IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers a curtain raiser speech on the outlook for the global economy and policy priorities ahead of the 2024 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, October 17, 2024. — AFP The international community must come together despite the “difficult geopolitical environment” to tackle…
SAN FRANCISCO: The matter of what causes complicated neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s or multiple sclerosis continues to perplex scientists and doctors, with unknowns impeding early diagnosis and successful treatment.Even when identical twins have the same genetic risk factors, one may acquire a specific neurological condition while the other does not.That’s because, unlike diseases like cystic…
Put him in a box and musician Zach Bryan will try to break out of it. Despite accruing multiple country music awards over the past two years, the 28-year-old rising star is not interested in being called a “country musician.” In a candid conversation with Bruce Springsteen for Rolling Stone, Bryan explained why it bothers…
Independent power producers Vistra , Constellation Energy and Talen Energy are positioned to benefit from a “paradigm shift” in electric demand from artificial intelligence data centers, according JPMorgan. The investment bank initiated coverage of the stocks Thursday with overweight ratings. Shares of the three power companies are poised for more upside even after their tremendous…
Formula 1 arrives in Austin, Texas this week boasting a tense battle for the title with just six races remaining. Red Bull trail in the constructors’ standings while Max Verstappen’s lead in the driver’s championship after his runaway start to the season has been reduced to just 52 points by McLaren’s Lando Norris. The excitement…
Karwa Chauth, a significant festival for married women, falls on October 20 this year. As preparations for the day are in full swing, the markets are buzzing with activity. The festival involves fasting without water from sunrise to moonrise, during which married women pray for the well-being and long life of their husbands. The fast…
10/16: CBS Evening News 19:46 Santa Fe, N.M. — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday that she has ended an emergency public health order that suspended the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico’s largest metro area. The original public health order in September 2023 ignited a furor of public protests,…
Vice President Kamala Harris still has a wide lead over former President Donald Trump among Black voters in battleground states, according to a new poll, which shows a key slice of undecided Black voters still poised to make a decision about the presidential election. The findings, from a Howard University Initiative on Public Opinion poll…
A brass plaque of the State Bank of Pakistan is seen outside of its wall in Karachi, Pakistan December 5, 2018. — Reuters Pakistan’s macroeconomic conditions saw improvement in the fiscal year 2023-24, driven by several factors, including effective collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its Annual Report on the State of Pakistan’s…
The Sun has now entered its “solar maximum period” in the current solar cycle, resulting in a noticeable increase in sunspots and heightened solar activity. Jamie Favors, the head of NASA’s Space Weather Program, explains that the solar maximum is a phase characterised by a significant rise in sunspots and solar phenomena, which can have…
