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Palestine

Palestine launches program for local authority solar projects

A program designed to finance solar projects for local authorities in Palestine has opened with an initial $25 million investment from the Palestine Monetary Authority in collaboration with Austria, Finland and Norway...Read More

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Gundam

‘Vertex Force’ Reveals Additional Staff, Second Teaser Promo, Fall 2026 Premiere

The official website for the Vertex Force original television anime revealed the additional staff, a second teaser visual (pictured), and the second teaser promotional video on Friday. The anime series is scheduled to premiere in October 2026. Staff Character Design: Kazuhiro Takamura (Strike Witches) Assistant Director: Gorou Kuji (Bungou to…

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Orangutan

Conservationists fear fires could erase years of orangutan habitat recovery

JAKARTA — Fires have burned part of a decade-long orangutan habitat restoration site in Indonesian Borneo, raising fears among conservationists that another severe fire season could wipe out years of recovery efforts before the dry season has even fully begun. A decade ago, Yayasan IAR Indonesia (YIARI...Read More

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Pandemic

The old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemic

It’s hard to imagine modern life without glycols. They are used in cosmetics, fog machines, and food. As you read this, you’re almost certainly wearing or drinking from something they were used to produce — polyester fabric or plastic bottles, for example. If you brush your teeth with toothpaste or…

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Putin

Zcash plans quantum-resistant upgrade as crypto braces for future risks

Zcash plans to launch quantum recoverable wallets within about a month. The system is designed to protect user funds during future cryptographic shifts. Full quantum-resistant security is targeted for rollout by 2027. Zcash is preparing a major upgrade aimed at protecting users from one of the long-term risks facing modern…

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Soundcloud

Billie Eilish Doesn’t Know if There Will Ever Be Another Billie Eilish

Nearly a decade ago, Billie Eilish, then 13 years old, put “Ocean Eyes” on SoundCloud and catapulted to global super stardom. It was the kind of ascent aspiring singers dream of, propelled by a platform that at the time wasn’t known for unearthing pop stars. But if you ask her…

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Elon Musk

Elon Musk could lose his case against OpenAI — and still get what he wants

So, what’s a guy got to do to become a billionaire around here? Greg Brockman scribbled the question in his diary, recently unsealed as trial evidence, just two years after co-founding OpenAI as a charity in 2015: “Financially, what will take me to $1B?” For Brockman, now OpenAI’s president, the…

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Donald Trump

Trump Criticises World Cup Ticket Prices Amid FIFA Pressure

Trump’s Disappointment Over Ticket Costs Former President Donald Trump has voiced strong discontent regarding the high prices of tickets for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, expressing concern that many of his supporters may be unable to afford to attend. In a recent interview, he acknowledged that even he would hesitate…

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Cold War

Nuclear ‘Close-Calls’ Prove Deterrence No Guarantee for Peace

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Conferences, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace, TerraViva United Nations Nuclear Disarmament Attendees at the NPT Review Conference side event titled 'Preventing Nuclear Use and Escalation: Lessons from Nuclear Close Calls. ' Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS…

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Syria

‘Stressed and worried’: Uneasy feelings after IS-linked cohort returns

Shelan Khodedah has lived in Australia for nearly 10 years, and is glad to call it home. But she and fellow members of the Yazidi community in Wagga Wagga are reeling after a group of families linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group touched down here on Thursday night.…

bubmagMay 8, 2026

Palestine launches program for local authority solar projects

‘Vertex Force’ Reveals Additional Staff, Second Teaser Promo, Fall 2026 Premiere

Conservationists fear fires could erase years of orangutan habitat recovery

The old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemic

Zcash plans quantum-resistant upgrade as crypto braces for future risks

Billie Eilish Doesn’t Know if There Will Ever Be Another Billie Eilish

Elon Musk could lose his case against OpenAI — and still get what he wants

Trump Criticises World Cup Ticket Prices Amid FIFA Pressure

Nuclear ‘Close-Calls’ Prove Deterrence No Guarantee for Peace

‘Stressed and worried’: Uneasy feelings after IS-linked cohort returns

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