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Self-driving trucks could become reality despite doubts from safety advocates
Within three or four years, Aurora and its competitors expect to...
Chinese automakers redefine the car as a living space at Beijing Auto Show
Tang Daosheng, a senior executive from Chinese tech giant Tencent,...
African children bearing the brunt of climate change impacts
Children in 48 out of 49 African countries assessed were found to be at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change, based on their exposure and vulnerability to cyclones, heatwaves and other climate and environmental shocks, and access to essential...
Air pollution greatest global threat to human health: Study
Globally, South Asia is the worst impacted region. Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan are in order the top four most polluted countries in terms of annualized, population-weighted averages of fine particulate matter, which are detected by satellites and defined as...
Removing Fukushima’s melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant’s wastewater
Managing the ever-growing volume of radioactive wastewater held in more than 1, 000 tanks has been a safety risk and a burden since the plant was wrecked by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. The tanks are already filled to 98% of their...
World needs to move beyond cyber security to cyber immunity: Kaspersky Labs CEO
“In an age where technology can be used by good guys and bad guys alike, traditional cyber security is no longer enough. We need to revolutionise our defences to ensure we create a more secure digital world,” Kaspersky Labs CEO Eugene Kaspersky Bali (Indonesia): As...
Aging with a healthy brain: How lifestyle changes could help prevent up to 40% of dementia cases
In short, by encouraging people to be physically, mentally and socially active, a significant number of dementia cases could potentially be kept at bay According to an influential report, published in The Lancet in 2020, 40 per cent of dementia cases can be attributed...
ANALYSIS-U.S. growth, a puzzle to policymakers, could pose global risks
"If we get to a point where there is a need for … doing more than what's already priced in, at some point markets might start getting nervous … Then you see a big increase in the risk premia in different asset classes including emerging markets, including the rest of...
Geopolitical fragmentation, increasing trade protectionism, climate change posing serious challenges to inclusion: Industry leaders
In a panel discussion at the B20 Summit India 2023 in New Delhi, Tata Sons Chief Economist and Head of Policy Advocacy, Roopa Purushothaman said while inequality between countries has been getting better, inequality within countries has been worsening in the last few...
Fukushima: Why is Japan releasing water and is it safe?
An activist poses for a photograph during a protest against Japan's plan to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea Water containing tritium is routinely released from nuclear...
Deepfake imposter scams are driving a new wave of fraud
The fastest-growing scam category is investment fraud, often introduced to victims through search engines where scammers can easily buy sponsored advertising spots. When would-be investors click through, they often find realistic prospectuses and other financial data....
How El Nino threatens emerging market economies
India and Egypt are among the economies that are overall most vulnerable to El Nino's impact this year, according to an index by Standard Chartered Bank, taking into account the weight of the primary sector, the share of food in inflation baskets and a country's...