Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low as Global Temperatures Rise

Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low as Global Temperatures Rise

Antarctic sea ice extent has shrunk to its lowest level on record this year as a result of rising global temperatures. Antarctic iceberg, taken last January. (2023 REUTERS/Natalie Thomas/File Photo) SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Antarctic sea ice extent has shrunk to its lowest level on record this year as a result of rising global temperatures. Researchers … Read more

Ukrainian Woman Detained for Espionage Activities Targeting President Zelensky and Military Installations

Ukrainian Woman Detained for Espionage Activities Targeting President Zelensky and Military Installations

On August 7, Ukraine’s internal intelligence agency, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), accused a woman of collecting information in advance on the itinerary of President Volodymyr Zelensky (pictured) and providing information on military installations to Russia. announced that it had detained a suspect. Taken in Kyiv in July. Courtesy of the Ukrainian President’s Office … Read more

China Faces Record Economic Losses from Typhoons in July, Exceeding First Half of the Year

China Faces Record Economic Losses from Typhoons in July, Exceeding First Half of the Year

China’s emergency management ministry said on Thursday that direct economic losses from natural disasters amounted to 41.18 billion yuan ($5.74 billion) in a single month following two typhoons that hit the country in July. bottom. It is said to exceed the total for the period from January to June. This photo was taken in Beihai, … Read more

South Korean Researchers Make Breakthrough in Creating Room-Temperature Superconductor

South Korean Researchers Make Breakthrough in Creating Room-Temperature Superconductor

(Reuters) – A group of South Korean researchers published two papers last week claiming they had successfully created a dream material, a room-temperature-pressure superconductor. The breakout news of the discovery of a practical superconductor has set social media into a frenzy, and some stocks have surged in stock markets in China and South Korea. A … Read more

U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Report: Weaker July Growth Decreases Chance of Rate Hike to Below 30%

U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Report: Weaker July Growth Decreases Chance of Rate Hike to Below 30%

A weaker-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls report in July pushed the Federal Funds futures market’s implied probability of another rate hike this year to less than 30%. 2008 Washington, D.C. (2023 REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo) (Reuters) – U.S. interest rate futures are pricing in a 30% chance of another rate hike this year after July’s weaker-than-expected nonfarm … Read more

Mongolian Prime Minister Announces Cooperation with the U.S. in Rare Earth Development

Mongolian Prime Minister Announces Cooperation with the U.S. in Rare Earth Development

On August 3, Prime Minister Oyun Erdene of Mongolia announced a policy to strengthen cooperation with the United States in the development of rare earth (rare earth) buried in Mongolia during a visit to the United States on the 2nd. FILE PHOTO: Washington, D.C., June 2, 2023. REUTERS/David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mongolian Prime Minister … Read more

ISIS Announces Death of Fourth Leader and Succession in Leadership

ISIS Announces Death of Fourth Leader and Succession in Leadership

The Islamic State (IS) militant group announced on August 3 that its fourth leader, who called himself Abu Hussein Husseini Qurayshi, had died and was succeeded by Abu Hashemi Qurayshi. The photo shows the Iraqi city of Mosul, which was once destroyed in a battle with IS. February 2022 (2023 REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily) DUBAI (Reuters) – … Read more

Tesla’s China EV Sales Drop 31% in July, BYD Gains Ground

Tesla’s China EV Sales Drop 31% in July, BYD Gains Ground

According to data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on the 3rd, US electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla sold 64,285 new EVs made in China in July, down 31% from the previous month. Photo taken in January 2021 (2023 REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo) BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle giant Tesla’s sales of new … Read more

Former President Trump Indicted for Inciting Supporters to Attack Congress in Attempt to Overturn Election

Former President Trump Indicted for Inciting Supporters to Attack Congress in Attempt to Overturn Election

Former President Trump (pictured left) was indicted for allegedly inciting his supporters to attack Congress in an attempt to overturn his defeat in the 2020 US presidential election. It details the fact that the former president was persistently urging former Vice President Pence (right) not to recognize Biden’s victory. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – … Read more

Putin Suspends Black Sea Grain Export Agreement, Citing Loss of Meaning and Focus on Africa

Putin Suspends Black Sea Grain Export Agreement, Citing Loss of Meaning and Focus on Africa

Putin said in a paper published on July 24 that Russia had suspended the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Export Agreement (Black Sea Initiative) because the deal had become meaningless. The photo provided was taken in St. Petersburg on the 23rd. Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Kremlin via REUTERS (2023 Reuters) [24日 ロイター] – Putin said in a … Read more