Is the BP share price primed for lift off?
Image source: Getty Images There is a lot of doom and gloom priced into the BP (LSE: BP.) share price these days. On one level that’s understandable. After all, the business just posted its worst results in four years. However, with an activist investment fund recently taking a substantial holding, and a major strategy refresh […]
WHO EMRO | WHO Regional Director’s statement for the Executive Board 156: Report of the regional committees to the Executive Board | News
February 2025 Esteemed Chair, Your Excellencies, Director-General, It is my honour to brief you on the 71st session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean. As a new Regional Director, I was pleased to receive strong support from the Committee. The Committee endorsed a strategic operational plan which will guide implementation of GPW 14 […]
The Sublime Beauty That Airplanes Leave Behind
While contrails are not to be confused with the chemtrail conspiracy theory — which posits that exhaust from airplanes is laced with additives used to control the population — they are nefarious in more prosaic ways. They are now thought to contribute up to 35 percent of planetary warming caused by aviation, second only to […]
LA Times accused by writer of ‘distorting’ an op-ed – in a way that aligns with owner's pro-RFK views
A writer who recently published an opinion column in the Los Angeles Times that warned of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary says the paper gave the piece a misleading headline and omitted portions of his argument in order to promote Kennedy. The paper’s billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, posted the […]
How does that atmospheric river flow? Scientists modernize research to understand
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy weather patterns to improve forecasts and to help control, and ultimately modernize, the complex labyrinth of waterways hydrating California. Weather researchers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego […]
Elon Musk spoke privately with Todd Young, did not ask for guarantee on Tulsi Gabbard
Elon Musk did not ask Sen. Todd Young to back Donald Trump’s embattled nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, when they spoke on Sunday, according to two people briefed on the call, though the conversation appeared to smooth their relationship over. “Senator Young and Mr. Musk had a great conversation on a number […]
Car Brake Dust Can Be More Harmful Than Diesel Exhaust – New Study
Exposure to air pollution is associated with around seven million premature deaths per year across the world. When we think of urban air pollution, diesel exhaust emissions are often portrayed as a key culprit – rightly so, given previous research findings. However, our latest research shows that dust from brake pads could be more harmful […]
Wendy Williams Flashes Huge Smile at Florida Airport Amid Guardianship Battle
Wendy Williams Beaming in Florida to Visit Dad … As Guardianship Battle Rages Published February 15, 2025 12:48 PM PST | Updated February 15, 2025 2:36 PM PST Play video content TMZ.com Wendy Williams seems happy to be out of New York City … smiling wide while scootering through an airport in Miami — all […]
Travis Head, David Miller, Pat Cummins Not Retained Ahead Of Major League Cricket Season 3 Draft
Major League Cricket (MLC) franchises have announced their retained players ahead of the third season’s draft, set to take place on February 19. Several star players, including Australia’s Travis Head and Pat Cummins, along with South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and David Miller, were not retained, ESPNCricinfo reported. Defending champions Washington Freedom retained 15 […]
I asked ChatGPT to name the FTSE 250 share it would buy in a heartbeat – and it went mad!
Image source: Getty Images I’m keen to add a few FTSE 250 shares to my portfolio of mostly FTSE 100 stocks, but I’m wondering where to start. So I decided to ask ChatGPT. Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be running our lives soon enough, I’m told. So why not let it run my portfolio […]
