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As migration surges in US, funds aren't there for humanitarian response: UN

Countries in the Americas are reeling as the flow of migrants reaches historic levels, but international funds simply aren't there for humanitarian needs, a United Nations official said. Ugochi Daniels, deputy director of operations for the International Organisation for Migration, said a larger and coordinated regional effort is necessary for a longer term solution to the steady movement of vulnerable people toward the United States. But other global crises among them the war in Ukraine, conflict in Sudan, Morocco's earthquake have pulled global funds away, Daniels said Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. The U.N. estimated that this year through August, it needed USD 55.2 billion to take on compounding global crises, but it received funds for only 71 per cent of that. A growing number of countries like Panama and Costa Rica are pleading for international aid in handling the flood of migrants, though Daniels would not say who should pay the tab. Obviously, it's

America's poor math skills raise alarms over global competitiveness

Like a lot of high school students, Kevin Tran loves superheroes, though perhaps for different reasons than his classmates. They're all insanely smart. In their regular jobs they're engineers, they're scientists, said Tran, 17. And you can't do any of those things without math. Tran also loves math. This summer, he studied calculus five hours a day with other high schoolers in a program at Northeastern University. But Tran and his friends are not the norm. Many Americans joke about how bad they are at math, and already abysmal scores on standardized math tests are falling even further. The nation needs people who are good at math, employers say, in the same way motion picture mortals need superheroes. They say America's poor math performance isn't funny. It's a threat to the nation's global economic competitiveness and national security. The advances in technology that are going to drive where the world goes in the next 50 years are going to come from other countries, because they

Trump campaign reports raising more than $7 million after Georgia booking

For former President Donald Trump, a picture is worth... more than USD 7 million. Trump's campaign says he has raised USD 7.1 million since Thursday when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in the state and became the first former president in US history to ever have a mug shot taken. Spokesman Steven Cheung said that, on Friday alone, the campaign brought in USD 4.18 million its highest-grossing day to date. The record haul underscores how Trump's legal woes have been a fundraising boon for his campaign, even as his political operation has spent tens of millions on his defence. The mounting legal charges have also failed to dent Trump's standing in the Republican presidential primary, with the former president now routinely beating his rivals by 30 to 50 points in polls. While Trump described his appearance Thursday as a terrible experience and said posing for the historic mug shot was not a ...

Alabama wants to execute prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen

Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen. The Alabama attorney general's office on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to set an execution date for death row inmate Kenneth Smith. Alabama plans to put him to death by nitrogen hypoxia, an execution method that is authorized in three states but has never been used. Nitrogen hypoxia is caused by forcing the inmate to breathe only nitrogen, depriving them of oxygen and causing them to pass out and die, according to the theory. Nitrogen makes up 78% of the air inhaled by humans and is harmless when inhaled with oxygen. Critics have likened the untested method to human experimentation. Alabama authorized nitrogen hypoxia in 2018 but the state has not attempted to use it until now to carry out a death sentence. Oklahoma and Mississippi have also authorized nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama has been working for several years to develop the execution method, but has disclosed little ab

American workers want almost $79,000 salary to start new job: US Fed survey

For men the average reservation wage was about $91,000 - and for women it was $25,000 lower than that

Cognizant splits global growth markets by appointing 2 internal leaders

Manoj Mehta and Jane Livesey will lead two units and report directly to CEO Ravi Kumar S

Walmart raises forecasts, tops sales estimates on lower price offers

Walmart is also benefiting from lower supply-chain costs and fewer discounts that were previously put in place to cut down excess inventory

New Covid-19 wave? Hospitalisations rise in US, CDC rings warning bells

Over 7,100 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospitals in the week of July 15, up from 6,444 the previous week, shows CDC data

Nokia Q2 profits fall as clients in North America shun investments

Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia on Thursday reported a fall in second quarter profit as clients especially in North America postponed investments due to a slowdown in economic growth and rising financing costs. The Espoo, Finland-based company reported net profit of 414 million euros (USD 464 million) for the April-June period, down 29 per cent from 585 million euros a year earlier. Net income attributable to shareholders was 415 million euros, down from 582 million euros the previous year. Nokia's sales were down 3 per cent at 5.7 billion euros. Among other network products, Nokia is one of the world's main suppliers of 5G, the latest generation of broadband technology, along with Sweden's Ericsson, China's Huawei and South Korea's Samsung. Earlier in the year I highlighted that we were starting to see signs of macroeconomic challenges along with inventory digestion impacting customer spending and this has intensified through the second quarter, CEO Pekka Lundmark

