It is also the first time the WNBA Draft has drawn more than 1 million viewers, and it also flew past the TV figures of the MLB and NHL drafts in 2023, according to various reports.
Funding among Indian fintech startups has dropped 57% year on year to $551 million in the first three months of 2024, compared to $1.3 billion raised in the same period last year, according to the Fintech India report released by data intelligence platform Tracxn on Friday.However, despite the year-on-year decline, there was a 59% rise in fintech funding from the previous quarter (October to December 2023).Funding during the January-March quarter dried up year on year across stages, with seed...
The patient was admitted to Amsterdam University Medical Centre in February 2022 with the omicron variant of Covid.
Health workers issued 11 million sick notes, also called 'fit notes', in England last year, up 108 per cent from 5.3 million in 2015, according to Policy Exchange think-tank.
Officials say that anyone who was evacuated from a hotel in Rhodes and had their holiday cut short is eligible to claim vouchers of up to 500 euros that will cover the cost of a week-long stay
Complaints of discrimination increased by 33% last year, according to a draft report by police, the human rights watchdog and the government obtained by RTL Nieuws. In 2023 8,990 complaints were recorded by police and anti-discrimination services, nearly half of which were classed as discrimination based on a person’s origin. Reports of anti-Semitism were up by 60% and now account for nearly 10% of all complaints, RTL reported. The agencies said anti-Semitism appeared to have increased in the...
The number of complaints about excessive noise by planes at Schiphol airport increased by 7% in the last year, according to the organisation set up to liaise with local residents. The increase was in line with the heaver traffic at Schiphol in 2023, the first year since 2019 not to be affected by pandemic restrictions. The total number of take-offs and landings was up by 8%. The biggest rise in complaints was in Uithoorn and surrounding villages, which are closest
Pima County is receiving over $21 million for more migrant assistance from the federal government. With border apprehensions dropping, there’s hope this money could last through the end of the year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by asserting the existence of a singular “Russian world” that needs protection and reunification. He set aside the secular socialist ideological rationales that the Soviet Union used to justify its expansion favoring the Tsarist Russia, rooted in religion and culture. But the history of political More
NASA's Odysseus Lunar Lander may have tipped over, but it still delivered an important payload of art, music, books and Bitcoin.
MOSCOW >> Russia’s President Vladimir Putin today mocked a scheduled round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced plans that ignore its interests.