Amazon plans to launch more than 5,000 satellites to provide global data and phone services, as competition heats up in the commercial space sector. The planned constellation would be a significant increase upon the Jeff Bezos-owned firm’s 390 satellites currently in orbit — a figure dwarfed by Elon Musk’s Starlink, ...
France, Germany are hatching plans to revive auto industryFrance, Germany are hatching plans to revive auto industry
France and Germany are pursuing a new initiative to boost industrial provisions and protect jobs, as Europe endeavors to shield its businesses from China. A joint Franco-German fighter jet program collapsed last month amid squabbling between defense contractors, underscoring the bloc’s difficulties in unifying around lofty industrial goals. This latest ...
Central banks expected to hold rates steadyCentral banks expected to hold rates steady
Oil-driven inflation fears may push central banks to tighten policy, but that is unlikely to deter the AI investment boom driving much of today’s growth, analysts said. The US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, and the Bank of England are all expected to hold interest rates steady this week, ...
He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begunHe was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun
After masked agents fired on his truck, Francisco Longoria was ambushed, charged and jailed – only for the case against him to fall apart. Now he and his family are seeking justice, and says the harrowing experience is part of a troubling pattern It was just after 8am on 16 ...
Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers WantWikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want
The Wikimedia Foundation waited until the days following its largest worldwide conference to issue a statement saying it would not voluntarily recognize a union of its workers. Last week, Wiki Workers United, which is organized through the Communication Workers Union and represents U.S. workers at the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, requested ...
Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City MeetingPerson Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting
Police arrested a high school physics teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last Wednesday. Teacher Lux Claridge went to a meeting of the Emporia, Kansas City Commission on July 22 with their spouse and brother. All three were there to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center ...
I work in a hospital – and didn’t know I was having a heart attack. Here’s what more women should knowI work in a hospital – and didn’t know I was having a heart attack. Here’s what more women should know
Women and men exhibit different heart attack symptoms. Knowing these lesser-known factors can help save your life A few months ago at work, when I rose from my seat and walked a few steps, something felt off. There was a strange pressure in my chest and rib cage, but I ...
Why are Democrats so quiet about the Tate brothers? | Moira DoneganWhy are Democrats so quiet about the Tate brothers? | Moira Donegan
The party’s silence shows how broadly male supremacist thinking has seeped into the conventional wisdom of political strategists It’s not exactly strange that elements of the Magaverse have embraced Andrew Tate. What’s strange is that the Democrats do not seem interested in holding the Trump movement to account for it. ...
‘It reminded me of James Bond’: Guardian readers on The Odyssey‘It reminded me of James Bond’: Guardian readers on The Odyssey
The Odyssey is the summer’s biggest film: an adaptation of an almost 3,000 year old poem that everyone is talking about. So what was our readers’ verdict? As expected from Christopher Nolan, The Odyssey is an immense technical achievement: vast in scale, beautifully shot and carried by an absorbing soundscape, ...
Wildfire now nine miles from French city of Bordeaux, mayor warnsWildfire now nine miles from French city of Bordeaux, mayor warns
Thomas Cazenave says they are preparing if further evacuations are issued, as the mayor of a nearby town called the situation “catastrophic”. ...