A powerful winter storm brought heavy snow and icy conditions to parts of the US South on Thursday, forcing officials to close schools, cancel flights and warn residents in some of the worst-hit areas to stay off roads as it lumbered eastward through Oklahoma and Texas. Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders mobilized the National Guard to…
A video of an employee of US-based IT services company Couldflare being fired over a conference call had gone viral on the Internet. The video, posted by Brittany Pietsch, titled “POV: You’re about to get laid off,” shows her in a virtual meeting with HR executives at Cloudflare. In the video, she talks about being…
Warren Buffett, philanthropist and multi-billionaire CEO of American multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, has donated another $1.2 billion of his wealth to foundations, serving his 2006 pledge to steadily donate his $150 billion wealth during his lifetime and beyond. In his letter to the shareholders, the 94-year-old CEO reflected upon life and how “fickle” it can…
Beijing: China’s Communist Party on Thursday expelled former defence minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe for “serious violations of discipline”, a euphemism for corruption, state news agency Xinhua reported. Li was suspected of receiving “huge sums of money” in bribes as well as bribing others, and an investigation found he “did not fulfill political…
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Japan’s weather agency said Monday that last year was the hottest since records began, mirroring other nations as ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions fuel climate change. Worldwide, 2024 was expected to have been the warmest recorded, the UN’s weather and climate agency said last week, capping a decade of unprecedented heat and other types of extreme…
Washington: US car maker Tesla has lost its crown for most sales of all-electric vehicles to Chinese firm BYD, which has capitalized on Beijing’s strong government support for the burgeoning sector. The US-based car manufacturer run by billionaire Elon Musk delivered a record 484,507 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to a company filing…
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Jon Landau, the renowned film producer known for his work on blockbuster hits like “Titanic” and the “Avatar” series, has passed away at the age of 63. Landau’s death marks the end of a significant era in Hollywood, where he was instrumental in bringing to life some of the most iconic films in cinema history….
Brussels: The European bottling unit of Coca-Cola said Monday that it had ordered a major recall of Coke, Sprite and other beverages after detecting high levels of chlorate, which poses potential health risks. Coca-Cola said cans and glass bottles containing elevated levels of the substance were distributed in Belgium, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, France and…