Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Chile’s Codelco has announced the closure of its Ventanas smelter

Codelco

The board of state-owned Codelco has agreed to close its troubled Ventanas smelter. Workers had threatened to take action, including a strike if the board did not invest to upgrade the facility. Dozens of people fell ill after an environmental incident that sickened dozens of people. The leading body of Chilean state-possessed Codelco, the world’s … Read more

Afghan police arrest 7 criminals in western Nimroz province

Afghan

ZARANJ, Afghanistan – Police in the western Nimroz province have arrested seven persons on the charge of involvement in criminal activities, said a news release of the Informational and Culture Department of the province Tuesday. The arrested persons, according to the news release, were involved in a variety of criminal activities ranging from armed robbery … Read more

China issues 10 application challenges for new generation supercomputer

supercomputer

BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — China has issued a list of 10 application challenges for its new generation supercomputer, with an aim to build a quintillion-scale supercomputing application ecology, Science and Technology Daily reported on Friday. The list includes the fusion simulation of a magnetic confinement fusion reactor, fluid mechanics simulation of a full-size aerospace … Read more

US govt shutdown looms as lawmakers squabble

US govt shutdown

WASHINGTON: The threat of a US federal government shutdown loomed larger on Wednesday as the lawmakers failed to reach a budget agreement with just two days to go before the funding runs out. Congress has until Friday night to come up with a new budget to avoid a sudden stoppage of most so-called non-essential federal government … Read more