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Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 10:09 California-based chipmaker Nvidia showed with its latest earnings call that there is still room to grow, with revenue for the last quarter of 2023 surging 265 percent over the year to $22 billion and forecast to keep rising. In this edition of Business Daily, we take a look what Nvidia’s success has been built on, and the potential challenges it could face moving forward. Source link

President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” at a public fundraising event Wednesday in California.  Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 04:04 1 min “We have a crazy SOB like that guy Putin, and others, and we always have to worry about nuclear conflict, but the existential threat to humanity is climate,” Biden said in a brief speech at the event in San Francisco that was attended by a small group of reporters.In a hot mic slip in January 2022, Biden similarly called a Fox News journalist a “son of a bitch.”Biden’s burst of strong language follows…

An Australian bishop is facing accusations of rape and indecent assault, becoming one of the most senior Catholics in the country to be charged with sex crimes. Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 04:54 1 min Emeritus Bishop Christopher Alan Saunders was arrested in Western Australia on Wednesday evening after a high-powered internal Vatican investigation spurred child abuse detectives into action.Police said he has been charged with 14 counts of unlawful and indecent assault and two counts of sexual penetration without consent — a legal term for rape.The 74-year-old, who is due to front court on Thursday, has also been charged with…

Back to homepage / Middle East Israel-Hamas war New attempts are underway to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that could pause the war in Gaza, said Benny Gantz, a former military chief and defence minister late Wednesday. It’s the first Israeli indication of renewed cease-fire talks since negotiations stalled a week ago. Meanwhile, Israel launched air strikes Thursday on southern Gaza’s Rafah after threatening to send troops into the city.Read our liveblog for all the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.  Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 05:31Modified: 22/02/2024 – 05:32 1 min Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike…

Victor Osimhen was described as “a huge player” after marking his return for Napoli with a goal that gave the Italian champions a 1-1 draw with Barcelona and hope that a dreadful season might have reached a turning point. Nigeria forward Osimhen rolled home the leveller with 15 minutes left of the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, in his first match since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations.The 25-year-old equalised Robert Lewandowski’s 60th-minute opener, which seemed likely to be the decisive goal as Barca were for long periods the…

Dozens of lawmakers stormed out of Britain’s parliament on Wednesday with tempers flaring as the three biggest political parties sought to outmanoeuvre each other over a vote on a ceasefire in Gaza. Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 00:43 3 min The uproar followed a decision by the speaker to ignore precedent and allow a vote which helped the opposition Labour Party avoid a large-scale rebellion among its own lawmakers over its position on the Israel-Hamas war. Lawmakers from the governing Conservatives and the opposition Scottish National Party (SNP) left the debating chamber in protest and some tried to take the rare step of holding…

Whales sing loud enough that their songs travel through the ocean, but knowing the mechanics behind that has been a mystery. Scientists now think they have an idea, and it’s something not seen in other animals: a specialized voice box.   Issued on: 21/02/2024 – 19:04Modified: 21/02/2024 – 19:08 2 min Experts say the discovery, while based on a study that is too tiny to be definitive, will direct future research into how whales communicate. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Coen Elemans of the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues studied the voice boxes, or larynxes, from three dead,…

Issued on: 21/02/2024 – 12:07 Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre spoke to FRANCE 24 about the war in Ukraine ahead of the second anniversary this week of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The conflict has prompted senior Scandinavian defence officials to warn about the heightened threat of war with Russia; while Norway is a founding member of NATO, Finland joined the alliance just last year while Sweden is in the process of doing so. “I don’t think it is in Russia’s interest to engage war with a NATO country,” the Norwegian premier told FRANCE 24.”But being part of NATO, being part of…

Issued on: 21/02/2024 – 11:31Modified: 21/02/2024 – 11:47 01:37 The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) announced a pause in food and aid deliveries to northern Gaza on Tuesday after its drivers faced gunfire and violence from desperate residents swarming the trucks. The convoys “faced complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order”, according to a statement from the WFP. WFP had attempted to resume aid deliveries in northern Gaza after a three-week pause following a strike on an aid convoy from the Israeli military. Read more on related topics: Source link

EU members approved a 13th package of Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, banning nearly 200 entities and individuals accused of helping Moscow procure weapons or of involvement in kidnapping Ukrainian children.  Issued on: 21/02/2024 – 12:12 2 min “EU Ambassadors just agreed in principle on a 13th package of sanctions in the framework of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” Belgium, which holds the rotating EU presidency, said on social media platform X, calling it “one of the broadest approved by the EU”.The new package will see 193 entities and individuals added to the list of those banned from traveling to…