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Whales could derail a new US trade deal. The Indo-Pacific Economic Frameworkâa sprawling trade agreement between the US and a dozen other countriesâhas been jeopardized by Japanâs taste for whale meat.
Indian companies gave workers the day off to see a movie. Some employees even got free tickets to see one of the countryâs most popular movie stars, Rajinikanth, in Jailer.
The US Congress called on FIFA to recognize the exiled Afghan womenâs soccer team. The international pressure coincides with th e knockout stage of the Womenâs World Cup.
One of Chinaâs largest property managers has burned through $7.6 billion this year. Country Garden is nearing default, magnifying the countryâs property woes.
Robo delivery has a ways to go
Serve Roboticsâan Uber-backed robot delivery companyâis going public, but it needs a lot of money before its fleet of Wall-E wannabes start delivering your pizza.
Developing and operating robots is costly. Just take a look at the figures below:
2,000: Number of delivery robots Serve plans to deploy with Uber Eats
As Quartz reporter Michelle Cheng explains, the robot-delivery industry is still very much in its infancy.
Whoâd win in Musk vs. Zuckerberg? Italy!
The proposed fight between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk will be anything but a cage match, and the victor wonât be either tech titan, but rather, the proposed location.
The âepic locationâ of the battle of egosâpotentially Italyâwould fulfill an ancient Rome-themed, Gladiator-esque dream of Muskâs. But if the fight and the location hold true, itâll mean big tourism bucks for the host country, as well as millions of dollars in philanthropic donations.
The World Bank is inconsistent on homosexuality
The World Bank has suspended all new loans to Uganda, arguing that the countryâs law against homosexuality, passed in March, âfundamentally contradictsâ the Bankâs values.
The institution isnât the only one to take a stand against Ugandaâs draconian lawâthe US, for one, is reviewing $1 billion in aid to the country. But itâs not like Uganda is an anomaly. In fact, itâs one of 62 countries that have enacted laws criminalizing homosexuality in some form or another, many of which the World Bank still has relationships with.
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A fifth force of nature likely exists. Step aside gravity, electromagnetism, strong force, and weak force, thereâs a new subatomic-particle mover in town.
Not one, but two new types of moles were discovered. The furballs have been secretly living in the mountains of Turkey, where they can withstand severe heat and cold.
A NASA spacecraft studying the Sun for the past 17 years is homeward bound. Itâll be doing a lap near Earth for the first time since it launched.
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