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The World Bank is lifting its decades-long ban on financing nuclear energy, in a policy shift aimed at accelerating development of the low-emissions technology to meet surging electricity demand in the developing world. From a report: In an email to staff on Wednesday, Ajay Banga, the World Bank president, said it would "begin to re-enter the nuclear energy space" [non-paywalled source] in partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog which works to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons. "We will support efforts to extend the life ofÂexisting reactors in countries that already have them, and help support grid upgrades andÂrelated infrastructure," the email said. The shift follows advocacy from the pro-nuclear Trump administration and a change of government in Germany, which previously opposed financing atomic energy due to domestic political opposition to the technology. It is part of a wider strategy aimed at tackling an expected doubling of electricity demand in the developing world by 2035. Meeting this demand would require annual investment in generation, grids and storage to rise from $280 billion today to $630 billion, Banga said in the memo seen by the Financial Times.

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Unfortunately, with hindsight we got caught up in the pandemic boom and bought both at the top of the market and when mortgage rates were at rock bottom.

The Ahmedabad air disaster is yet another tragedy involving Boeing - but the first fatal crash involving the 'star' of its fleet the 787 Dreamliner.

The president has ordered officials to look into Aukus, which was signed by his predecessor Joe Biden and is intended to secure the Pacific against Chinese aggression.

Former BBC DJ, Alex Belfield, who was branded the 'Jimmy Savile of trolling' by Jeremy Vine whom he stalked and tormented has been released early from behind bars. 

Liv Conlon, 26, originally from Glasgow , runs an award-winning property staging business that furnishes over 400 homes a year to make them more appealing to potential buyers.

Time to stop giving cold storage the cold shoulder

Feature  The future of archival data storage is tape, more tape, and then possibly glass-based tech, with DNA and other molecular tech still a distant prospect.…

US scientists now believe oleic acid, a common fat contained in olive oil, helps fat cells grow and multiply, driving weight gain quicker than other oils.

Blackpink singer Lisa has joined forces with Bose on a new pair of headphones - and they're seriously chic.

Emily Atack caught the eye with her voluminous 80's hair and leg-flashing pencil skirt as she filmed series two of Rivals in Gloucestershire this week.

A repeat episode of the BBC show (pictured), which sees specialist appraisers value heirlooms and heritage items, went to Belton House near the town of Grantham, Lincolnshire.

PCI-SIG, the organization that oversees the roadmap for the critical PCI-Express peripheral attachment specification, is continuing to keep to its three-year drumbeat for releasing the next iteration of the interconnect spec and already has its sights on the one after that, expected to be released in 2028 and appear in devices in 2030 or so. …

It’s Been Three Years, So It’s Time For Another PCI-Express Speed Bump was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

Nihal Arthanayake, 54, has opened up about how he feels in his workplace and claims there's a 'lack of diversity' at the broadcaster.

Badminton club leader fumes over centre revamp which excluded groups and clubs

Google has removed device trees and driver binaries for Pixel phones from the Android 16 source code release, significantly complicating custom ROM development for those devices. The Android-maker intentionally omitted these resources as it shifts its Android Open Source Project reference target from Pixel hardware to a virtual device called "Cuttlefish." The change forces custom ROM developers to reverse-engineer configurations they previously received directly from Google. Nolen Johnson from LineageOS said the process will become "painful," requiring developers to "blindly guess and reverse engineer from the prebuilt binaries what changes are needed each month." Google also squashed the Pixel kernel source code's commit history, eliminating another reference point developers used for features and security patches. Google VP Seang Chau dismissed speculation that AOSP itself is ending, stating the project "is NOT going away." However, the changes effectively bring Pixel devices down to the same difficult development level as other Android phones.

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Campaigners say women and children could be put at risk as they raised questions about the mooted new facilities at Withdean Sports Complex.

For centuries, palm readers have told us the future is written in the creases of our hands. Now, scientists have found there really could be some truth to it.

Passengers who misbehave on Ryanair flights will soon find themselves out of pocket, after the airline revealed it is 'clamping down' on those who have to be removed from planes.

IFS director Paul Johnson said he would be 'very surprised indeed' if heath and defence funding did not need topping up before the next election.

While a devastating feud has driven a deep divide between Brooklyn and his parents, one thing is for sure the eldest son certainly knows how to 'Brand It Like A Beckham'.