Month: November 2024

There are 9 million "akiyas" — empty houses — across Japan, according to official government data as of 2023.You2u | Istock | Getty ImagesBuying a home can feel like an…

Julie BolthouseJulie Bolthouse is opposing new data centre planning applications in Northern VirginiaEnvironmental campaigner Julie Bolthouse points out that Northern Virginia has the world’s largest concentration of data centres. This…

Voters walk to cast their ballots during early voting in the presidential election at a polling station at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library in Tampa, Florida, U.S., November…

IsroLast year, India became the first country in the world to land near the previously-unexplored lunar south poleIndia recently announced a host of ambitious space projects and approved 227bn rupees…

First there was Black Friday — then Cyber Monday.Now deal-thirsty consumers have a reason to shop online one day longer. "Travel Tuesday" — the first Tuesday after the American Thanksgiving…

Diego Herrera Carcedo/AnadoluMaia Sandu has spearheaded Moldova's drive into talks on membership with the EUMoldova's pro-EU president Maia Sandu appears on course for a second term after a pivotal presidential…

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has continued to emerge as an economic winner of increasing geopolitical tensions between China and the United States, though risks from fragmentation remain,…

Video shows angry crowd throwing objects at the King of SpainThe King and Queen of Spain have been pelted with mud and other objects by angry protesters during a visit…

ZEEKR EV cars are displayed at the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2024.Chalinee Thirasupa | ReutersChinese electric carmaker Zeekr said Thursday its deliveries surged by…

Police in South Africa have forced 540 illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft and arrested them.Earlier this week, security forces blocked deliveries of food and water to the…