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Safari Stories' podcast, where Hadley Pierce and Jomi Krobb, co-founders of South Africa-based guided wildlife and conservation tours company Trunks and Tracks, share their wild tales. In the episode, Action of the Antarctic Peninsula, they plunge into those frigid waters and recount some epic sightings, including watching humpback whales feed, a large pod of killer whales bow- riding a ship, and leopard seals hunting penguins. In the 40-min podcast, Hadley's narration is so vivid that it makes us feel as if we are sitting in the boat, watching marine life unfold its minutest secrets. 'There is ice everywhere, lots and lots of icebergs, some of which are many times bigger than the ship… they are very impressive,' recounts Hadley.

Federal Reserve could begin cutting interest rates in September. Nonfarm U.S. payrolls increased by 206,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department report showed. Data for May was revised sharply down to show 218,000 jobs added instead of the previously reported 272,000. The unemployment rate rose to 4.1%, slightly higher than the estimated 4.0%.

Singapore has raised the risk level for digital payment token (DPT) service providers potentially facilitating terrorism financing (TF) from “medium-low” to “medium-high” in its latest update to the terrorism financing national risk assessment.

Facebook parent Meta with breaking the bloc's landmark digital rules, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. In preliminary findings to be issued this week, regulators will say that they are worried about Meta's «pay or consent» model, according to the report.

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Beatles, Madonna, Taylor Swift — what these Western idols spanning different eras in pop music share in common, is their sourcing Indic philosophy-related themes for at least one or more of their songs. Indeed, apart from exciting worldwide interest, these songs have also drawn widespread criticism and controversy. The moot question is, who holds the copyright for such usage?

progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 remains uneven, slow and mostly elusive. The United Nation's annual report card, Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024, launched in New York on Friday, finds only 17 % of the SDG targets are currently on track, with nearly half showing minimal or moderate progress, and over one-third stalled or regressing. «The world is getting a failing grade,» said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. «The takeaway is simple: Our failure to secure peace, to confront climate change and to boost international finance is undermining development. We must accelerate action for the Sustainable Development Goals — and we don't have a moment to lose.» Between 2015, when countries adopted the SDGs to 2019, there were marked gains and improvements though these too were insufficient to achieve the goals by 2030. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and its lingering impacts, the energy, food and economic crisis resulting from the wars and escalating conflicts, geopolitical tensions and growing climate chaos have severely hindered progress.

Sattva Group is bullish on India's housing market and will launch many projects to achieve 85 per cent growth in sales of residential properties to around Rs 6,500 crore this fiscal, a top company official said. In the 2023-24, Bengaluru-based Sattva Group achieved sales bookings of Rs 3,500 crore.

Delhi, including four citizens who drowned in submerged underpasses, the Times of India reported, while flight operations stuttered in the Indian capital.

growth strategy and gives the Czech firm a competitive advantage for its international expansion plans. The company’s development and manufacturing base in Pune is a springboard into Asean and Middle East.

NHRA drag racing legend John Force is recuperating but shifted to neurological ICU from trauma intensive care unit. However, head injury of 75-year-old Force has remained a area of concern for doctors and medical team days after a fiery, 300 mph crash in at the Virginia Nationals, according to reports.

Taylor Swift's monumental concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version), directed by Sam Wrench and produced by Swift herself, made waves upon its theatrical release in October 2023. Breaking records, it became the highest-grossing concert movie ever, raking in over $260 million globally, surpassing previous milestones set by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.

Indian Railways achieved another milestone on Friday with the successful trial run of High-Speed CRS on the famed Chenab Bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge, in Jammu and Kashmir. This trial run marks a significant step towards commencing rail operations on the Reasi-Baramulla route in Kashmir. Earlier, after conducting its first trial run this week, the Ministry of Railways had said: «After an extensive inspection of the newly constructed Chenab Bridge by senior officers from Railway Board, Northern Railway, and Konkan Railway, a trial run was conducted on a 46-km-long electrified line section between Sangaldan in Ramban district and Reasi at a speed of 40 kmph.» The trial, starting at 12.35 pm from Sangaldan and reaching Reasi at 2.05 pm, covered nine tunnels spanning 40.787 km, including the longest tunnel T-44 stretching 11.13 km. This marks the inaugural full train crossing on the iconic bridge between Dugga and Bakkal stations over the Chenab river, the highest arch railway bridge globally, the ministry said.

Elon Musk on Saturday said his social media platform X saw record usage as US President Joe Biden and his challenger, former President Donald Trump, attended their first presidential debate on TV. According to X, the minute-by-minute conversation, about the US presidential debate spiked by «19 times from the start of the broadcast to its peak 90 minutes in.»

Graphic detail page.THE GLOBAL cost-of-living crisis that began in 2022 is now so much part of daily life that it is entering the vernacular. “Cozzie livs", British slang for the crisis, was recently named Australia’s word of the year by the Macquarie Dictionary. The latest Worldwide Cost of Living survey by EIU, our sister company, confirms that inflation remains high worldwide: the prices of 200 products and services that it tracks rose by an average of 7.4% over the past year.

There were no immediate details on what caused the break-up of the RESURS-P1 Russian Earth observation satellite, which was declared dead in 2022. U.S. Space Command, tracking the debris swarm, said there was no immediate threat to other satellites.

WeWork India, one of the flexible workspace providers in the country, has appointed Janak Malkani as the head of managed office for India. Additionally, he will also lead sales for the West region. This appointment marks another step towards strengthening the company's leadership and propelling its growth journey His deep understanding of the market, coupled with his strategic vision and extensive experience, will be instrumental in driving WeWork India's Managed Office offerings to newer heights.

Sebi) on Friday proposed that mutual funds should disclose risk adjusted return of their schemes to help investors take informed investment decision. "… it is felt that the risk adjusted return (RAR) of a scheme portfolio represents a more holistic measure of the scheme's performance because it quantifies the amount of return generated by a mutual fund scheme for each unit of risk taken to achieve that return," Sebi said in a discussion paper. The current regulatory framework does not mandate disclosure of RAR along with the returns of a mutual fund scheme.

Canada’s newest oil pipeline has turbo-charged exports of the country’s heavy crude to Asia and a diversion through California is making for a longer but potentially cheaper journey.