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From climate-smart hemp to vitamin-rich tomatoes, £21.5 million is being invested by Defra to help UK farms reduce emissions, improve productivity and turn research into tools that can be used on the ground.The funding will support 15 innovation projects across England as part of Defra’s agricultural innovation programme, delivered in conjunction with Innovate UK, supporting farmers in sectors ranging from dairy and arable land to horticulture and marginal land use.The project aims to move new ideas from the laboratory to everyday agricultural practice, with a focus on reducing emissions, increasing resilience to extreme weather events and creating new income opportunities.Among…
Rodríguez announced the closure of the notorious El Helicoid prison, while calling for healing of “the wounds left by political conflicts”.Published January 31, 2026January 31, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareVenezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez has announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners of war, the latest major reform since US forces abducted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife earlier this month.”We have decided to move forward with the enactment of a general amnesty law covering the entire period of political violence from 1999 to the present,” Rodriguez said on Friday.Recommended…
The Danish company will replace Hong Kong-based company CK Hutchison after President Trump claimed the strategic waterway was controlled by China.Published January 31, 2026January 31, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareDanish company Maersk will temporarily operate two ports on the Panama Canal after a court ruled its contract with a Hong Kong company was unconstitutional.The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) announced the changes on Friday, a day after the Central American country’s Supreme Court invalidated its port contract with Hong Kong-based company CK Hutchison.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe court’s decision comes after repeated threats from US…
Myanmar’s military rulers insist the polls were free and fair, even as the United Nations reports 170 people were killed in air attacks during the election.Published January 31, 2026January 31, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareMyanmar’s military-backed party secured a landslide victory in a three-stage general election after a tightly controlled vote held amid civil war and widespread repression, state media said.The final of three rounds of voting was held last weekend, ending an election that began on December 28, more than four years after the military seized power in a coup that overthrew the elected government of…
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin will pause its space tourism flights for “at least two years” to focus all resources on its upcoming mission to the moon, the company announced Friday. The decision temporarily halts the program that Blue Origin has used for the past five years to fly humans beyond the Kármán Line, the recognized boundary in space. Blue Origin made the announcement just weeks before the third launch of its New Glenn giant rocket, scheduled for late February. The company previously indicated it intended to use a third Newglen launch to send a robotic lunar lander to…
A confidential informant told the FBI in 2017 that Jeffrey Epstein had a “personal hacker,” according to documents released Friday by the Justice Department. The document, released as part of the Justice Department’s legally mandated effort to release documents related to investigations into deceased sex offenders, does not specify who the alleged hacker was, but it does contain some details about the hacker. According to sources, the hacker was an Italian national from southern Calabria who specialized in finding vulnerabilities in iOS, BlackBerry devices, and the Firefox browser. The hacker allegedly developed and sold zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools…
U.S. government funding has been stalled due to Democratic anger over the killing of two people by federal agents during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.Published January 31, 2026January 31, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareU.S. senators approved a last-minute deal to avert the worst effects of an impending government shutdown after Democratic anger over the killings of two people by immigration officials derailed government funding talks.After several hours of delays, the U.S. Senate passed the compromise spending package on Friday with a bipartisan vote of 71-29.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listBut with the House of Representatives…
OnlyFans, a large adult creator network where performers and influencers sell subscription-based content directly to their fans, is considering selling a majority stake in the business to investment firm Architect Capital, people close to the deal told TechCrunch. The deal values the platform at $5.5 billion. Of the $5.5 billion, $3.5 billion will be in equity and $2 billion in debt, the person said. Under the terms, Architect would acquire a 60% stake in the business. The parties are in an exclusive relationship and OnlyFans is prohibited from negotiating with other potential buyers for a period of time. It is…
The viral personal AI assistant previously known as Clawdbot has a new name again. After a legal challenge from Claude’s maker Anthropic, the company briefly rebranded itself to Moltbot, but has now settled on OpenClaw as its new name. The name change was not ordered by Anthropic, which declined to comment. But this time, Clawdbot’s original creator Peter Steinberger tried to avoid copyright issues from the beginning. “We found someone to help us with the trademark research for OpenClaw, and just to be safe, we also asked permission from OpenAI,” the Austrian developer told TechCrunch via email. “The lobster has…
Dove faction. Thoughtful. chameleon.These are just some of the terms used to describe Kevin Warsh, whom President Donald Trump has nominated to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, the United States’ central bank.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listIf approved by the U.S. Senate, Warsh, a former Fed director, will replace Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May. President Trump announced Warsh as his nominee on Friday.”I have known Kevin for a long time and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the great Fed Chairs, and perhaps one of the best Fed…