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The Tozan Shinto shrine is dedicated to the Korean founder of Arita’s porcelain in the 17th century - Lee Sanpei. The porcelain gate of this shrine is from 1888.
Largest ever image obtained by specialist telescope in Chile represents scientific and aesthetic breakthrough
Scientists have captured a beautiful image in unprecedented detail of the vast Milky Way galaxy, of which our own solar system is a part.
The stunning image is the largest ever obtained by the specialist telescope in Chile called the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (Alma) radio telescope, according to the group behind the project.
Continue reading...The anger toward John Davidson’s racist Baftas outburst is understandable. But I’ve had to ask what I owe to others with the condition
I cover Canada for the Guardian, a country spanning six time zones and more than 40 million people, whose stories I get to tell for a living.
I’ve had a successful career but at times, I worry that my work suffers because I have Tourette syndrome (TS).
Continue reading...First lady to preside over meeting on ‘children, technology and education in conflict’ in New York next month
Melania Trump is set to lead a session of the United Nations security council on Monday, coinciding with the US assuming the body’s rotating monthly presidency, the White House announced.
According to a statement, first cited by CNN, the first lady plans to spotlight education as a tool for fostering tolerance and promoting global peace at the global body, which has its headquarters in New York.
Continue reading...Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office data
Hospitals and care homes in the UK face “an impending car crash”, experts have warned, as research shows the number of overseas nurses and carers has collapsed.
Analysis of Home Office quarterly datasets reveals the number of overseas nurses granted entry to the UK has fallen by 93% over three years. Just 1,777 overseas nurses were granted entry in 2025, compared with 26,100 in 2022.
Continue reading...Women from countries with near-total bans on terminations will be given help to access services elsewhere
EU states will be able to tap into a social fund to help citizens access safe abortions, in an announcement hailed as a “victory for women”.
The roots of Thursday’s announcement go back to a long campaign for the European Commission to create a funding mechanism that would allow women from countries with near-total bans on abortion, such as Malta and Poland, to go where it is legal.
Continue reading...Ook mooi. ‘Cafe Andalusia’ gezongen door Sabine Kabongo (o.a. een van de eerste leden van Zap Mama), en begeleid door Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate.
‘Cafe Andalusia’ staat op het live album ‘75’, opgenomen in 2007 en uitgebracht in 2008. Het werd opgenomen in Zwitserland op 7 July 2007, op de 75e verjaardag van Joe Zawinul.
NEEDHAM (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - De wereldwijde verkoop van smartphones daalt dit jaar door tekorten aan geheugenchips met bijna 13 procent. Dat voorspelt marktonderzoeker International Data Corporation (IDC), die daarmee veel pessimistischer is dan enkele maanden geleden. Grote fabrikanten van geheugenchips zetten hun productiecapaciteit volop in voor geavanceerdere chips die data opslaan voor AI-toepassingen. Dat gaat ten koste van de productie van eenvoudigere geheugenchips voor apparaten zoals smartphones.
In december ging IDC nog uit van een krimp van de smartphonemarkt van maximaal 5,2 procent. Naar verwachting worden verkopers van goedkopere smartphones het hardst geraakt.
De schaarste aan geheugenchips zal smartphones ook duurder maken, verwacht IDC. Geheugenchips zijn al gauw goed voor ongeveer een vijfde van alle materiaalkosten en fabrikanten zullen die hogere kosten waarschijnlijk doorberekenen aan de klant. "De dagen van goedkope smartphones zijn voorbij", zei onderzoeksdirecteur Nabila Popal.