Major League Cricket (MLC), the first professional league making huge in US

The tournament will be played in a single round-robin format with 15 league matches played among six franchises, followed by a four-match play-off phase

China reaches a blazing 52.2 degrees celsius temperature in mid-July

China experienced 52.2 degrees celsius temperature on Monday, setting new records for mid-July. The other parts of the world are also struggling with searing temperatures

Disney star and pop singer Coco Lee dies at 48 after attempting suicide

Chinese American pop singer Coco Lee dies at the age of 48 after attempting suicide on Sunday. She was the first Chinese American to sing at Oscars

People seeing positive, negative sides to American power, shows data

How is America seen by the world? How do Indians see it? A sampling of the rest of the world reflects a more charitable view

Export growth still depends on demand in Europe, North America

The government is pinning its hopes on increased investment that its Production Linked Incentives (PLI) scheme may attract

India to buy Russian, American missile systems worth Rs 200 mn for Navy

The Harpoon missile system acquisition is expected to cost around USD 80 million to the Indian Navy under a foreign military sales route

Woke versus anti-woke debate hots up

The latest candidate to throw his hat in the US presidential ring, Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy, is one of the most voluble antagonists on the anti-woke side

Yellen says US banking system remains sound after 'decisive' actions

A week after the second-largest bank collapse in US history, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday that the nation's banking system remains sound and Americans "can feel confident about their deposits. Yellen is the first Biden administration official to face lawmakers over the decision to protect uninsured money at two failed regional banks, a move that some Republicans have criticized as a bank bailout. The government took decisive and forceful actions to strengthen public confidence in the U.S. banking system, Yellen said in testimony before the committee. I can reassure the members of the Committee that our banking system remains sound, and that Americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them." In less than a week, Silicon Valley Bank, based in Santa Clara, California, failed after depositors rushed to withdraw money amid anxiety over the bank's health. Then, regulators convened over the weekend and ...

Global shares mostly rise as investors waited for US consumer price data

Global shares mostly rose on Tuesday, boosted by a rally on Wall Street, as investors waited for US consumer price data due out later in the day. France's CAC 40 added nearly 0.1 per cent in early trading to 7,214.85, while Germany's DAX also rose less than 0.1 per cent, to 15,400.76. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 0.4 per cent to 7,976.92. The future for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1 per cent while that for the S and P 500 gained 0.2 per cent. Sentiments are largely tracking the positive handover from Wall Street overnight, although much is still up in the air, Yeap Jun Rong, a market analyst at IG, said in a commentary. In a mixed sign of Japan's shaky recovery, government data showed the world's third largest economy grew at an annual pace of 0.6 per cent in October-December, as restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic eased, both abroad and in Japan. Tourism recovered, as did local travel, and exports grew, the Cabinet Office reported. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 2

As US brings down third UFO in three days, here is all you need to know

The latest event is of the US military shooting down a fourth flying object over Lake Huron in Michigan. This comes after the US has already taken down UFOs in US and Canadian airspace

Lupin bags gets approval from USFDA to market generic product in America

Drug maker Lupin on Thursday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market a generic medication, used before a surgery to decrease the volume of secretions from mouth, lungs and stomach, in the American market. The company has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Glycopyrrolate Injection, a generic equivalent of Hikma Pharmaceuticals' Robinul Injection, the Mumbai-based drug maker said in a statement. The product marks the first approval from the company's new injectable facility in Nagpur, it added. "We are committed to building a strong injectable business as part of our growth strategy," Lupin CEO Vinita Gupta said. With the approval of the product from the Nagpur facility, the company can now fast-track its injectable portfolio rollout and build on R&D capabilities in complex products, she added. The approval for Glycopyrrolate clears the path for more internally manufactured injectable products, Gupta stated. As per ..