“Disastrous”: Mongolia’s Children Suffocating In Toxic Pollution
As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes crisscrossing his tiny body, Uyanga cursed her hometown Ulaanbaatar and its chronic pollution.
Day: March 12, 2025
Changes to bathing water status test will deny rivers protection, say critics
Campaigners say introduction of feasibility test in England and Wales over bathing status is ‘snub to communities’Rivers are unlikely to be granted the protections of bathing water status under the government’s changes to the system, campaigners have s…
Overloaded website prevents UK statistics agency from releasing economic data after markets open
The release of economic data was moved to 7am in 2020, and research has suggested that if the time was reverted, the ONS website could crashThe UK’s embattled statistics agency cannot reverse a pandemic-era decision to release official data on the stat…
Anonymous Sources: Starship Needs a Major Rebuild After Two Consecutive Failures
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Behind The Black: According to information at this tweet from anonymous sources, parts of Starship will likely require a major redesign due to the spacecraft’s break-up shortly after stage separatio…
‘Climate Whiplash’ Hitting World’s Cities Amid Rising Temperatures: Study
The weather in some of the world’s most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday.
Centre-right Demokraatit Party comes out on top in Greenland elections
Both the Democrats and the second place Naleraq party favour independence from Denmark, but at different paces.
Bengaluru is becoming an AI talent hub as overseas startups compete with Big Tech; Bain & Co predicts India’s AI talent gap will reach 1M workers by 2027 (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
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Bengaluru is becoming an AI talent hub as overseas startups compete with Big Tech; Bain & Co predicts India’s AI talent gap will reach 1M workers by 2027 — The San Francisco-based startup plans to hire m…
Online Influencer Is Killed While Livestreaming in Tokyo – The New York Times
Online Influencer Is Killed While Livestreaming in Tokyo The New York TimesWoman fatally stabbed in Tokyo while livestreaming Kyodo News PlusJapanese Influencer Murdered While Livestreaming on the Street GizmodoMan arre…
Online Influencer Is Killed While Livestreaming in Tokyo
Police in Japan have charged a man with the murder, saying he was a follower who had tracked her location by the buildings behind her as she filmed herself.
24-Year-Old ‘Mukbang’ Streamer Dies Due To Obesity-Related Complications
An obese Turkish TikToker who frequently posted videos of himself eating has died at the age of 24. Efecan Kultur, 24, rose to popularity on TikTok for his “mukbang” streams. He died from obesity-related complications.