iPhone 15 Pro

China bans iPhone use by government employees, Apple stocks in freefall

China is Apple’s third-largest market and accounted for 18 per cent of its total revenue in 2022

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G20 Summit set to begin on Sept 9 in Delhi; here’s everything you need to know

G20 members represent around 85 per cent of the global GDP, over 75 per cent of the global trade, and about two-thirds of the world population

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Masdar, Africa50 align efforts to hasten clean energy transition across Africa

Africa50 and Masdar will also explore opportunities to collaborate on the implementation of the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa

Facebook News

Meta to remove Facebook News from UK, Germany, and France

Facebook News, a dedicated tab on Facebook’s platform spotlighting news content, is set to be phased out in early December

United Airlines

United Airlines grounds flight due to technical glitch, hundreds of flights impacted

The ground stop while lasting just over an hour, delayed hundreds of United Airlines flights

BMW EV

BMW reveals next-generation EV to take on Tesla, China’s BYD

Electric cars and plug-in hybrids are expected to make up 90 per cent of the world’s biggest auto market around the end of this decade

Idalia

Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida, strikes panhandle with powerful Category 3 winds

Idalia is the first major hurricane to hit Florida since last September and is likely to cause upto $10bn in damages

aiBANK partners with Visa to advance digital payments

EFG Holding’s aiBANK, Visa partner to advance digital payments

The partnership seeks to provide customers with a comprehensive range of innovative products and services tailored to modern digital payment preferences

Greece wildfire

Greece battles ‘Europe’s worst-ever wildfire’

The wildfire currently spans over 810 square kilometers, and has burnt down an area larger than the New York City

digital tax

Meta, Google face digital tax in New Zealand beginning in 2025

The proposed tax would be payable by multinational businesses that make over $810m a year from global digital services

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Global goods trade rises, backed by strong auto demand: WTO

Global import demand remained weak during Q2 2023, weighed down by sluggish economic growth in leading economies including the European Union and China

Idalia

Florida faces major hurricane threat as Idalia strengthens

Depending on its landfall and route, Idalia at hurricane strength could cause up to $10bn in damage and losses

US Fed

US Fed chair Jerome Powell hints at further interest rate hikes

The key takeaway from Powell’s speech is monetary policy will stay “restrictive” until inflation is moving firmly toward 2 per cent

Brookfield Solano County California

A new, green California city in Solano County: $800m land acquisition raises questions

Flannery Associates have disclosed it has been buying rangeland properties in Solano County since 2018, cumulatively spending more than $800m

SpaceX

SpaceX launches Crew-7 to ISS, Sultan AlNeyadi scheduled to come back to Earth soon

SpaceX’s Crew-6 who have been living on the ISS since March, will spend the next week welcoming the Crew-7 astronauts before returning to Earth

hurricane season upon us

Fires, hurricanes, dangerous heat: The US is reeling from a string of disasters

Two tropical storms and one post-tropical cyclone are currently churning across the Atlantic Ocean in an intense start to the most active part of hurricane season

Bob Barker dies

Bob Barker, courtly host of ‘The Price Is Right,’ dies at 99

Barker holds the record for hosting the longest-running game show in US television history

Trump mugshot

Donald Trump’s mugshot released after arrest in Georgia’s Fulton County

Trump has been assigned as ‘Inmate No. PO1135809’ at the county facility

China bans seafood from Japan

China bans seafood from Japan, restaurants brace for cost jump

Beijing curbs food imports from multiple prefectures in Japan as Tokyo begins to release wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific

Donald Trump

Donald Trump to surrender in Fulton County over Georgia election subversion charges

The former president’s surrender at the facility follows in the footsteps of his 18 co-defendants who have already turned themselves in

Moon south pole

Pragyaan Rover rolls out of Lander Vikram: First images from Moon’s south pole

Operating under frigid temperatures, the mission will now grapple with unknown conditions and strange lunar topography

Republican Party debate

Republican Party’s first 2024 GOP Presidential Debate; will Trump be there: Watch live stream

The debate features a notable lineup of candidates, however former US President Donald Trump is likely to give it a miss

Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on the Moon: India makes history

India becomes the first country to reach the Moon’s south pole and only the fourth country ever to land on the lunar surface

Heathrow airport trials low-carbon concrete -Image Heathrow Airport Limited

Heathrow is one of world’s first airports to trial use of lower-carbon concrete

As part of Heathrow’s holistic sustainability strategy – Heathrow 2.0 – the airport is committed to reducing on the ground emissions as well as those in the air

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

The science behind Japan’s plan to empty Fukushima’s nuclear wastewater into Pacific

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed the process will start on August 24 after a meeting of a cabinet panel

Mukesh Ambani Jio Financial Services

Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Financial makes disappointing debut on BSE, NSE

Jio Financial plans to digitally deliver a range of products in the non-banking financial consumer market in India

Hurricane Hilary

California hit by severe flooding from Hurricane Hilary

Hurricane Hilary, a rare storm to hit the US West, will likely bring a year’s worth of rain across the region

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup champions Spain

Spain wins 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup after defeating England in Sydney

The Spanish team, known as La Roja, downed England 1-0 in front of a sellout 75,784 crowd at Stadium Australia

Canada's Record Wildfire Season Set to Worsen as Heat Builds

Raging wildfires trigger mass evacuation in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Canada is experiencing the worst wildfire season on record with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country

China Evergrande Group files bankruptcy

China Evergrande files Chapter 15 bankruptcy in New York

The Chinese builder has been working for months to finalise an offshore debt restructuring plan