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Elon Musk reveals plans for five uncrewed Mars missions

Musk has often revised Starship timelines, claiming uncrewed Mars landings in five years and human landings in seven 

Japan’s land prices rise 1.4 percent as of July, marking three years of growth since 1992

This trend is attributed to heightened foreign investment spurred by the weak yen 

South Korea’s KASA, NASA collaborate on deep space exploration, lunar research, and space traffic management

The two entities pledged to identify innovative projects in space life sciences and deep space antennas

World Bank commits over $2 billion to support Bangladesh’s reforms

The Bank will reallocate $1 billion, totaling $3 billion in loans and grants for the fiscal year ending June 2025

U.K. housing market shifts positively as surveyors report first price balance in nearly two years

Expected sales for the next three months reached their highest level since January 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic 

South Korea invests $3.7 billion to revamp medical education by 2030

Starting in 2025, 1,000 full-time faculty will be added at state medical schools by 2027, including 330 next year 

India to establish national cyber criminal registry, train 5,000 cyber commandos

Home Minister Amit Shah emphasized that the national suspect registry will be vital in preventing future cybercrimes 

Japan’s ongoing efforts to implement four-day workweek to attract, retain workers

The country is grappling with a labor shortage exacerbated by a declining birthrate

Japanese companies achieve record $244 billion in pretax profits during April-June

Capital spending surges 7.4 percent to 11.92 trillion yen in Q2

India to produce 6 million chips daily with new semiconductor unit in Gujarat

The chips produced here will serve various industries, including automotive, electric vehicles, consumer electronics

Google brings powerful Gemini AI to Android, alongside new Pixel 9 phones

The smartphones come equipped with the Gemini AI features and are powered by Google's Tensor G4 processor

China’s 1,000-km/h high-speed flying train completes successful full-scale test

The train may be deployed on commuter routes in mega-cities, reducing the Beijing-Shanghai travel time to 90 minutes

Brazil sets out vision to develop creative economy through training, investment and productive inclusion

The guidelines would promote the producer, audiovisual, copyright, and Brazilian handicrafts

Microsoft and Delta clash over airline’s CrowdStrike-linked outage, blame game intensifies

Delta has hired prominent litigator David Boies to seek damages from both CrowdStrike and Microsoft

Spain fines Booking.com over $446 million for alleged anti-competitive practices

Booking.com will appeal the "unprecedented" decision, arguing it offers valuable programs to support accommodation partners

CrowdStrike faces $25 billion wipeout, investor lawsuit over misleading software update claims

Investors who held shares from Nov 29 to Jul 29 are seeking compensation for losses

China broils under record-breaking temperatures, data reveals hottest July since 1961

Weathercasters warn the intense heat is far from over and is expected to persist into August

Is Japan facing a profound demographic crisis as its population drops by over 500,000 in 2023?

The country’s birth rate hit a record low of 730,000 in 2023, while deaths reached a record high of 1.58 million

Amazon Prime Day 2024 shatters records, driving $7.2 billion in online sales on day one

Amazon offered early access to deals before its rime Day event this year, trying to drive earlier consumer demand

World’s population to reach 10.3 billion by 2080 with uneven demographic shifts across regions: Report

Rapid population doubling projected in 9 developing countries by 2054 due to very high growth rates

World Bank to provide affordable healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030

Expected shortage of 10 million healthcare workers by 2030 to further exacerbate healthcare access

10 biggest companies in the world by market capitalization

Energy powerhouse Saudi Aramco makes it to the list

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