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Japan’s top power producer, JERA, will explore liquefied natural gas offtake from the Alaska LNG project, JERA and developer Glenfarne said, as talks to ink firm binding sale contracts for the $44-billion project continue. Since assuming the lead developer role in the Alaska LNG project in March, Glenfarne has lined up preliminary agreements that could lead to … Read more
JAKARTA: Floods on Indonesia’s holiday island of Bali have killed at least nine this week and affected 600 people, blocking off major roads in the capital and disrupting a busy travel destination, officials said on Wednesday. Continuous heavy rains between Tuesday evening and Wednesday caused the floods and killed five people in Bali’s capital Denpasar, … Read more
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KARACHI: At Habib University’s student-run HUcon, Fahad Ali Shah remembers the first-time fans in Pakistan gathered for anime. “They could never imagine a convention of this level,” he said. “It used to be on a very small scale. Now, you find people with similar interests everywhere. If a person likes a character, you go and … Read more
WASHINGTON: A sample obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover of reddish rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake contains potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, according to scientists, though the minerals spotted in the sample also can form through nonbiological processes. The discovery by the six-wheeled rover … Read more
As France drifted to the right, the president has tried to make the country more business-friendly and win back voters. His strategy hasn’t worked.
Another app bites the dust A terrible day for Android users: Microsoft’s pulling the plug on Outlook Lite on October 6th, ending the app’s short 3 year lifespan. They’ve been chopping services like this for a while now, with the slated demise of the Lens scanner app in 5 days and the removal of the … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: The private sector has urged the government to allocate surplus indigenous gas to private shippers as supplies are being curtailed due to liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. The private sector is reluctant to take LNG deliveries, which has created a glut in the market. Several LNG cargoes have been diverted so far due … Read more
SANAA: Israeli air strikes on Huthi-held Yemen killed nine people and wounded more than 100 on Wednesday, the Iran-backed rebels said, days after their prime minister and half the cabinet died in a major attack. The Huthi armed forces’ media operation in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, was hit in the attacks, along with a Huthi … Read more
[The 77-year-old former banker, who lives in Toronto, said he was “shocked” by the speed at which his photograph spread online.
