The way that fintechs and challenger banks have dominated the tech headlines in recent years makes it all the more surprising that, for the first time, a UK digital challenger bank made a profit. The nature of tech and fintech startups means they invest heavily up front in tech and customer acquisition, with profits somewhere…
A pygmy zebra octopus hatchling in the Cephalopod Mariculture Lab at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. These octopuses are about the size of a grain of rice when they hatch. They reach full size (about the size of a table grape) within six months. Credit: Tim Briggs For generations, scientists have relied on a…
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What’s the difference between asteroids, comets and meteors? These space rocks each have their own unique attributes. But differences aside, these fascinating objects are all worthy of study. Just ask NASA JPL scientist Ryan Park and he’ll agree. Well, they’re all planetary objects orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is a small, rocky object and when…
Artistic mural of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA A “game changing” new telescope will be blasted into space tonight to embark on a lonely 1.5-million-kilometer orbit around the Sun to provide a clearer view of the ever-expanding universe. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest telescope ever to be launched into…
ROME: Italy reported a second successive record daily tally of COVID-19 cases on Friday (Dec 24), with new cases hitting 50,599 against 44,595 a day earlier, the health ministry said. The number of coronavirus-related deaths fell to 141 from 168 on Thursday. Italy has registered 136,386 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in…
Credit Suisse is seeking information through the U.S. courts which could lead to it taking legal action in Britain against SoftBank Group Corp to recover funds it says are owed to its Greensill-linked supply chain finance funds, U.S. court documents show.Switzerland’s second-largest bank has been working to recover funds from the collapse of some US$10…
JOHANNESBURG: South Africans without symptoms of COVID-19 will no longer need to isolate or test if they have been in contact with a positive case, the government announced on Friday (Dec 24), saying developments around the virus justified a shift from containment measures towards mitigation. The country has led the continent in terms of COVID-19…
NEW YORK: Over 2,000 flights have been cancelled and thousands delayed around the world as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupts holiday travel. According to tracking website Flightaware.com at 1540 GMT on Friday (Dec 24), a total of 2,118 flights had been cancelled worldwide, including 500 flights originating from or headed to US airports, and…
War games conducted this week by Iran in the Gulf were intended to send a warning to Israel, the country’s top military commanders said on Friday (Dec 24), amid concerns over possible Israeli plans to target Iranian nuclear sites. The Revolutionary Guards’ war games, which included firing ballistic and cruise missiles, ended on Friday. “These…
Approval under WHO Emergency Use Listing will increase vaccine availability as pandemic persists Washington, D.C., 23 December 2021 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) welcomed the WHO listing today of an AstraZeneca vaccine jointly produced by Argentina and Mexico – the first such decision for a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in Latin America. The…
