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Jonathan Y. Tan (UCA News) — Pope Francis has always been fascinated by Asia, as evidenced by his frequent visits to the country. Asia is an important region for the pontiff as it accounts for two-thirds of the world's population and contains four of the top five most populous countries (India, China, Indonesia and Pakistan). The pope is particularly interested in minority Catholic communities, as found in much of Asia, by contrast with Christian-majority regions in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. For the Pope, Asia is also a region with great potential for growth for the Catholic Church. In the…

WHO: Condom use is low among young people in Europe Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listen to the article Switch language selector English (US) English (UK) Generated with artificial intelligence. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), condom use among young people in Europe has fallen significantly in recent years, but Switzerland is bucking the trend. This content was published on August 29, 2024 at 13:23 + The most important Swiss news delivered to your inbox WHO Europe said on Thursday that rates of unprotected sex are “alarmingly high”, putting young people at “significant risk of sexually transmitted infections and…

High demand is accelerating Palantir's growth. By any reasonable standard, Palantir (PLTR -1.56%) is a success. The company owns one of the best artificial intelligence (AI) software application platforms on the market, and it's the leading company integrating AI models into its business to drive decision-making. This advantage has led to the company's revenue growth accelerating quarter after quarter, making it a popular stock among AI investors. But there's one factor some investors aren't taking into account: Palantir's inflated valuation, which investors should consider very carefully, especially when considering a new investment in this dynamic company. Palantir's business has been…

Intel and IBM Introduce Gaudi 3 AI Accelerator to IBM Cloud to Help Scale Enterprise AI What's new: IBM and Intel announced a collaboration to bring Intel® Gaudi® 3 AI accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud. The service, expected to be available in early 2025, is aimed at cost-effectively extending enterprise AI and driving innovation backed by security and resilience. The collaboration also enables support for Gaudi 3 within IBM's watsonx AI and data platform. IBM Cloud is the first cloud service provider (CSP) to adopt Gaudi 3, and the service will be available for both hybrid and on-premise…

(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Inc.’s earnings report needed to be perfect for a stock that’s added nearly $2 trillion in market value over the past year. In the end, beating expectations prompted a sell-off.Most read articles on BloombergAt issue is Nvidia's revenue guidance. While it beat analysts' average estimate, the beat was far smaller than investors have come to expect in the company's past five earnings reports. That, along with the company's admission that Blackwell's new chips faced production problems, caused Nvidia's shares to fall sharply after the market closed on Wednesday and again in premarket trading on Thursday.The worry is…

About 18 months ago, news broke that China’s population was starting to decline. Business commentators were frantically puzzling over what this would mean for China’s economic forecasts and its place in the world. The implication was that a smaller population would mean less consumption, which would ultimately slow growth and alter China’s growth trajectory. To quote a Brookings Institution report, “Western feelings of defeatism based on fears about the economic and strategic rise of the People's Republic of China (PRC) must be tempered with consideration of the many constraints affecting the country, particularly its demographics.” This sentiment not only betrays…

A bigger Big Ten means more games for MLive's college football writers to predict, and with a schedule as full as opening week is, there will be 18 matchups before the 2024 season kicks off. Below, we'll predict every game against the spread.Many of these games will be won by big margins — 11 of them have a margin of victory of at least 20 points — but opening weekend will feature a tight contest in Las Vegas between USC and LSU. USC is one of four new schools in the Big Ten, and all of them will play Thursday…

Subscribe now to get complete access to real-time updates, breaking news, analysis, pricing, and data visualizations. Subscribe now Emerging trends in Asia's oil consumption centers, strengthening energy security and decarbonization strategies pursued by Asian countries will be some of the themes that S&P Global Commodity Insights will focus on at the Asia-Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC 2024), scheduled to be held in Singapore from September 9-12. In a wide-ranging discussion with Asia Energy Editor Sambit Mohanty, three senior market experts – Dave Urnberger, Head of Market Reporting and Trading Solutions, Calvin Li, Head of Asia Content, and Kang…

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Pope Francis is old (he turns 88 in December) and frail, but he is pressing ahead with the most ambitious international itinerary of his 11-year reign, visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore from September 2-13. What is the Pope's motivation for completing the trip, which was originally planned for 2020 but canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic? First, he is a man of his word. He has declared that he will visit these countries, and for Catholics in particular, papal pilgrimages invigorate the faithful and strengthen the Church's presence there. John Paul II visited all of Francis's…