Month: February 2026

Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growthChina’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the world’s economies, a new analysis has shown.For the second time in three years, the report showed the manufacture, installation and export of batteries, electric cars, solar, wind and […]

Maja T was part of a group that attacked participants at Budapest's 'Day of Honour', a major neo-Nazi event.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Governor JB Pritzker pledges to put ‘science, preparedness and people’ first by participating in global response networkThe Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has announced that his state will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), following Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the global body in 2025.Pritzker, a Democrat, made the announcement on Tuesday, confirming that Illinois will become part of the coordinated international […]

The Puerto Rican singer’s highly anticipated Super Bowl half-time show has inspired non-Spanish speakers to study Puerto Rican dialect and slangBad Bunny is expected to perform the Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday entirely in Spanish – which has inspired fans to quickly learn the language.In October, the Puerto Rican singer – born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – kicked off the 51st season of Saturday Night Live expressing pride over […]

By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancyFemales may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study.Research led by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden scrutinised the diagnosis rates of autism for people born in Sweden between 1985 and 2020. Of […]

Major obstacles to viable deal remain after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of violating energy truceUkrainian and Russian negotiators have held a “productive” first round of US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi, as Washington seeks a pathway to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.The two-day trilateral talks that are due to continue on Thursday come after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of exploiting a US-backed energy truce last week to stockpile […]

Tribunal heard Bunnings store managers’ evidence of regular threatening or abusive behaviour from some customersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHardware giant Bunnings has been given the green light to use facial recognition technology on customers in order to prevent crime.The administrative review tribunal this week reversed a 2024 ruling by the Australian privacy commissioner that had found […]