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QUICK FACTS Where is it? Grand Erg Oriental, Sahara [30.13306820, 9.306920931] What’s in the photo? The stark contrast where a field of “star dunes” meets rocky hills Which satellite took the photo? EarthKAM camera, on board the International Space Station When was it taken? Oct. 31, 2017 This striking satellite image shows the stark difference between a giant field of …

Swift to add blockchain-based ledger to its infrastructure stack in groundbreaking move to accelerate and scale benefits of digital finance across more than 200 countries and territories worldwide  Homepage | Swift Swift To Build a Blockchain-Based Ledger For Financial Firms  Bloomberg.com Swift experiments with onchain migration using Ethereum Layer 2 Linea: report  theblock.co Ripple’s XRP Poised to Revolutionize Global Payments Amidst Regulatory Clarity …

Cheap supplies of a groundbreaking twice-yearly HIV prevention jab will be available in many poorer countries within two years, funders have promised. Lenacapavir will cost $40 (£30) a patient a year in 120 low- and middle-income countries from 2027, under two agreements with generic drug manufacturers announced this week. Last year there were 1.3m new HIV infections globally and experts …

Google’s new, cheaper AI Plus plan is now available in more than 40 countries, including Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. The company first launched its AI Plus plan in Indonesia earlier this month at Rp 75,000 ($4.50) per month. The plan costs around $5 in most countries, …

After announcing two weeks ago for one emerging market, the Google AI Plus subscription is now available in 40 more countries. Compared to Pro and Ultra, Google AI Plus “designed to help more people do more with Google AI for less.”  You get 200 GB of storage for Gmail, Google Drive, and Photos, which can be shared with up to …

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump said Tuesday he believes NATO member countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter their airspace as the defense alliance confronts the potential for an expansion of the war in Ukraine. “Yes, I do,” Trump said when posed a question about NATO shoot-downs during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on …

The world’s most innovative countries  The Economist China replaces Germany in top 10 of UN’s most innovative nations  Reuters Global Innovation Index 2025 – GII 2025 results  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) WIPO innovation index shows mixed signals in global economic metrics  IAM Patent Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan deemed twin hotbeds of innovation – global survey  Eurasianet Source link

Fans can celebrate the release of Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, with TAYLOR SWIFT | THE OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY OF A SHOWGIRL on thousands of movie theatre screens in the United States, October 3 through October 5 Tickets are on sale now at theatres in the United States Audiences will …

The following is a Presidential Determination submitted to Congress today:   By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States; including section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228) (FRAA), I hereby identify the following countries as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries: …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum. Trump posted on his social media site that NATO’S commitment to winning the war “has been far less than …