Yearly Archives

2022

Danuri orbiter from South Korea has entered lunar orbit

Earlier than planned, South Korea's unmanned spacecraft Danuri entered the orbit of the moon, according to the Yonhap news agency. According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, was…

Ammonia leak poisons 51 people after Serbia train derails

In southeastern Serbia, 51 people were poisoned when a train derailed, releasing ammonia into the air. According to Serbia's Interior Ministry, ammonia was released from a wagon of the derailed freight train in Pirot. The Malaysian National…

Taliban ban on women working for NGOs condemned by UAE

As the UAE's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Political Affairs, Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh strongly condemned the Taliban's decision to ban women…

Gates, Bezos and Branson back a green battery factory

An energy technology pioneer, Form Energy, with the backing of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson has revealed the site of the first factory to manufacture 'iron-air' batteries for long-term wind and solar energy storage. In…

Meta to pay $725 million to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit

Meta, Facebook's parent company, will pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2018. Following Facebook's revelation that 87 million users' data had been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, tied to former President…