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Aug 13, 2024

Paramount Global begins planned layoffs with 15% job cuts in US

PARAMOUNT Global will begin laying off 15 per cent of its workforce in the United States starting Tuesday (Aug 13) as part...


Aug 13, 2024

Jewels stolen in Germany's Green Vault heist back on display

Nearly five years after millions of euros’ worth of jewellery was stolen in a museum heist in Eastern Germany, visitors can once...


Aug 13, 2024

Robots and AI are aiming to make IVF cheaper

THE hundreds of thousands of people who undergo in vitro fertilisation (IVF) each year put their faith in a high-stakes, hands-on process...


Aug 13, 2024

Martian subsurface harbours oceans of life-giving liquid water

A STUDY released on Monday (Aug 12) using data from Nasa’s Mars InSight lander shows evidence of liquid water far below the...


Aug 13, 2024

When Olympic sponsors go rogue

WHEN French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH agreed to pay about US$175 million to underwrite the organising committee for the Paris Olympics, the...


Aug 13, 2024

SpaceX plans crewed mission to observe Earth’s polar areas

SPACEX plans to launch its sixth commercial crewed mission to orbit as soon as late 2024, sending a four-person team of civilian...


Aug 13, 2024

Paris Olympics average 30.6 million viewers, 82% bump from Tokyo

ABOUT 30.6 million people on average watched the Paris Olympics on Comcast’s US media outlets each day, an 82 per cent increase...


Aug 12, 2024

Man City hearing over Premier League charges may be brought forward: report

MANCHESTER City’s hearing into 115 alleged breaches of Premier League financial regulations could be brought forward to next month, according to a...


Aug 12, 2024

Universal Music, Meta expand music licensing agreement

UNIVERSAL Music Group (UMG), the world’s biggest music label, announced on Monday (Aug 12) an expanded agreement with Facebook-parent Meta Platforms to...


Aug 12, 2024

Van Gogh’s Starry Night recreated as park in Bosnian hills

AMID the green hills and meadows of central Bosnia, a local businessman has realised his long-held dream: recreating one of Vincent van...