Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. lost about ¥140 billion ($890 million) selling off bonds with longer maturities to prepare for higher interest rates. The insurer sold about ¥500 billion of Japanese ...

They might now, at least if they were to peek inside. After a 12-year transformation by a Neapolitan multi-millionaire and the late Zaha Hadid, in what would be one of the Iraqi-British architect ...

The High Court has ruled that Zaha Hadid Architects must continue paying royalties to the Zaha Hadid Foundation under a licensing agreement, highlighting the ongoing financial and legal complexities ...

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) must continue paying to use the name of the late Zaha Hadid – an obligation that has cost the practice £21.4 million since her death The AJ100 practice’s directors had ...

New research suggests dark energy might not be real, proposing instead that the Universe’s apparent acceleration is due to its patchy structure. Upcoming observations from space missions could prove ...

The author is the head of the China Institute of the JoongAng Ilbo and CEO of China Lab. Dai Bing has been named the new Chinese ambassador to Korea on Monday. It has been five and a half months since ...

It also raised the question of what was causing this acceleration. Cosmologists eventually decided that the expansion was being driven by a force they called dark energy and began to develop a ...

"Up to this year, most observations were consistent, with dark energy being the cosmological constant. Nonetheless, 2024 was full of hints pointing out this might not be the case." 2024 was a big ...

Hanoi, Dec 30 (IANS): Vietnam's birth rate hit a record low in 2024 with the total fertility rate dropping to just 1.91 children per woman, marking the third consecutive year below replacement level.

Brisbane, Dec 29 (IANS): Novak Djokovic, who partnered with the recently retired Andy Murray, spoke highly of his new head coach and claimed the Scottish legend has helped the 24-time Grand Slam ...

When dark mode is enabled, it is rare to come across an area of the system UI that isn’t themed correctly. On Windows 11, it’s a daily occurrence, and Microsoft doesn’t seem to care.