The United States is no longer among the world’s 20 happiest countries, according to a new report — with young people hit particularly hard and reporting lower levels of well-being than any other age group. The United States fell from 15th in 2023 to 23rd in this year’s World Happiness Report, which was released Wednesday … Read more
The latest edition of South Asians in Football Weekly is out after another good week for the community in the Beautiful Game… Whitehawk forward Imran Kayani signed off for international duty in style by scoring the first hat-trick of his senior career. Kayani has been in blistering form recently and opened the scoring in the … Read more
Montreal welcomes the world’s best figure skaters today for the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. It’s been 56 years since two skaters won parallel back-to-back-to-back world titles, but Japanese singles stars Shoma Uno and Kaori Sakamoto will aim to do just that. Featuring 200 top skaters from more than 40 nations, the climax to the season is not one … Read more
Europe is slowly catching up, both in terms of battery production and recycling, with car manufacturers leading the charge to reclaim the valuable materials.The IEA forecasts that recycling could meet up to 12 percent of the EV industry’s demand for lithium, nickel, copper and cobalt by 2040. The Volkswagen Group—which includes Audi, Porsche and other … Read more
Singapore is the happiest country in Asia according to the 2024 World Happiness Report. Matthew Ng | E+ | Getty Images Singapore is the happiest country in Asia for the second year in a row, according to the 2024 World Happiness Report released Wednesday. The city-state ranked 30 out of the 143 places surveyed for … Read more
The rules of survival are simple: humans can live weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without air. Air is the most vital resource to human life, and yet what most of the world breathes in every day is dirty. According to the 2023 World Air Quality Report published on Tuesday by IQAir, … Read more
Vladimir Putin warned that a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO would be “one step away from a full-scale World War III” in a speech following his reelection on Monday. “I think hardly anyone is interested in this,” Putin added. The three-day vote, which wrapped up Sunday, saw Putin face no credible opposition. Western countries … Read more
Chip giant Nvidia is hosting a massive AI conference as part of its GTC event this week, which kicks off Monday. With a keynote planned from Jensen Huang, CEO and co-founder, of the company best known in year’s past for its gaming hardware and today for its massive market share in the burgeoning AI hardware … Read more
Charlotte the stingray, who is mysteriously pregnant, seems to be having a longer pregnancy than many anticipated. While fans from all around the world stay on baby watch, the aquarium shares frequent updates and has even added an Amazon Wish List for anyone who would like to send Charlotte a baby shower or push present. … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City on Friday were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Lolling with bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans laid sprawled out on the ground at the base of the city’s iconic Monument to the Revolution to … Read more