Mumbai (AFP) July 14, 2021 Food delivery giant Zomato on Wednesday launched its much-anticipated IPO to raise 93.75 billion rupees ($1.3 billion), India’s biggest this year and the first of a series of public listings by tech unicorns. Zomato – which counts subsidiaries of Uber and Jack Ma’s Ant Group among its existing shareholders – is one of the country’s hottest tech start-ups and dominates … Continue reading India food delivery giant Zomato kicks off $1.3bn IPO

Venice (AFP) July 15, 2021 After years of delay, Italy has banned large cruise ships from sailing into the centre of Venice. While they bring in much-needed tourists, there are concerns the massive ships are damaging Venice’s fragile buildings and the environment. – Banished beasts – From August 1, ships with a gross weight of more than 25,000 tons, those longer than 180 metres (590 … Continue reading Erosion, pollution, business: five aspects of Venice cruise ship ban

Paris (AFP) July 14, 2021 Climate change and deforestation have flipped a large swathe of the Amazon basin from absorbing to emitting planet-warming CO2, a transformation that could turn humanity’s greatest natural ally in the fight against global warming into a foe, researchers reported on Wednesday. Hundreds of high-altitude air samples collected over the last decade showed that southeastern Amazon, in particular,http://dlvr.it/S44H4R Continue reading Warming, deforestation turn Amazon into source of CO2

Erftstadt, Germany (AFP) July 17, 2021 Rescue workers scrambled Saturday to find survivors and victims of the devastation wreaked by the worst floods to hit western Europe in living memory, which have already left at least 168 people dead and dozens more missing. Western Germany has suffered the most brutal impact of the deluge that also pummelled Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, leaving streets and … Continue reading Germany picks through rubble after deadly floods sweep western Europe

Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2021 NASA and university scientists will be studying the intense summer thunderstorms over the central United States to understand their effects on Earth’s atmosphere and how it contributes to climate change. As part of NASA’s Earth Science Division, the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere, or DCOTSS, project will be flying out of Salina, Kansas during the summers … Continue reading NASA mission explores intense summertime thunderstorms

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (SPX) Jul 19, 2021 MEASAT has announced today that while MEASAT has maintained continuous telemetry and command control of the MEASAT-3 satellite since the previously reported anomaly on 21 June 2021, an in-depth investigation is still being conducted with Boeing Satellite Systems (“BSS”) to determine the root cause of the anomaly. To date, almost all customer services on MEASAT-3 have been restored … Continue reading MEASAT-3 Satellite Updates

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Schuld, Germany (AFP) July 16, 2021 The death toll from devastating floods in Europe soared to at least 126 on Friday, most in western Germany where emergency responders were frantically searching for missing people. Unsuspecting residents were caught completely off guard by the torrent dubbed the “flood of death” by Germany’s top-selling daily Bild. Streets and houses were submerged by water in some areas, while … Continue reading Floods leave at least 126 dead in Europe

Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2021 China on Friday rebuffed WHO accusations that it failed to share raw data needed for an investigation into Covid-19’s origins, insisting experts were given adequate access when they visited the country this year. The WHO is facing intensifying pressure for a new, in-depth investigation into the pandemic’s origins after the UN agency sent a team of independent, international experts to … Continue reading China rebuffs WHO claims it obstructed Covid investigation

The magnitude to which retail stores recover when consumers fully adjust to post-pandemic routines may well hinge on the shopping experiences they offer. A new study of consumers in the U.S. and UK shows that the majority of shoppers today view customer experience as one of the most important factors when making purchasing decisions.http://dlvr.it/S3sDv3 Continue reading How Consumers Now Define a Good Customer Experience