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For the first time in history, renewable energy has produced more of the world’s electricity than coal, according to a new analysis of global energy trends.In the first half of 2025, solar and wind energy outstripped growth in global electricity demand and led to a small but significant reduction in the use of fossil fuels compared to the year before, clean energy analysts Ember said. The finding coincides with the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasting a doubling of global clean energy capacity by 2030.”We are seeing the first signs of a crucial turning point,” said Ember’s electricity analyst, Malgorzata Wiatros-Motyka.Deployment…

Chipmaker Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang said that the company will continue to sponsor H-1B visas and cover all associated costs following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order last month that imposed a $100,000 fee on each new application, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. “As one of many immigrants at Nvidia, I know that the opportunities we’ve found in America have profoundly shaped our lives,” Huang wrote in a message to staff, cited by Business Insider. “And the miracle of Nvidia — built by all of you, and by brilliant colleagues around the world — would not be possible without immigration,”…

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks with Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), as Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of labor testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2025.Kent Nishimura | ReutersSen. Susan Collins is reportedly shopping around a potential off-ramp to the government shutdown that has paralyzed Washington, but the Maine Republican is not ready to give in on the primary demand by her Democratic colleagues.Collins has been circulating a “discussion draft” of a proposal that would include GOP pledges on a…

TEMPE, Ariz. — TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Emari Demercado was discussing a play from Sunday that will live in Arizona Cardinals infamy — his carelessness when he dropped the ball before crossing the goal line on a potential 72-yard touchdown run and sparked one of the worst collapses in franchise history.“Really no excuse,” the running back told reporters.He’s right. But there’s also no excuse for what happened over the entire second half as the Cardinals (2-3) coughed up a 21-6 lead and fell 22-21 to the previously winless Titans, a loss that changed the trajectory of the season and might…

[TOKYO] Sanae Takaichi who is expected to become Japan’s next prime minister, chose former premier and party heavyweight Taro Aso on Tuesday as vice-president of her ruling party, a move some analysts saw as a restraining force against big fiscal spending.Takaichi also chose former finance minister Shunichi Suzuki as secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a job that wields huge influence in party affairs, in a line-up of key party posts announced on Tuesday.The announcements came after the ruling party’s pick of fiscal dove Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become Japan’s first female…

HOUSTON, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Houston Law Review at the University of Houston Law Center is hosting Samuel R. Bagenstos, a nationally recognized expert in health, labor, and social policy as the keynote speaker at the 30th Annual Frankel Lecture on Friday. Bagenstos, the Frank G. Millard Professor of Law and Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy at the University of Michigan, will explore how federal programs expanded during the pandemic and the legal, policy and social consequences of their subsequent rollback in his lecture “COVID and the Great Retrenchment.” The event is at 11 a.m. on…

The share sale signals growing confidence that investor demand can absorb large issuances despite the headwinds facing the local stock market[MUMBAI] LG Electronics’ US$1.3 billion initial share sale in its Indian unit was fully subscribed on the first day, in a rare feat for a mega issue in India. The South Korean parent is offering shares of LG Electronics India at 1,080 rupees to 1,140 rupees each. That would value the company at as high as 774 billion rupees (S$11.2 billion), making it the largest home-appliance maker listed in India. The shares are expected to begin trading on Oct 14.The firm’s…

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments in its latest LGBTQ+ rights case Tuesday, weighing the constitutionality of bans passed by nearly half of U.S. states on the practice known as conversion therapy for children.The justices are hearing a lawsuit from a Christian counselor challenging a Colorado law that prohibits therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity. Kaley Chiles, with support from President Donald Trump’s Republican administration, argues the law violates her freedom of speech by barring her from offering voluntary, faith-based therapy for kids. Colorado, on the other hand, says the measure simply…

Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon said he apologized to Emari Demercado after a heated sideline conversation following the running back’s costly, unforced fumble during a 22-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.”I woke up this morning and didn’t feel great about it, honestly,” Gannon said Monday. “So in the team meeting I addressed it, I apologized to Emari, apologized to the team. I just told them I let the moment of what happened get the better of me.”Demercado looked like he had a 72-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter that would have increased the Cardinals’ lead…

Qilin, a ransomware group with a track record of cyberattacks on major entities around the world, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a hack on Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings, which disrupted production at the beer and beverage giant.Asahi Group’s beer-making subsidiary, Asahi Breweries, said on Monday it had restarted production at its six Japanese beer plants on October 2.  It first said it had been hacked on September 29.Qilin, which operates a ransomware-as-a-service platform that allows users to carry out attacks in exchange for a percentage of extortion proceeds, posted 29 images to its website on Tuesday of what the group…