There was lots of cool stuff on display Wednesday afternoon at the Meta Connect 2024 product and developer conference held at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters. The launch of the new Meta Quest 3S virtual reality headset — on sale Oct. 15, starting at $299 — was certainly exciting. It was also great to get … Read more
A large quantity of a “fluorescent green liquid” is currently spilling into Sydney Harbour, with officials saying it is concerning but not hazardous. The liquid was first seen entering the water at Hipwood St in Kirribilli just before 3pm on Wednesday. Firefighters who specialise in hazardous materials were sent “to investigate this large spill or … Read more
Workers assembles smartphones at Dixon Technologies factory in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India has big ambitions to become a semiconductor powerhouse as the world’s fifth-largest economy pushes for self-reliance in manufacturing. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set numerous goals to propel the country’s semiconductor … Read more
This photo shows a general view of a traffic jam on a main roads leading into the city center of Jakarta on May 8, 2024 as thin haze of pollution sits over the city’s skyline. Bay Ismoyo | Afp | Getty Images Indonesia’s rise as an emerging economy is the latest of Asia’s success stories. … Read more
A Sydney killer serving a sentence of at least 33 years for the “horrific” sexual assault and murder of a 16-year-old boy has died in prison. Aymen Terkmani, 31, was stabbed to death at Lithgow Correctional Centre in Marrangaroo just before 2.45pm on Wednesday, NSW Police said. Paramedics treated Terkmani for a stab wound to … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 22, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | Reuters House Oversight Chair James Comer is opening an investigation into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Sunday visit to an ammunition factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Comer claims that the trip was organized to campaign … Read more
(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday in North Carolina about the economy to counter a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris later in the day. Trump’s so-called “prebuttal” in Mint Hill focused on his 2019 executive order that forced federal agencies to buy products made with more American components. He also revisited how he … Read more
A suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann allegedly confessed to taking a child from a Portuguese apartment, his cellmate has sensationally claimed in court. Convicted paedophile and rapist Christian Brueckner, who was in and around the Praia da Luz resort area on the Algarve coast at the time McCann disappeared on May … Read more
Two people were hurt in an explosion Wednesday morning at a courthouse in Southern California, authorities said. One person of interest was detained following the blast reported shortly after 8:45 a.m. at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Maria, sheriff’s officials said. The small city of about 110,000 people in Santa Barbara County … Read more
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will on Wednesday lay out rival visions for the economy, the top issue for many US voters, ahead of the vice president’s first major solo interview since entering the White House race. Harris is giving a speech in Pittsburgh, an industrial city in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, in … Read more
