Month: January 2024
The US national debt
The US national debt is the amount of outstanding money that the federal government has borrowed in order to fund its various programs. On December 29th, the US Treasury Department published new data showing that the country’s national debt pushed above $34 trillion dollars for the first time in history. The US has had debt
Zelenskyy on Baltic Trip
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, on Wednesday as he begins a tour of Baltic states he said is aimed at thanking them for their support as Kyiv fights against Russian invaders. The three countries i.e Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which all have had troubled relations with Russia and the former
Russian cyberattack on Ukraine
Russia on Tuesday said its military would do everything possible to stop Ukraine’s shelling of Belgorod, a border town where evacuations have taken place due to Ukrainian bombardments. A Russian cyber attack targeting Ukrainian state payment has been successfully repelled, Russian hackers allegedly tried to sabotage systems needed for government payments.A senior lawmaker says Ukraine
Gender Disparity in Education
Many sociologists have studied the process of gender socialization and identified differences between female and male behaviours. The process of socialization starts with birth when the family treats a child according to his or her sex in a potentially different way. The socialization of gender roles begins in delivery rooms including a blue dress for
Increase in Gold prices
While the Federal Open Market Committee has indicated its intention to reduce interest rates later this year, it appears to be an excessive move for an economy that is not currently in a recession and is still grappling with persistent inflation. If the market began to reverse its expectations of accommodating monetary policies, it could
Samsung Profits to fall
It is much less than the roughly 3.7 trillion won expected by technology industry analysts. Demand for electronic gadgets and the memory chips that go in them ramped up during Covid lockdowns as consumers bought new devices to use at home. However, memory chip prices dropped sharply last year. This was because of a build
The release of Apple Vision Pro headset
After years of rumours during development, the company revealed the headset in June 2023.But there have been issues since then,Apple has more than halved its production forecasts, dropping from an estimated one million units to 400,000 in 2024. Apple has announced its long-awaited Vision Pro headset will go on sale on 2 February in the
Accessing Google Accounts without a Password
Google authentification cookies allow users to access their accounts without constantly having to enter their login details, however the hackers found a way to retrieve these cookies in order to bypass two-factor authentication. The Google Chrome web browser, which is the world’s most popular with a market share greater than 60 per cent last year,
Sudan’s RSF Commander in Rwanda
Lt Gen Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), arrived in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Friday, as part of an African tour that has taken him to Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, and South Africa.Earlier, Hemedti tweeted: “Today, I had the honour of meeting His Excellency the President of Rwanda as
Pope Francis: The urge to ban surrogacy
“Altruistic” surrogacy, whereby a woman gives birth to a baby on behalf of another woman or couple but no money changes hands, excluding for expenses, is legal in countries including Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Canada, Brazil and Colombia. In June 2022, the pope condemned surrogacy as an “inhuman” practice. In a speech dominated by