
Antony Blinken holds talks with Prime Minster Netanyahu in Israel
His second trip to Israel in a week comes as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza reaches a critical point.
2023-10-16 22:51

Israel evacuates villages near Lebanon border amid fears of escalation
Israel accuses of Iran of ordering attacks by Hezbollah militants that killed two Israelis on Sunday.
2023-10-16 20:27

Novo Nordisk in $1.3 billion deal to buy hypertension drug
COPENHAGEN Novo Nordisk has agreed to buy ocedurenone, a drug for uncontrolled hypertension with potential application in cardiovascular
2023-10-16 19:17

Conspiracy theorists believe there is a secret planet
Conspiracy theorists think that there is a hidden planet in out Solar System that will eventually destroy humanity. That's right, conspiracy theorists believe there is a secret ninth planet that was discovered by 19th-century astronomer Percival Lowell. The planet was given the name 'Planet X', also known as Nibiru, by Lowell, who believed the inhabitants of the planet made humans who we are today. Despite Lowell never actually seeing the mystery planet, he was convinced of its existence and left $1 million to fund research about the planet after he passed away in 1916. A hundred years later and all the money spent, it was concluded that the planet never existed. But this hasn't stopped conspiracy theorists from vowing to continue the search. With Caltech professors Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin even going as far as to co-author a paper suggesting the planet exists "I didn't have a particularly strong appreciation for just how difficult would be to find Planet Nine until I started looking together with Mike using telescopes," Professor Batygin told the BBC. "The reason it's such a tough search is because most astronomical surveys are not looking for a single thing." It was initially predicted that Planet X would bring about the end of the world in 2003, but it did not smash into Earth as had been suggested. In 2012 it was again predicted that the planet would collide with Earth at the end of the year, which I don't need to tell you, did not happen. Dr Scott Sheppard and Professor Chad Trujillo sought to explain a strange cluster of six small objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune back in 2014. They suggested that a large planet was lurking in the solar system, with Dr Sheppard saying: "These distant objects are like breadcrumbs leading us to Planet X. 'The more of them we can find, the better we can understand the outer Solar System and the possible plant that we think is shaping their orbits - a discovery that would redefine our knowledge of the Solar System's evolution." Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-10-16 18:26

TikTok steps up efforts to counter misinformation about Israel-Hamas war
TikTok is stepping up efforts to counter misinformation, incitement to violence and hate relating to the Israel-Hamas war on its online platform, it announced Sunday, days after the European Union (EU) warned social media companies they risked falling foul of the bloc's content moderation laws.
2023-10-16 17:48

Lina Khan's rise was heralded as an antitrust revolution. Now she has to pull it off
When the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon last month in a landmark antitrust case, Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, described it as a "cutting-edge" lawsuit that captures "state-of-the-art thinking" about modern monopolies in the tech industry.
2023-10-16 17:48

Top banker Mustier takes over as crisis-hit Atos chairman
By Mathieu Rosemain (Reuters) -Banking big-shot Jean-Pierre Mustier is taking over the helm of Atos' board of directors, the crisis-hit
2023-10-16 15:55

Australia issues $386,000 fine against X over failure to cooperate with child sex abuse probe
Australia on Monday issued a fine of $610,500 Australian dollars ($386,000) against the company formerly known as Twitter for "falling short" in disclosing information on how it tackles child sex abuse content, in yet another setback for the Elon Musk-owned social media platform.
2023-10-16 15:15

Japan chip tool maker Kokusai Electric raises $724 million in IPO
By Mariko Katsumura, Sam Nussey and Miho Uranaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Chip equipment maker Kokusai Electric has raised $724.4 million after
2023-10-16 14:57

Fred Warner refuses to blame 49ers kicker for first loss of the season
The 49ers were dealt their first loss of the season in Week 6 following a failed field goal conversion attempt by Jake Moody.
2023-10-16 09:22

Browns upset the 49ers in stunning fashion in Week 6
Browns upset the 49ers in stunning fashion in Week 6
2023-10-16 07:22

3 Seattle Seahawks to blame for deflating loss to Cincinnati Bengals
The Seattle Seahawks lost a very winnable one on the road at the Cincinnati Bengals. Let's blame some people for their Week 6 loss at the AFC contender's place.
2023-10-16 06:26