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China cracks down on tech titans: Billionaire loses $27 billion in world’s biggest wealth drop

September 17, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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30 total views, 30 views today Over the previous 11 months, China has cracked down on its internet behemoths. As China begins to silence its internet billionaires, companies like Tencent, Alibaba Group, Ant Group, Didi, and others have faced growing regulatory pressure. The Chinese government’s antagonistic approach has resulted in the world’s largest wealth loss. The Chinese […]

Parents of students with disabilities try to make up for lost year

September 17, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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0 total views Caleb Bell is deaf, blind and nonverbal. When classes at his Manhattan school moved online last year, Bell needed his mother’s help to answer direct questions. She would often reach over and lift a block with a raised green circle, signifying “yes,” or a raised red X signifying “no.” But, Bell, 21, would […]

It’s that time of year, experts warn: Get a flu shot

September 17, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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2 total views, 2 views today Last fall, as coronavirus cases climbed and the world hoped for vaccines, health experts feared influenza and COVID-19 would combine for a devastating “twindemic.” While pandemic measures appeared to keep the flu at bay, this year experts are again concerned, especially as some countries and state authorities roll back lockdown rules. […]

From TV to the French Presidency? A right-ring star is inspired by Trump

September 17, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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0 total views France’s election season began in force this week, with candidates for the presidency launching their bids or holding campaign-style events. But the person who stole the show was not a candidate, or even a politician, but a right-wing writer and TV star channeling Donald Trump. Éric Zemmour became one of France’s top TV […]

Aukus: Angry France cancels gala event in Washington

September 17, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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24 total views, 24 views today In an apparent sign of its displeasure over US-UK-Australia submarine deal, France called off a gala at its ambassador’s house in Washington, said the French embassy. The gala was scheduled for Friday. The new submarine deal means that the US will now supply submarines to Australia instead of France. The gala […]

Aukus: China calls the alliance ‘irresponsible’, Australia shrugs

September 17, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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26 total views, 26 views today Australia on Friday shrugged off angry Chinese reaction over US-UK-Australia alliance that will involve Australia receiving nuclear submarine technology from the trans-Atlantic partners. It is widely believed that the three countries have come together in order to counter growing Chinese assertion in the South China Sea and in view of its […]

Jupiter explosion captured on video by astrophotographer in Brazil

September 17, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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28 total views, 28 views today REDDING, Calif. — A man from Brazil had the kind of magic moment most amateur astronomers can only dream of: He filmed an unpredicted astronomical event. Astrophotographer José Luis Pereira of São Paulo was taking video and photos of his favorite planet, Jupiter, when on Monday night he captured on video a […]

Snakes evolved after asteroid killed the dinosaurs, most life on Earth

September 16, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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42 total views, 20 views today An asteroid that hit Earth around 66 million years ago wiped out the dinosaurs and most life on the planet, but a new study suggests some creatures managed to thrive off the event: snakes. The study, released by a team of scientists at the University of Bath in England and published in Nature […]

High natural gas prices lead to a shutdown of British fertilizer plants

September 16, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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38 total views, 18 views today Manufacturers in Britain have warned in recent weeks that soaring prices for natural gas would force them to shut down factories, and that prediction is now coming true. CF Industries, a global producer of agricultural fertilizer, said late Wednesday it would halt operations at two plants in northern England because of […]

China denies German warship entry into harbour, Berlin says

September 16, 2021Big Hungama Editors TeamLeave a Comment

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22 total views, 22 views today China has denied a German warship on a mission to the contested South China Sea entry into a harbour, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. The ship involved is the frigate Bayern, the spokesperson told a news briefing, but did not identify the Chinese harbour. The vessel set sail from Germany last month for a six-month mission to the South China Sea. “China has decided […]