Source link Around 500 climbers from around the world attempt to reach the summit every year, and for decades they have been leaving behind waste Everest, the world’s highest mountain, has attracted thousands of adventurers and climbers ready to test their skills against the ultimate challenge. It is also where many took their last steps. […]
Source link Venezuelan farmer Juan Vicente Perez Mora has passed away two months before his 115th birthday The world’s oldest man, Juan Vicente Perez Mora, died at the age of 114 on Tuesday in Venezuela, according to local officials. The retired farmer became the oldest living male in 2020, and was officially recognized as such […]
Source link Billionaire Niranjan Hiranandani reveals how the focus on infrastructure is moving the country forward in the show Let’s Talk Bharat Indian billionaire, co-founder and managing director of Mumbai-based real estate giant Hiranandani Group, Niranjan Hiranandani, has lauded the focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on improving India’s infrastructure to achieve double-digit growth […]
Source link The veteran actor’s weekly talk show features Indian entrepreneurs and celebrities discussing the journey of the nation of 1.4 billion people Acclaimed Indian actor Anupam Kher will dive into the mysteries of ‘Bharat’– another name for India and a new political concept – in RT’s newest talk show, which will feature prominent businessmen, […]
Source link Plunging Tesla stock has seen the EV maker’s CEO dethroned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Elon Musk has lost his title as the world’s richest person, being replaced by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, a listing of the world’s 500 richest people. As of Tuesday, Bezos’ net worth was $200 […]
Source link Washington desperately needs to modernize its own nuclear forces, the head of the US Strategic Command has said Russia poses a serious challenge to America’s military dominance, Air Force General Anthony Cotton, who heads the US Strategic Command, said on Thursday. Moscow already possesses a nuclear arsenal that exceeds Washington’s and is actively […]
Source link The country’s GDP surged 8.4% between October and December 2023, data has shown India is the world’s fastest-growing economy and its expansion in the final quarter of last year exceeded expectations, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive director Krishnamurthy Subramanian. Indian gross domestic product (GDP) grew 8.4% between October and December 2023, […]
Source link Mercedes-Benz has regained the top position, with its brand value reaching almost $60 billion, according to a consultancy German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has overtaken the US rival Tesla to regain its position as the world’s most valuable auto brand, according to a new report by consultancy Brand Finance. It had surrendered the top position […]
Source link Japan is no longer the world’s third largest economy after unexpectedly slipping into recession at the end of last year, according to official figures released on Thursday. Germany has now moved into third place in terms of nominal GDP. GDP shrank by an annualized 0.4% in the fourth quarter of last year, following […]
Source link The prime minister says he is confident his party will win the general election and take the economy beyond the $5 trillion mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday pledged to lead India’s economy to become the world’s third-largest, as expectations of another victory for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) build up […]
Source link Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has won the the popular vote by a landslide, official tally shows El Salvador’s Bitcoin-friendly and tough-on-crime Nayib Bukele has been reelected as president in a landslide on Sunday, official data shows. According to preliminary results released by the Central American country’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), Bukele has received […]
Source link Police in the UK are searching for a man suspected of carrying out an acid attack on a mother and her two young children A chemical substance attack on a woman and her two young children in southwest London last week has highlighted a rising trend of serious assaults involving corrosive substances in […]
Source link Microsoft is cutting around 1,900 employees in its gaming unit Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing an internal memo from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer. The layoffs, which will eliminate around 8% of Microsoft Gaming’s 22,000 staff, are part of a larger “execution plan” that will reduce “areas […]
Source link Despite the mammal’s death with her unborn calf, the team believes that IVF methods can save endangered African northern white rhinos Scientists with the BioRescue research consortium in Kenya have recorded the world’s first pregnancy in a rhino following a successful embryo transfer, potentially paving the way to save Africa’s northern white subspecies […]
Source link The WHO says the mosquito-borne disease killed an estimated 13,839 people in Cameroon in 2021 alone Cameroon launched a child immunization program for malaria on Monday, using the world’s first vaccine for the disease. Late last year, the Central African country became the first on the continent to receive doses of Mosquirix, manufactured […]