Americas

Markets

Instacart sets IPO price at $30 a share

The price gives Instacart a market value of around $10 billion (€9.4 billion). That's far lower than the $39 billion valuation the company announced in early 2021.

19/09/2023

Health news

Significant ‘forever chemicals’ exposure found in women with cancer

A new study linked long-lasting chemicals such as PFAS and BPA to certain hormone-related cancers in women.

18/09/2023

USA

Storm Lee batters eastern shores of Maine and Nova Scotia

One man was killed in Maine, US, when a branch fell on his vehicle. The storm was downgraded from a hurricane.

17/09/2023

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Mexicans celebrate independence day in a riot of colourful costumes

Mexico celebrates the anniversary of the birth of its independence movement.

16/09/2023

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WATCH: Drones deliver Amazon light show to world leaders in New York

New York is the focus of climate activism this weekend as world leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly.

16/09/2023

Earth News

Apple Watch: Can a device truly be ‘carbon neutral’?

While Apple's actions are positive, they do not solve the problem of e-waste, experts say.

16/09/2023

Art

Colombian artist Fernando Botero dies at the age of 91

The artist, born in 1932 in the Central Colombian city of Medellin, was still painting in his studio until he contracted pneumonia and was admitted to hospital, but was released from the hospital on Thursday to recover at home, W Radio reported.

15/09/2023

Culture news

Major retrospective of Pierre Soulages in New York opens this week

Soulages, dubbed “the painter of black,” died in October last year aged 102.

15/09/2023

Space

NASA team calls for end to UFO stigma as search for proof continues

With ever more sightings of so-called 'UAP' being reported by US military personnel, new means for recording and studying them are badly needed.

14/09/2023

Markets

Chip designer Arm secures almost $5 billion in mammoth IPO

British chip designer Arm Holdings' shares debut on the Nasdaq on Thursday, in what is the largest initial public offering in nearly two years.

14/09/2023

Economy

New US sanctions to plug loopholes that let Russia get Western tech

The US has announced a raft of new sanctions aimed at people and companies in countries, notably NATO member Turkey, that sell Western technology to Russia that could be used to bolster its war effort.

14/09/2023

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WATCH: Brazil's indigenous women march to protect their lands

Brazil's Supreme Court is debating the "time-frame argument" that says indigenous people cannot claim land as their own if they were not living there in 1988.

14/09/2023

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WATCH: Loose lemur lopes away, but the law prevails

This lemur likes to move it, move it!

14/09/2023

Brazil

Brazil: Pro-Bolsonaro rioters on trial for 8 January disorder

Four men are on trial in Brasília accused of crimes including armed criminal conspiracy, violent uprising against the rule of law and an attempted coup

14/09/2023

Tech News

Musk calls for AI 'referee' as tech moguls gather for forum

The heads of some of the biggest tech companies, including X, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet and OpenAI, gathered to discuss AI policy in Washington DC.

14/09/2023

Space

Fossils of alleged 'alien' corpses put on display at Mexican Congress

The fossilised bodies presented in glass cases by journalist and UFO scientist Jaime Maussan at Mexico's parliament are said to be 1,000 years old.

13/09/2023

Markets

Birkenstock next European company to file for Wall Street

Birkenstock is following in UK chip-maker Arm's footsteps as a high-profile European company seeking a public offering in the US rather than the old continent.

13/09/2023

Tech News

Google spends $10bn a year to maintain its dominance, trial hears

The US' biggest antitrust trial of the last half-century began this week with Google defending itself against accusations that it rigged the market.

13/09/2023

Culture news

MTV Awards 2023: Here are all the winners from this year

For the first time, there was an all-female artist of the year category.

13/09/2023

Tech News

Apple unveils new iPhone 15 with better cameras and USB-C charger

The new iPhone 15 range was just some of the new products announced, as well as a switch to EU-mandated USB-C charging points.

13/09/2023

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WATCH: Brazilian Indigenous women march to defend rights

"We're here to say no to the time frame argument," Elda Hunikui, an Indigenous leader from the Hunikui people, said.

12/09/2023

Culture news

MTV awards: All-female artist of the year category for the first time

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Karol G and Shakira are contending for the night's top prize.

12/09/2023

Markets

Chipmaker Arm is launching the biggest IPO of the year

Billions of dollars worth of shares are entering the market in what might be the biggest IPO of the year.

12/09/2023

Climate

Billion-dollar climate disasters soar to record high in US

Eight new disasters were added to the list in the last month alone.

12/09/2023

Markets

Apple set to launch new iPhones amidst sales slump

It's time for Apple's biggest event of the year: the launch of its next generation of iPhones. The tech giant hopes to seduce consumers after disappointing sales results, losses on the market and new threats from China.

12/09/2023

Culture news

Inside this year's New York Fashion Week

It wasn’t just the return of Ralph Lauren to NYFW which got guests talking. Other standout moments included a Chanel diner, PETA protests and designers tackling the future of fashion.

12/09/2023