Artificial intelligence is emerging as a key driver of growth in the UK’s climate tech start-up ecosystem, with AI-related ventures attracting record levels of funding even as broader climate investment stalls, according to new research by Sustainable Ventures. The study, titled “Advancing AI’s Potential for Climate Innovation”, draws on data from 3,345 high-growth UK climate tech start-ups compiled by Beauhurst …

Popular Indian cricketer Deepak Chahar recently generated massive buzz with a surprise, unannounced appearance on the reality show Bigg Boss 19. The Mumbai Indians pacer’s presence immediately fueled speculation across social media platforms that he is set to enter the house as the season’s next wildcard contestant. Host Salman Khan further intensified the rumors by directly questioning Chahar about his …

More than 350 people, including mainland Chinese tourists, headed to Hong Kong’s Tung Ping Chau for Tuesday’s public holiday to enjoy its blue waters, but were shocked to find debris left over from Super Typhoon Ragasa’s passage last month. While visitors said the eastern island’s clear waters were mesmerising, others spoke about waiting hours for the only ferry service that …

Six university-founded social enterprises have been selected as finalists for Ignite 2025, the Ford Family Foundation’s flagship competition supporting early-stage, purpose-driven ventures. The finalists will pitch their innovations at the Barclays Innovation Hub powered by Eagle Labs in Shoreditch, London, on Tuesday 21 October 2025, competing for a share of a £50,000 prize fund. Each will receive tailored pitching support, …

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Asahi Group, Japan’s largest brewer, has partially restarted beer production at all six of its breweries after a cyber-attack last week forced a temporary shutdown across its domestic operations. The company said production of its flagship Asahi Super Dry beer had resumed, along with limited output at facilities producing soft drinks and food products. However, Asahi cautioned that its breweries …

پیپلز پارٹی سے تنازع کے حل کے لیے مسلم لیگ (ن) کے رہنما سرگرم ہوگئے، لیگی رہنماؤں نے پیپلز پارٹی کو وزیراعظم کی واپسی تک انتظار کا مشورہ دے دیا اور شہباز شریف کو پیپلز پارٹی سے بات چیت کی صورت حال سے آگاہ کردیا۔ دوسری طرف پیپلزپارٹی نے بات چیت سے معاملات کے حل کے لیے رضا مندی ظاہر …

Delivery company DPD is facing potential disruption after hundreds of drivers began three days of action in protest at cuts to their pay for delivering small parcels. The company has reduced payments for such deliveries by 65p per parcel, a change that self-employed and franchised drivers say could reduce their annual earnings by as much as £6,500. The protest, organised …

The Pentagon has also spent more than $10 million on operations across the Middle East since October 7, 2023, according to the document The US has provided Israel with $21.7 billion in military assistance during the two years of the conflict in Gaza, a new report has said. The paper by the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson …

OpenAI has agreed a multibillion-dollar partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to secure massive computing power for its next generation of artificial intelligence models — a direct challenge to Nvidia’s dominant position in the global AI chip market. Under the five-year deal, OpenAI will purchase up to 6 gigawatts of AMD’s most advanced AI processors, a level of computing capacity …

Gold prices have surged to fresh record highs, breaching $3,900 an ounce for the first time as investors sought refuge from global economic and political uncertainty. The precious metal traded at $3,956.19 per ounce in late deals, extending this year’s gain to almost 50 per cent. The rally has been fuelled by expectations of lower US interest rates, geopolitical tensions …

روس میں افغانستان سے متعلق ماسکو فارمیٹ کا اجلاس ختم ہوگیا ہے، جس کے مشترکہ اعلامیے میں افغانستان میں فوجی انفرا اسٹرکچر کی کوششوں کو ناقابل قبول قرار دیتے ہوئے کہا گیا ہے کہ افغان سرزمین کسی ملک کی سلامتی کے لیے خطرہ نہ بنے۔ منگل کو روس میں افغانستان سے متعلق ماسکو فارمیٹ کا ساتواں اجلاس اختتام پذیر ہوگیا، …

2025 کے نوبیل انعام برائے طب کے اعلان کے موقع پر ایک دلچسپ صورتحال پیدا ہوگئی، انعام جیتنے والوں میں سے ایک نے کمیٹی کی کال کو اسپیم سمجھ کر کاٹ دیا، جب کہ دوسرا اس وقت پہاڑوں میں ہائیکنگ پر تھا اور اپنی کامیابی سے بے خبر رہا۔ اسکائی نیوز کے مطابق امریکی سائنس دان میری برنکاؤ کو سویڈن …

Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s petrochemicals group Ineos has announced plans to cut 60 jobs at its Hull Acetyls plant in East Yorkshire, citing “dirt-cheap, carbon-heavy imports from China” and “sky-high” UK energy costs. The redundancies represent around a fifth of the site’s workforce, and follow the closure earlier this year of Ineos’s Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland, which led to …

UK investors withdrew a record £3.6 billion from equity funds during the third quarter, marking the worst three-month run for stock market investments since Calastone began compiling data in 2015. The figures highlight growing caution among investors who have been spooked by high valuations and global uncertainty, prompting a decisive move into the relative safety of bonds and cash. Edward …