play_arrow

keyboard_arrow_right

Listeners:

Top listeners:

skip_previous skip_next
00:00 00:00
playlist_play chevron_left
volume_up
Go to album
  • play_arrow

    Josia Shigwedha

  • play_arrow

    Josia Shigwedha

World

2485 Results / Page 199 of 277

insert_link

World

Hunter Biden to challenge tax evasion charges in court

U.S President Joseph Biden's son Hunter will ask a U.S. judge to dismiss the criminal case accusing him of evading more than a million dollars in $1.4 million in taxes. Lawyers for Hunter Biden argue that prosecutors bowed to political pressure from Republican lawmakers investigating his father. Kate Fisher reports from Washington.  

today28 March, 2024

insert_link

World

Chinese rail giant pulls out of $600Mn tender after EU probe

Chinese rail giant CRRC has withdrawn its 660 million dollar bid to supply electric trains to Bulgaria after an EU probe. Officials in Brussels were investigating if the company had used state subsidies to artificially lower its tender offer. Ishan Garg has more from Brussels.  

today28 March, 2024

insert_link

World

Lebanon braces for war amid Israel-Hezbollah hostilities

Cross-border hostilities are increasing between Israel and Hezbollah, with concern mounting over a potential full-scale conflict in Lebanon. Fighting has been ongoing since the war broke out in Gaza, with Israel under growing pressure to push Hezbollah operatives off the northern border and restore the security situation.

today27 March, 2024

insert_link

Science & Technology

Denmark to host AI supercomputer for drug research

The owner of Novo Nordisk, the drugmaker that gave the world Ozempic and Wegovy, is funding a new supercomputer powered by Nvidia’s artificial intelligence technology with a key aim of discovering new medicines and treatments. CNN reports that the supercomputer, named Gefion, is expected to be ready for pilot projects before the end of the year and will be housed in Denmark’s National Center for AI Innovation.

today27 March, 2024

insert_link

World

Indian crew safe after Baltimore ship crash

As rescue efforts end in Baltimore, officials say all 22 Indian crew members on the vessel that crashed into the Key Bridge are safe. Neha Poonia has more. The BBC meanwhile reports that the data recorder has been recovered from the vessel. Six people are presumed dead and another was seriously injured after the collision involving the Singapore-flagged Dali, which struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge as it left port […]

today27 March, 2024

insert_link

World

Gangs, kidnappings, murders: why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats

    By Ruth Wells, UNSW Sydney and Max William Loomes, UNSW Sydney   Late last week, a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees fleeing a squalid camp in Bangladesh capsized off the coast of Indonesia. Around 75 people were rescued, including nine children, but more than 70 are missing and presumed dead. This tragedy isn’t an isolated incident. The number of Rohingya people trying to escape refugee camps by boat has […]

today27 March, 2024

insert_link

Opinion Pieces

I’ve captained ships into tight ports like Baltimore, and this is how captains like me work with harbor pilots to avoid deadly collisions

Piloting large container ships under bridges is very difficult. AP Photo/Matt Rourke     By Allan Post, Texas A&M University   Details are still emerging about the disaster that happened in the early morning of March 26, 2024, when the Dali, a large cargo ship on its way out of the port of Baltimore, hit a major bridge and caused it to collapse. The Conversation’s senior politics and democracy editor, […]

today27 March, 2024