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Electric Car

How to make transportation quieter, cleaner and cheaper | Doreen Orishaba

192,696 plays | Doreen Orishaba | TED Countdown Summit 2025 • June 2025 When Doreen Orishaba helped build Africa’s first electric car in 2011, skeptics dismissed it as a “toy for the Western world.” Now she’s running dozens of electric buses across Kenya and Rwanda, moving thousands of passengers to…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

Drones

Iran has crafted a perfect kill box for US Navy, and it’s waiting

There is a clear reason why the world's biggest navy is hesitant to secure a very narrow strip of water, and it dates back to Iran's long-time strategy to beat the US by using asymmetric power. The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow chokepoint through which nearly a fifth of the…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

Palestine

South Africa reviews ICJ case against Israel as West Bank family killed before Eid

The Bani Odeh family were buried on Sunday Two boys who survived a shooting that killed four members of their family, including their parents, in the northern West Bank town of Tammoun have described witnessing the attack that left them orphaned and without two of their brothers. The attack happened…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

NASDAQ

EU customers: TradFi futures are now live on Kraken Pro

What’s new TradFi futures on Kraken Pro lets eligible EU clients trade fixed-term contracts on major equity indices, commodities, and FX markets, using the same futures interface they already use for crypto. That means you can go long or short on the S&P 500, react to a gold spike after…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

Big Data

How big data is transforming what we know about the universe

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) – a ten-year survey covering the entire southern sky almost a thousand times over the next decade – will test the limits…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

Christianity

Saint Patrick’s Day and the mystery of the second Patrick

Celebrated every year with swathes of green and pints of Guinness, Saint Patrick is the most famous of Ireland’s trio of patron saints (the others are Brigid and Colm Cille, aka Columba). Saint Patrick’s story is well known. Not just because of the annual global phenomenon his feast day has…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

Virtual Reality

Oxford Medical Simulation secures £5M growth financing

The London-based healthtech company, which lets clinicians practise emergencies and difficult conversations in virtual reality, will use the capital to deepen its US footprint and accelerate AI-driven product development. Oxford Medical Simulation has raised £5 million in growth financing from Salica Investments, the London-based investment firm formerly known as Hambro…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

Belfast

Derry contractor lands £32.6m Belfast social housing contract

E H Allingham Construction has won a £32.6m contract to deliver 140 social homes in west Belfast. Radius Homes appointed the Derry-based contractor to build the first section of the Hannahstown phase two development on a greenfield site on Glen Road. The contract, awarded last Friday, is due to be…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

Propaganda

“Mr Nobody Against Putin” Wins Oscar; Meet the Russian Teacher in Film Who Confronts State Propaganda

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Nermeen Shaikh in New York, with Amy Goodman in Los Angeles. AMY GOODMAN: Yes, I’m in Los Angeles because I attended the Oscars last night. And so, today we’re…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

Syria

Condolences Pour In as Ex-NFL & Buccaneers Player Dies at 33 Amid Health Concerns

The football community is mourning the sudden loss of former NFL player He eventually stepped away from the game early after raising concerns about serious issues Many remembered him as a teammate whose impact went far beyond the field Coaches and commentators often call football a battle in the trenches.…

bubmagMarch 16, 2026

How to make transportation quieter, cleaner and cheaper | Doreen Orishaba

Iran has crafted a perfect kill box for US Navy, and it’s waiting

South Africa reviews ICJ case against Israel as West Bank family killed before Eid

EU customers: TradFi futures are now live on Kraken Pro

How big data is transforming what we know about the universe

Saint Patrick’s Day and the mystery of the second Patrick

Oxford Medical Simulation secures £5M growth financing

Derry contractor lands £32.6m Belfast social housing contract

“Mr Nobody Against Putin” Wins Oscar; Meet the Russian Teacher in Film Who Confronts State Propaganda

Condolences Pour In as Ex-NFL & Buccaneers Player Dies at 33 Amid Health Concerns

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