Author: News Desk

United States: WeWork, the office space sharing company, has witnessed a significant fall in shares after the firm expressed “substantial doubt” about its future. The company’s shares fell by close to 24 percent in extended trading in New York. According to the reports, the company’s management needed to raise additional capital to keep it afloat over the next 12 months. WeWork, backed by the Japanese tech giant SoftBank, was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as social distancing rules led several people to work from home. WeWork has still not managed to achieve profitability. even after workers returned to offices…

Japan: Authorities have issued warnings as a tropical storm called Typhoon Khanun approaches the southern regions of Japan and South Korea. Flights and train services have been cancelled after the typhoon triggered heavy rain and storm in the regions. The storm is currently in the sea south of Kyushu, Japan’s main southwestern island, approximately 860 km (530 miles) away from Tokyo. It has caused significant damage in the southwestern Okinawa region. The storm’s strength remains unchanged, and it is moving at an unusually slow pace of 10 km/h (6mph). This slow movement will result in an extended period of wind…

Ireland: Northern Ireland’s police force has accidentally shared the names and work locations of every member of staff in a data breach. The force expressed that this incident would cause noteworthy worry among officers who have been targeted by armed groups. In response to a freedom of information request, the last names, first initials, work locations, and departments of every staff member were accidentally included in an error that occurred on 8th August 2023. The information was accessible to the public on the requester’s website for approximately two and a half hours before it was taken down, as stated by…

United Kingdom: A new study has suggested that walking a minimum of 4,000 steps a day helps reduce the risk of an early death. According to the study, taking 2,337 steps a day can lower the risk of death, specifically from cardiovascular disease, but “more is better.” “The more steps you walk, the better the effects on your health, and every increase in steps by 500–1000 steps per day may be associated with significant mortality reductions,” the study’s first author Dr. Maciej Banach, deputy editor-in-chief of the European Society of Cardiology, stated. The study noted that anything below 5,000 steps…

Washington, US: The World Bank has announced that it would halt new loans to the Ugandan government. The statement came following the country enacted an anti-LGBTQ law. “Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values. We believe our vision to eradicate poverty on a livable planet can only succeed if it includes everyone, irrespective of race, gender, or sexuality. This law undermines those efforts. Inclusion and non-discrimination sit at the heart of our work around the world,” World Bank said in a statement. The World Bank sent a team to Uganda just after the law was enacted to review…

Brazil: The South American countries belonging to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) have agreed to initiate an alliance to protect the Amazon at a summit in Brazil. The summit was aimed at stopping the world’s biggest rainforest from reaching “a point of no return.” The leaders from the eight countries urged developed countries to do more to prevent the destruction of the world’s largest rainforest, calling it a task that cannot fall to just a few countries. The closely-watched summit of ACTO adopted what host country Brazil called a “new and ambitious shared agenda to save the rainforest.” The…

United States: A new study suggests that menstrual discs may be better at dealing with heavy monthly blood flow compared to traditional pads or tampons. This is reportedly the first study to compare the absorption of period products using human blood. Manufacturers of traditional products typically use saline or water to estimate their product’s absorption, but menstrual blood contains blood cells, secretions, and tissue from the shed endometrial lining, which are factors that impact its absorption. Except for tampons, there are no regulations for labelling period products. This lack of regulation complicates the ability to determine if one product is…

Australia: Western Australia’s Premier Mr. Roger Cook has stated that the state will overturn recently enforced laws to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage sites following widespread opposition by farmers and small landowners. The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act came into force on July 1 and was designed to prevent a repeat of the destruction witnessed at the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelter, which was demolished by the Anglo-Australian mining firm Rio Tinto during the expansion of an iron ore mine. The ancient rock shelter was one of the earliest known locations inhabited by Australia’s Indigenous people and contained some of the oldest…

United States: Zoom, a communications technology company that became popular for its remote job opportunities during COVID lockdowns, has asked its employees to travel to the office at least twice a week. This is part of the company’s “structured hybrid approach,” which affects its 8,000 employees at 12 offices worldwide, including in the UK, where it has about 200 staff and offices in central London. The employees who live a commutable distance within 50 miles of the office will need to follow the new rule. Many companies have lifted the work-from-home mandate rules after pandemic restrictions, but Zoom hasn’t moved…

China: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has called on the Philippines to remove a grounded World War II warship. The renewed demand comes after the Philippines accused China’s coastguard of firing water cannon at boats on a mission to resupply the Philippine garrison stationed on the grounded vessel. The BRP Sierra Madre, deliberately grounded in the late 1990s in an effort to check the advance of China in the hotly contested waters, has long been a source of tension between the two countries. “China once again urges the Philippine side to immediately remove the warship from Second Thomas…