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Ambulances roared through the streets of Tokyo on Monday, carrying thousands of people collapsed in the relentless heatwave, as global temperatures soared to their highest on record. A powerful typhoon blew up out of the scorching waters of the Pacific Ocean, several degrees warmer than normal. Thousands of vacationers fled the sleepy Canadian mountain town of Jasper to escape a wall of flame from fast-spreading wildfires.By the end of the weekend, the four hottest days scientists have ever recorded, dozens of people had died in severe flooding and massive landslides caused by Tropical Storm Gaemi, which reduced half of Jasper…
Deandra Dottin will return from international retirement to compete for West Indies selection again, nearly two years after suddenly deciding to retire while leading Barbados at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.”Representing the West Indies in international cricket has always been a great pride and passion for me,” Dottin, 33, said in a letter to Cricket West Indies (CWI), which was part of the board’s statement. “After much consideration and thoughtful discussions with various stakeholders within Cricket West Indies, including Cricket West Indies Chairman Dr Kishore Shallow, I wish to let you know that I am eager to return to the game…
Latest Market News for Today Live Updates: Check out today’s market roundup! Track the Nifty 50 and Sensex movements and top gainers and losers. See how Asian and US markets performed and which sectors led the way (or down). In a nutshell: Follow Mint’s Market Blog for real-time updates on your favourite companies. This blog brings you all the latest news on Dalal Street and global markets.Disclaimer: This is an AI generated live blog and has not been edited by LiveMint staff. 27 Jul 2024, 09:34 PM IST Stock market live updates today: FPIs pump Rs 33,688 crore into Indian…
New York CNN — Over the past few years, the Federal Reserve has aggressively raised its key interest rate to a 23-year high in an effort to tame inflation. Now, with inflation expected to slow significantly and moderate further, the central bank is expected to begin a campaign of interest rate cuts over the next two years, starting as early as September. If that happens, it would lower interest rates on a wide range of financial products for Americans, from credit cards and mortgages to bank accounts and certificates of deposit. Given that lower interest rates can affect your finances…
New York CNN — Over the past few years, the Federal Reserve has aggressively raised its key interest rate to a 23-year high in an effort to tame inflation. Now, with inflation expected to slow significantly and moderate further, the central bank is expected to begin a campaign of interest rate cuts over the next two years, starting as early as September. If that happens, it would lower interest rates on a wide range of financial products for Americans, from credit cards and mortgages to bank accounts and certificates of deposit. Given that lower interest rates can affect your finances…
Premium travel or playground: How kids take over the airport lounge Gary Leff July 27, 2024 Airport lounges used to be the domain of business travellers, with bars and business centres. But the face of travel, and premium travel, has changed. Premium leisure is much more prevalent than it used to be, and lounges now often cater to families too. Club lounges can sometimes seem a bit like daycare centers: enclosed spaces where parents can sit and have easy access to bathrooms. Kids have a blast. Customers expecting a more traditional concept of a lounge are diving headfirst into this…
According to The New York Times, Chinese company 01.AI’s Yi-Large Global SOTA LLM, based on open source technology, scored roughly on par with U.S. products such as GPT-4o and Llama-3. Another AI tool called Kling, a video generation tool, has also been released in China. It works similarly to Open AI’s Sora, but unlike Sora, which is still limited in access, Kling is already widely available to almost all users.The AI boom began in the United States with the release of ChatGPT in late 2022. But Chinese companies are rapidly catching up thanks to open-source AI code, allowing others to…
$2 billion in initial funding is available, with significant growth expected thereafter. Chairman Howard Lutnick makes announcement at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee NEW YORK, July 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Cantor Fitzgerald, a leading global financial services firm, today announced plans to launch a bitcoin lending business that will provide leverage to investors who hold bitcoin. The company will launch with an initial capital of $2 billion and plans to continue to significantly scale its operations. “Cantor Fitzgerald arranges and finances a vast amount of securities and products, and as a strong supporter of Bitcoin, it will build an incredible…
SAN ANTONIO – Mobility leaders and advocates from across Texas will gather in San Antonio for a conference focused on transportation and technology innovation.The 2024 Texas Innovation Invitational will be held July 29-31 in San Antonio.Multiple partners from San Antonio and Bexar County, as well as transportation leaders from around the state, will discuss the latest transportation technologies and present ideas to address safety, connectivity challenges and transportation operations.The conference will kick off with a technology showcase featuring exhibitors from the public and private sectors, including Southwest Research Institute, Port San Antonio and UTSA’s Scooter Lab, the university’s micromobility community…
At this point, you’ve probably seen them: Venezuelans arriving in the country ready to vote are like the Avengers assembling. But they’re not alone in Maiquetia. Dozens, hundreds, optimistically thousands, are traveling to their hometowns across the country to cast their ballots. I was one of them, having built a life in Caracas but originally from Guanare, Portugal. I hopped on a flight from Maiquetia to Barinas, a route I’d taken many times before, and saw the airport packed with people. It was the busiest I’d ever seen it. I had a little chuckle to myself, thinking, “Oh, so this…