NATO allies to meet Trump’s top diplomat as US tariffs everywhere, including deserted islands by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) April 2, 2025 The world’s remotest corners couldn’t hide from US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs onslaught Wednesday — even the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands. The Australian territory in the
Indians experience diverse weather conditions, with temperatures soaring above 50 degree Celsius in states like Rajasthan, while some parts of Himachal Pradesh touch subzero temperatures. Designing an all-weather smartphone for a market as varied as India is not only challenging but also complex and expensive. It seems OPPO has tackled this very challenge while developing
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A file image of the Numaligarh refinery in Assam | Photo Credit: The Hindu GUWAHATI A refinery in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district has been discharging hazardous effluents into a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, endangering its fragile aquatic ecosystem, an environmental activist said. In a letter to the Member-Secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board
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In the first for the exoplanetary community, scientists have announced four new small Earth-like planets around Barnard’s Star, just six light-years from our world. The four planets are all smaller than Earth but share one thing in common: all of them are rocky, similar to Earth.The discovery of these four tiny, terrestrial planets surrounding Barnard’s
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Nintendo will sell 14.7 million units of the Switch 2 console in its first year, the research firm Omdia predicted Wednesday, shortly after the Japanese company wrapped up its Direct event, providing an insight into how the new console may perform in the market. The research firm said the Switch 2 will surpass its predecessor’s
Tesla reported deliveries of 336,681 globally in the January to March quarter [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Tesla sales fell 13% in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk’s once high-flying car company is struggling to attract buyers. The leading electric vehicle maker has faced a growing backlash from Musk’s
The story so far: The powerful earthquake in Myanmar on March 28 had its source in central Myanmar, about 20 km from Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. Mandalay, located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy river, is close to one of the most seismically active faults in the region, called the Sagaing fault, named
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Rapidly reducing aerosol emissions, which are part of air pollution, without concurrently reducing greenhouse gas emissions could expose a large fraction of the world’s most vulnerable people to a sudden acceleration of warming and extreme heat in highly polluted regions like India. Researchers warned as much in a study published in November 2024 in Geophysical
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Donald Trump made good on his promise Wednesday to impose sweeping tariffs on all goods entering the U.S. in a move that’s almost universally expected to raise prices for American consumers. Announced by the president in the Rose Garden of the White House, the tariffs will include 10% across the board, with additional tariffs of
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Nintendo has officially unveiled the Switch 2, its newest handheld gaming console. Set to hit shelves on June 5, the new console features a much more powerful chipset, bigger screen and an additional USB-C port. Here’s a quick look at everything Nintendo announced during the livestream. While Nintendo did not share details about the chipset,
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