But restrictions have been made worse after an energy crunch due to the Middle East war.Bangladesh imports 95 per cent of its oil and gas, much of it from the Middle East, where energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have been disrupted since war began in late February.Science and Technology Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam, speaking earlier this month, said it was hoped the plant would supply around 300 megawatts of electricity to the grid by August.But the process requires a slow process of testing at each stage.”This is a complex and sensitive phase, and every aspect of safety and…
SEOUL: A South Korean appeals court increased the corruption sentence for former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Tuesday (Apr 28) to four years in jail, up from 20 months, after finding her guilty of stock manipulation and bribery.The much heavier penalty came as the court overturned Kim’s prior acquittal by a lower court on stock price manipulation charges.”The court sentences the defendant to four years in prison and imposes a 50 million won (US$34,000) fine,” the Seoul High Court said in a verdict televised live.It found Kim guilty of manipulating the share price of Deutsch Motors, a South Korean…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A routine Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspection of a commercial truck last Tuesday became the most recent in a string of drug apprehensions when officers discovered $8.1 million worth of methamphetamine disguised as a shipment of tiles.The apprehension is an example of the many ways smugglers attempt to bring narcotics across the U.S. border and sparked praise from officials for CBP’s operations.”As this significant seizure aptly illustrates, CBP officers work tirelessly to ensure that commerce flows and hard narcotics are stopped in their tracks,” Port Director Carlos Rodriguez said in a…
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Thousands of Californians are being priced out of the Golden State and are leaving it for more affordable communities in neighboring states, according to new data from the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL). Many of those turning their back on the state are doing so because they cannot achieve the life they want, but are seeing their wealthier neighbors doing so, researchers found. By leaving California, they are reaching a dream that has become unattainable to many state residents—becoming homeowners.Who Is Leaving California, and Why?While California remains the most populous state in the nation, its boom has long been over. Over…
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Kid Rock and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took to the skies in Army Apache attack helicopters Monday — just weeks after two chopper crews got in hot water for performing a fly-by over the rocker’s Tennessee home. The “Bawitdaba” singer joined Hegseth at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, where they met the crews who operate the AH-64 Apache helicopters before going on “a ride,” the Pentagon boss posted on X. The 55-year-old rocker, born Robert James Ritchie, and Hegseth each rode separate choppers during the visit. Joined my friend @KidRock — and some of our great @USArmy Apache pilots —…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes that Florida’s redistricting plan brings with it the end of the “saga” that has led states across the country to try to find untapped partisan advantages in redrawn congressional boundries.”It’s a predictable outcome, but hopefully it’ll be the end of this era and this saga,” Newsom told Fox News Digital.”Trump got beat at his own game. It was a terrible mistake he made for the Republican Party. A lot of good Republicans are going to be districted out,” Newsom continued. “They’re going to serve as collateral damage.”His…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is drawing scrutiny for cozying up to Chinese AI governance officials while championing policies that critics say would hamper America’s ability to compete with Beijing in the global artificial intelligence arms race.Sanders is expected to be speaking at a panel discussion on Capitol Hill Wednesday alongside Xue Lan, a professor at the CCP-funded Tsinghua University and chairman of the Ministry of Science and Technology-backed New Generation Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional Committee. In attendance will also be Zeng Yi, who is the Dean of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety…
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Cravings hit hardest at 3:42 p.m., according to new research. A survey of 5,000 Americans, split evenly by state, looked at what cravings look like across the country, finding that the average person gets two cravings a day, with one in four experiencing cravings more often than this (24%). Regardless of the time, six in 10 respondents can’t hold out on their cravings for more than an hour (57%) — and one in five give in in 15 minutes or less (21%). Respondents from New Mexico are the champions when it comes to withstanding their cravings the longest, but Maine-dwellers…
