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‘Big Brother 20’ Spoilers: Week 11 Power of Veto Results, Double Eviction Prediction for Sept. 13

Sep 12, 2018 04:03 am UTC| Entertainment

Big Brother 20 spoilers for Sept. 12 include the recap of the Week 11 Power of Veto competition and Sept. 10s ceremony results. Kaycee Clark, Haleigh Boucher, Sam Bledsoe were the competitors in the POV contest last week....

‘Overlord’ III Episode 10 News, Spoilers: Now It’s War; Nazarick Prepares for Conflict

Sep 12, 2018 02:34 am UTC| Entertainment

It seems the plans that were set in motion the moment the Great Tomb of Nazarick appeared in a new world are about to bear fruit in Overlord III Episode 10. Ainz Ooal Gown is about to have a war on his hands, and with a...

‘Boruto’ Episode 73 News, Spoilers: Orochimaru Returns to Wreak Havoc

Sep 12, 2018 02:27 am UTC| Entertainment

Orochimaru has always been one of the most troublesome antagonists in the Naruto universe and it would appear that he will be bringing this trademark attitude in Boruto Episode 73. It would seem that the source materials...

‘One Piece’ Episode 853 News, Spoilers: Jinbei Comes to Save the Day

Sep 12, 2018 02:24 am UTC| Entertainment

One Piece Episode 853 was always going to be an episode where epic fights rule the roost and the characters are going to face endless peril. This is going to be just the case, with the Straw Hat pirates caught between...

‘My Hero Academia’ Season 3 Episode 23 News, Spoilers: Deku to Fight Kacchan Seriously

Sep 12, 2018 02:18 am UTC| Entertainment

When it comes to epic battles, My Hero Academia always delivers on the action, and My Hero Academia Season 3 Episode 23 will be no different. It will be the episode where Midoriya finally takes on Bakugo in a fight where...

‘One Piece’ 917 News & Update: Super Fight with Holdem, Luffy, Law, and Hawkins Coming Up

Sep 12, 2018 02:13 am UTC| Entertainment

When it comes to highly anticipated releases of manga issues, One Piece 917 would be one of the most exciting. After taking a week for a break, the manga is finally coming back on track. On the itinerary is the fight among...

Meghan Markle News & Update: Supposed Close Bond with Prince Charles, Australian Tour with Prince Harry

Sep 12, 2018 02:03 am UTC| Entertainment

Reports about Meghan Markle are numerous and plenty, and among the latest include her supposed closeness to the father of her husband, Prince Charles. The royal father-in-law is rumored to have built a rather special bond...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

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...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Hong Kong Firm Dominates BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF, Surges to Top Holder

In a significant development for the cryptocurrency market, Hong Kong-based Yong Rong HK Asset Management Ltd has secured its position as the largest holder in the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), according to recent...

Nintendo's Next-Gen: Switch 2 Could Hit 240FPS, Leaks Suggest

Leaked by data miner OatmealDome, Nintendos updated NintendoWare Bezel Engine reportedly supports frame rates potentially as high as 240FPS, a massive leap from the current 60FPS limit on the Nintendo Switch. The...

Shiba Inu Dead Cat Bounce: Price Rebound or Bearish Omen?

Investors in the cryptocurrency world are eyeing Shiba Inu (SHIB) with cautious optimism as the meme coin shows signs of a potential dead cat bounce, a dubious reversal often seen in volatile markets. With SHIB struggling...

PEPE Price Surges 7% Amid 4 Trillion Pepe Coin Accumulation by Whale

A monumental 4 trillion Pepe coin accumulation by a crypto whale on May 3 has sparked a significant 7% surge in PEPEs price. This surge, observed amid bullish market sentiments, follows a week of price consolidation,...

Hyundai Motor Scales Up Hydrogen EV Truck Business in the US

Hyundai Motor Company is expanding its hydrogen EV truck operations in the United States to take the lead in this line of business in the region. As part of the initiative, South Korean vehicle manufacturers are offering...