A glitch in Japan's payments clearing system affects 11 institutions

The operator of Japan's payments clearing network reported on Tuesday that the system had experienced a glitch, which caused some clients of 11 different banks, including MUFG Bank, to experience issues with their ability to transfer funds.

According to the Payment Clearing Network ...

In a theft investigation, a statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius was taken from the Cleveland Museum.

The authorities in New York who are investigating artifacts that were stolen from Turkey ordered a headless bronze figure to be seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The statue is thought to depict Marcus Aurelius, who was a Roman emperor and philosopher.

The statue, which the museum...

Attorney representing families in the Greek surrogacy controversy makes a statement.

After their newborn kids, who were born by surrogacy, were taken by police during a raid, the attorney who represents three Australian couples who are embroiled in a scandal involving a reproductive clinic in Greece says his clients have been left "traumatised" as a result.

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France dispatches an elite police detachment to Marseille to combat a violent drug crime wave.

The CRS 8 special police unit is being deployed to combat the bloody conflict in Marseille for the control of drug trafficking. Since mid-July, the gang conflict has claimed the lives of twelve individuals.

The French government is sending an elite police unit to Marseille to combat a w...

Angus Cloud's improbable ascent from servant to renowned actor

A viral video featuring the actor Angus Cloud almost went undetected.

The "Euphoria" star, who died on Monday at age 25, was working as a waiter in Brooklyn in 2018 when Darleen Justance and her companions visited a brunch spot to celebrate her birthday.

Justance tol...

After forty years, the historic Rajasthan Polo Club field will be reconstructed.

In an effort to make the Rajasthan Polo Club (RPC) ground one of the finest in the world, the RPC has been laying new sod after a 40-year absence.

In a couple of months, if all goes well, Jaipur will be able to witness the new lush-green field, much to the delight of polo enthusiasts in...

France will pay a bonus for fixing shoes and clothes to reduce waste.

The goal of the move is to cut down on the 700,000 tons of clothes that French people throw away every year, of which two-thirds end up in dumps. Under the plan, customers will be able to get 7 euros for fixing a heel and 10–25 euros for fixing clothes.

The French government said ...

At his first Paris show, Pharrell Williams mixed music and clothes.

Williams is the first musician to be in charge of designing clothes for a big luxury brand that made a mind-blowing $22 billion last year.

He has worked with fashion houses before, but it was clear that the bosses at Louis Vuitton were also interested in the list of guests he could make...

At his first Paris show, Pharrell Williams mixed music and clothes

Williams is the first musician to be in charge of designing clothes for a big luxury brand that made a mind-blowing $22 billion last year.

He has worked with fashion houses before, but it was clear that the bosses at Louis Vuitton were also interested in the list of guests he could make...

After a data breach, the US Department of Energy was asked for ransom twice.

A representative for the United States Department of Energy said on Friday that the agency had received ransom demands from the Russia-linked extortion gang Cl0p at its nuclear waste plant and the scientific education institutions that had been compromised in a recent global hacking campaign.

The Rs. 2,000 note is being phased out of circulation but will remain valid currency until September 30.

A circular from the Reserve Bank of India dated May 19 announced the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation. The memo said that the notes will remain valid tender until September 30. According to the document, the RBI's "Clean Note Policy" necessitates the change. Th...

The call is coming from inside the internet: AI voice scams are on the rise with cloning technology.

AI is quickly becoming one of the most important new tools in history, but the most powerful people on the planet aren't sure what to make of it.

But crooks sure do. In the six months since OpenAI gave ChatGPT to everyone and started an AI arms race that could change the course of h...

Tributes pour in for Nichelle Nichols, a Star Trek classic, and the hailing frequencies go live.

"Our country has lost a pioneer of stage and screen who expanded the boundaries of possibility for African-Americans and women," Biden said. Nichols was born in Chicago to a working class family in December 1932. She studied singing and acting on stage before winning the role of Lieuten...

Nurses' strike in Britain will be shorter due to recent High Court judgement.

Thousands of nurses in Britain were planned to go on strike the week after next, but the High Court ruled on Thursday that their actions were illegal, giving the government a modest victory in its ongoing conflict with public sector unions.

Despite the union's claims to the contrary...

Fans of "Pushpa: The Rule" are being teased with never-before-seen BTS clips.

It seems like the people who made Pushpa are doing everything they can to make people crazy with Pushpa: The Rule. After giving the crowd a video, the Pushpa team asked everyone, "Where is Pushpa?" and told them to keep an eye on April 7 at 4:05 PM for a big reveal. Now, to keep people ...

In 2024, South Korea plans to implement a new hydrogen classification system.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy of South Korea announced on Wednesday that beginning in 2024, the country will adopt a new clean hydrogen certification system that will assess businesses' carbon footprints according to the total amount of carbon emissions rather than the method of...

What's behind oil companies' advocacy for climate change technology

The oil industry appears to be doing well by most accounts. The demand for oil and gas is still very strong, and the industry made remarkable profits last year. But the industry is also feeling the heat to solve the climate crisis, and it wants a piece of the federal government's massive pie ...

The cashmere sweater that started Uniqlo on the road to dominating the American market

What's stopping Uniqlo, Japan's biggest clothing retailer, from expanding to the United States? Increasing the number of people in the U.S. who are aware of who they are.

The clothing company aims to expand in one of the world's most competitive consumer markets, where it ha...

Lupin, the hit French TV show, returns for a second season.

Lupin, the first major streaming hit of 2021, will return on Friday, with fans eager to discover how Omar Sy's gentleman-burglar escapes the next cliffhanger. Because of the pandemic last year, Netflix only released the first five episodes of the drama, which was inspired by Maurice Leblanc&#...

A new COVID therapy trial offers promising results: research

According to a study released on Wednesday, a single-injection antiviral treatment for newly infected COVID-19 patients lowered the likelihood of hospitalization by half in a large-scale clinical trial. The new medicine "showed remarkable benefits for both vaccinated and unvaccinated persons...