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Song Hye Kyo 2018: How Is the Chemistry Between Song Joong Ki’s Wife and Park Bo Gum in ‘Encounter?’

Oct 18, 2018 04:23 am UTC| Entertainment

Song Hye Kyo and Park Bo Gums new romantic drama recently released stills, which highlighted the life of one of its characters. Cha Soo Hyun who is played by Song is a wealthy woman who knows little about personal...

‘Outlander’ Season 4 Spoilers, Air Date: Sophie Skelton Teases Fans with Season Details, New Photos and Videos Released

Oct 18, 2018 04:00 am UTC| Entertainment

Outlander Season 4 is almost here and more details about the upcoming season are still trickling in. In fact, Sophie Skelton, who plays Bree on the show, just spilled the beans on some of the details that fans can expect...

‘The Blacklist’ Season 6 Spoilers, Air Date: Will Elizabeth Turn to the Dark Side?

Oct 18, 2018 03:55 am UTC| Entertainment

The Blacklist Season 6 tidbits are currently scarce, with NBC not letting any details about the upcoming season slip through the cracks. However, there have been some clues here and there that provide some context as to...

‘NCIS’ Season 16 Episode 5 Spoilers, Air Date: Is This the Most Important Episode Yet? Teaser Photos Available

Oct 18, 2018 03:52 am UTC| Entertainment

NCIS Season 16 Episode 5 might just be the most important episode of the show yet, at least for those who might have been wrongly imprisoned or know someone who has been wrongly imprisoned. The show highlights one of the...

‘Criminal Minds’ Season 14 Episode 4 Air Date, Spoilers: Garcia Damaged Beyond Repair? Gruesome Murders Ensue

Oct 18, 2018 03:24 am UTC| Entertainment

Criminal Minds Season 14 Episode 4 is coming next week, with this seasons third episode airing tonight. Fans will want some advanced knowledge as to what they can expect from this upcoming episode since it might be a...

‘Seven Deadly Sins’ Season 4 Spoilers, Air Date: Mass Confusion over Season Order, Show Now on Netflix

Oct 18, 2018 03:09 am UTC| Entertainment

Seven Deadly Sins Season 4 news is scarce right now, mostly because there has been no official word on its development. However, its worth pointing out that Seven Deadly Sins Season 4 is actually Seven Deadly Sins Season...

This is the toxic myth at the heart of female movie reboots

Oct 17, 2018 22:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

All-female reboots of classic all-male films have been coming thick and fast over the past few years, and there are more to come. At the same time, the comic mills of Marvel and D.C. have begun to translate some of the...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Tesla Cybertruck Powers Houston Gas Station, Elon Musk Reacts to Saudi Prince’s Photo

A TikTok video showed a Tesla Cybertruck powering a Houston gas station after a tornado, while Elon Musk responded to a photo of a Saudi prince with a Cybertruck. Cybertrucks Real-World Test Connecting to a Tesla...

Shanghai's Data Policy Shift Could Propel Tesla's Local Data Center Efforts

Shanghais new data-export policy could accelerate Teslas plans to build a local data center, enhancing its artificial intelligence (AI) development for autonomous driving. Chinas Regulatory Update As China attempts...

CPI Report Spurs Optimism, BlackRock CIO Forecasts Fixed Income Growth

The release of the U.S. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report provided a wave of relief to the financial markets. This signaled a possible reduction in inflationary pressures. Rick Rieder, Chief Investment Officer of...

Over 50 Million USDT Blacklisted by Tether Amid Regulatory Scrutiny, Details Inside

Tether has blacklisted five wallets holding 54.1 million USDT, amidst increasing regulatory scrutiny and past enforcement actions. Tether Blacklists Five Wallets Holding 54.1 Million USDT Amid Ongoing Regulatory...

Altcoins Expected to Yield 2x-5x Gains by May End: Fetch.AI, Floki, AAVE, ENA

The latest climb in Bitcoins price beyond $65,000 on Wednesday sparked a new relief rally in the cryptocurrency market. Top altcoins are also profiting from the upward momentum, recovering from recent downturn tendencies....