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Tsunami waves reach Hawaii after huge quake rattles Russia’s Far East

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves of up to 5 metres (16 feet) nearby and sparked evacuation orders as far away as Hawaii and across the Pacific on Wednesday. The shallow earthquake damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, while much of Japan’s […]

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IT sector: Amid fears of job losses, Infosys to hire 20,000 freshers in FY26

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said it would lay off 2 percent of its workforce (12,000 staffers) this year, which triggered fears that the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other tools could reduce at least 125,000 jobs in this sector, Infosys on Wednesday said it would hire 20,000 […]

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Tsunami warning for French Polynesia after Russia earthquake

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Local authorities in French Polynesia have issued a tsunami warning for the Marquesas Islands archipelago, with waves of 1.10 to 2.20 metres expected to hit the islands of Ua Huka, Nuku Hiva, and Hiva Oa overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. The warnings follow a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. Residents […]

Business

Global stocks mixed as investors brace for Fed meeting, tariff deadline

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Global stocks struggled for clear direction on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy announcement later in the day, with investors cautious after two days of trade talks between the U.S. and China concluded without any major breakthroughs. Treasury yields and the dollar were also little changed as the market anticipated the Fed will keep […]

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Chile’s coastal erosion could erase 10 beaches within a decade, scientists say

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Chile’s central and southern coastlines are facing erosion that could cause at least 10 beaches to disappear within a decade, according to a team of scientists in the South American country, which stretches for several thousand km (miles) along the Pacific Ocean. “It will be very difficult for these beaches to survive the next 10 […]

Business

Upgrade: IMF ups India’s GDP forecast for FY26, FY27 to 6.4%

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid Trump tariff uncertainties, the International Monetary Fund has upgraded India’s growth forecast by 20 basis points for the current fiscal and 10 basis points for the next fiscal years, the media reported on Wednesday. This is lower than the RBI projection (6.5 percent) but within the range of growth […]

Education

Earthquake: An 8.8 mega-temblor in Russia triggers tsunami warnings in Japan, the US, etc

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A magnitude 8.8 quake hit Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday morning, prompting tsunami warnings as far away as Japan, the US West Coast, and other countries, multiple media reports said. Fearing huge losses, Japan prepared to evacuate around two million people. Until Wednesday afternoon, tsunami warnings were issued for Russia, […]

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Britain warns Israel it could recognise Palestinian state as Gaza starvation spreads

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Britain said on Tuesday it would recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza, where starvation is spreading, and reaches a ceasefire in the nearly two-year war with Hamas. The warning, which drew a harsh Israeli rebuke, came after a hunger monitor said a worst-case scenario of famine […]

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Trump says he may skip G20 summit in South Africa, cites policy disapproval

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he might skip the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit in South Africa in November and send someone else to represent the United States, citing his disapproval of South African policies. “I think maybe I’ll send somebody else because I’ve had a lot of problems with South Africa. […]

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Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for children

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Australia said on Wednesday it will include Alphabet-owned YouTube in its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the video-sharing platform. Australia’s internet watchdog last month urged the government to overturn the proposed exemption for YouTube after its research found 37% of children aged 10 to 15 reported seeing […]