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Reuters reported on Monday, citing the latest data from China, that China did not include figures for power plant utilization rates by source in its monthly data for May, following data from the previous month that showed a decline in renewable energy plant utilization rates.China provided a breakdown of utilization rates for thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, solar and wind power plants in a data series running through April 2024. The latest data showed that from January to April, the average utilization rate for wind and solar power plants decreased, while utilization rates for hydroelectric and thermal coal-fired power plants increased. The…
Spiceworks News & Insights brings you important tech events with a curated list of tech conferences in July 2024. Two of the events will be family-friendly and will include sessions designed for children and teens. With the exception of Amazon Prime Day, enterprise technology companies tend to steer clear of summer events. July’s conferences and events offer a diverse range of experiences catering to a variety of interests, from data science to cybersecurity to AI implementation. Attendees can expect opportunities to learn, network, and explore the latest technologies and innovations. Check out these tech conferences to watch in July 2024,…
Getty Images Group C is looking pretty tough for the U.S. Men’s National Team. After losing 2-1 to Panama in the second leg of the Copa America. in spite of Tim Weah’s red cardThey still sit second in the group on goal difference, but Uruguay’s expected win over Bolivia makes for an intriguing match on Monday. The South Americans are already in the knockout stages, with the US facing Uruguay and Panama facing Bolivia, but what will it take for the red, white and blue to make it through to the knockout stages?Group C standings1Uruguay220081+762America210132+133Panama21013Four-13FourBolivia200207-70America’s Group C scenarioWith the US…
The June 8 vote saw centre-right parties win the most seats but fall short of a majority, marking the sixth early vote in the past three years.Bulgaria’s president has tasked a centre-right coalition to form a government, about a month after elections again divided parliament. President Rumen Radev has ordered the GERB-UDF coalition to form a government after a June 8 vote gave it the largest majority in parliament, but the move is unlikely to bring an end to Bulgaria’s long period of political instability. Former parliament speaker and prime minister-designate Rosen Zhelyazkov has accepted the president’s mandate and presented…
In a statement, the foreign ministry said such lists are exchanged on January 1 and July 1 every year under the provisions of the 2008 bilateral consular access agreement.The Ministry of External Affairs said India remains committed to addressing all humanitarian issues on a priority basis, including those pertaining to prisoners and fishermen in both countries. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsPress Trust of India New Delhi India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in each other’s custody, the Ministry of External Affairs said, adding that as a result of sustained efforts by the Indian government, 2,639 Indian…
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its candidates for the biennial Maharashtra state assembly elections on July 1.Former state minister Pankaja Munde, who lost the Beed Lok Sabha seat to NCP (SP)’s Bajrang Sonwane in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, has also been named as the party’s candidate for the upcoming elections. The other BJP candidates are Yogesh Tillekar, Dr Parinay Phuke, Amit Goleke and Sadhava Kot.The election will take place on July 12th, with the vote counting scheduled to begin on the same day.The biennial elections for 11 state assembly seats will be a key test for the…
It’s been 60 years since the 1964 Civil Rights Act was signed into law.Across the country, civil rights groups, scholars and others have commemorated the landmark law with panels, comprehensive reports and rallies. Many have cited its impact and other federal laws that came in its wake, including one protecting the right to vote for all citizens and another banning discrimination in housing.“It propelled a movement that was able to make major civil rights gains,’’ said Melanie Campbell, president of the nonpartisan National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.The law outlawed segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination based on…
Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.France’s centre- and left-wing parties were racing against time on Monday to remove the far-right Rally National from power, despite the party’s victory in the first round of parliamentary elections.The RN’s centre-left opponents have until Tuesday to decide whether to withdraw their candidates from hundreds of runoff elections after agreeing limited electoral cooperation with Marine Le Pen’s party. France’s blue-chip CAC 40 index rose 1.6 percent as investors bet neither the far-right nor the far-left will win a majority in the National Assembly…
Sohail Rauf’s excellent Blassphere is equal parts tragedy and detective story. Reluctant police officer Inspector Waqas Mahmood investigates the apparent suicide of teenager Hasan, who may or may not have been involved in a recent mob lynching of a Hindu youth in his neighborhood linked to blasphemy charges. The case is particularly important to Waqas, as as a boy he witnessed his father being lynched for accidentally burning some pages of the Quran. The parallels to current events are eerie. Earlier this month, a Pakistani tourist was lynched (and detained by police) in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for allegedly burning…