Month: January 2024

[ad_1] Ozeki Takakeisho withdrew from the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday after exacerbating a neck injury that will require around two weeks to heal. Takakeisho suffered the setback during his second-day victory over No. 1 maegashira Atamifuji on Monday at the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, according to his stablemaster Hitachiyama. "I want to give him a good rest as his body is all that matters," Hitachiyama […]

[ad_1] Japan's benchmark 225-issue Nikkei stock average briefly surged to a fresh 34-year high above 36,200 on Wednesday before erasing gains to finish lower.The Nikkei average closed down 141.43 points, or 0.40%, from the previous day at 35,477.75 after climbing as high as 36,239.22 — its highest level since February 1990 — as a weaker yen buoyed the outlook for corporate profits, overshadowing the impact from overnight Wall Street declines […]

[ad_1] The nature of climate misinformation on Google-owned YouTube is evolving, according to a new report. Videos espousing climate denial are declining across nearly 100 YouTube channels, while videos attacking solutions such as wind and solar are proliferating.The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) identified 96 YouTube channels that frequently disseminate what it described as misleading climate talking points, including the channels for libertarian think tank the Heartland Institute, […]