 jobs to the Kansas City area.
If you ask your maps app to find "restaurants that aren't McDonald's," you won't like the result.
The Postal Service is rolling out AI tools across 195 of its processing centers for greater visibility into the data it captures from incoming packages.
A start-up claims its AI can make playlists with real-world medical benefits.
HP's latest all-in-one offers AI-driven noise reduction, proximity sensing and more
AI use raises pressures to understand the provenance of data. That means greater AI governance will be needed.
Enbridge (ENB) closed the most recent trading day at $39.79, moving -0.38% from the previous trading session.
Starbucks (SBUX) closed at $114.74 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.11% move from the prior day.
C3.ai, Inc. (AI) closed the most recent trading day at $56.34, moving -4.09% from the previous trading session.
In the latest trading session, JD.com, Inc. (JD) closed at $76.39, marking a +1.13% move from the previous day.
Alphabet (GOOGL) closed the most recent trading day at $2,337.35, moving +0.98% from the previous trading session.
Results are already surfacing from the new Edge Computing Infrastructure Program.
With European regulations underway that will mandate AI safety, businesses around the world will face AI audits.
Though it may look like Apple's redesigned iMac, HP's EliteOne 800 all-in-one is an enterprise desktop with A.I. smarts made for video calls.
With many indigenous languages worldwide becoming endangered due to a dwindling number of native speakers, Google has introduced the app Woolaroo which focuses on learning these languages. The idea for ...
Postal inspectors said consumers should be aware that the USPS does not send send text messages or emails about unclaimed packages or delivery attempts.
Shortening the diagnostic journey and reducing the associated costs was, until recently, a moonshot challenge, but is now within reach. Technology and AI advances are combining to make genetic testing accessible.
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) power components supplier Delta Electronics is backing Kneron, an artificial intelligence startup that develops...
A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China have developed a system by which invisible ink and a basic cipher can be combined with relatively simple AI to create an ‘uncrackable’ offline encryption method. Up fron
The latest generation of neural networks are vulnerable to a new kind of attack that makes them use too much energy.
HP has a new EliteOne 800 G8 All-in-One releasing in May. And if you want a standard commercial desktop PC, HP's bringing those along, too.
Argo AI this week teased a few details of its lidars based on Geiger-mode sensing technology. The company will outfit its entire testing fleet – roughly 200 vehicles – with the new lidars before the end of this year.
AI is stuck in an ebb-and-flow cycle largely because we don’t yet truly understand the nature and complexity of human intelligence.
Dyno Therapeutics, which uses artificial intelligence techniques to develop gene therapies, has raised $100 million from investors.
The HP EliteOne 800 All-in-One is official, and with dual 5MP cameras and AI noise reduction, it's made for any work environment.
The EliteOne 800 G8 was made with video conferencing in mind. It comes with face-tracking, noise filters, and lighting-adjustment features to optimize video calls.
The EliteOne 800 G8 was made with video conferencing in mind. It comes with face-tracking, noise filters, and lighting-adjustment features to optimize video calls.
Lightmatter, the leader in photonic computing, announces an $80 million Series B investment round.
AI is fundamental to many products and services today, but its hunger for data and computing cycles is bottomless. Lightmatter plans to leapfrog Moore’s law with its ultra-fast photonic chips specialized for AI work, and with a new $80 million round, the company is poised…
Nvidia says it's helping the U.S. Postal Service expedite and improve the reliability of mail delivery using AI.
Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving automaton, came out victorious at last week's national tournament—but human solvers shouldn't throw in the towel just yet.
‘Data gives companies power. But, you need to extract it first.’
With £8M funding, London insurtech Sprout.ai intends to speed up insurance claims process for its users,
London-based fintech, Revolut launches bitcoin withdrawal and looking forward to add more tokens in near future.
Dyno Therapeutics emerged last year with a modest seed round and Big Pharma partnerships to fuel its work designing new and improved viral vectors to deliver gene therapy. Now, the company is kicking it up a notch with a $100 million financing to expand its…
Precision AI says deploying swarms of artificially intelligent drones can help reduce the use of herbicides in agriculture dramatically.
/PRNewswire/ -- Shift Technology, a SaaS provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven decision automation and optimization solutions for the global...
Paris-based AI SaaS provider to the insurance industry Shift Technology has raised $220 million in a Series D round led by Advent International. Avenir, Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Iris Capital also participated. With this round, Shift’s total investment to date rises to…
While incumbent insurance providers continue to get disrupted by startups like Lemonade, Alan, Clearcover, Pie and many others applying tech to rethink how to build a business around helping people and companies mitigate against risks with some financial security, one issue that has not disappeared…
Both parties will reportedly collaborate on joint ideas and research in data and artificial intelligence, build a centre for “innovation and knowledge”, and develop related training programmes.
Despite a persistent semiconductor shortage that is disrupting the global automotive industry, investors remain bullish on the chips used to power next-generation vehicles. Kneron, a startup that develops semiconductors to give devices artificial intelligence capabilities by using edge computing, just got funded by Delta Electronics,…
The U.S. Postal Service is in the process of hiring and training 300 letter carriers in Chicago.
Reaching an agreement to avoid legal action.
French start-up Shift Technology, a developer of software to help insurers detect fraudsters, has closed a $220 million fundraising that brings its valuation to over $1 billion, it said on Thursday.