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Over the past two decades, buying a home has become significantly more challenging in many countries, especially in the United States. A recent report highlights the struggle of potential home buyers by designating certain major cities as “impossibly unaffordable.” This report analyzed the gap between average incomes and average home prices. It found that the surge in demand for homes …

Samsung Electronics has announced that its contract manufacturing division will provide a streamlined service for producing AI chips faster by integrating its leading memory chip, foundry, and chip packaging services. This integration is designed to capitalize on the growing demand for AI technology. By allowing clients to communicate through a single channel that coordinates Samsung’s memory chip, foundry, and packaging …

NASA’s Voyager 1 has resumed full operations, ending a period of silence. The spacecraft, which had stopped transmitting usable data since November 2023, is now once again providing valuable information from its four scientific instruments. Launched on September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 had been sending garbled data instead of its usual binary code while being over 15 billion miles from …

Germany crushed a 10-man Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of Euro 2024 in Munich on Friday, launching their campaign with high hopes of clinching a record fourth continental title. Florian Wirtz opened the scoring just 10 minutes in, and Jamal Musiala quickly followed with a powerful finish to double Germany’s lead. “We couldn’t have asked for a better start. …

Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has attributed the team’s poor performance at the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 to two key decisions made by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi. His comments followed Pakistan’s elimination from the tournament after the Ireland vs USA match was abandoned due to rain. “Since Mohsin Naqvi became PCB chairman, he has made two major …

Hezbollah announced on Saturday that it had targeted Israel’s Meron air control base with guided missiles in retaliation for the assassination of senior military commander Taleb Abdallah. The attack reportedly destroyed parts of the base’s equipment and radars. This follows a previous attack on the Meron base by Hezbollah on Wednesday, which was part of a larger missile and drone …

World leaders gathered in Switzerland on Saturday for the first summit on peace in Ukraine, following Vladimir Putin’s demand that Kyiv effectively surrender if it wants to negotiate with Moscow. The two-day event at the luxurious Burgenstock resort includes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and more than 50 other heads of state and government, but Russia is not participating. Switzerland aims …

Israeli forces continued their operations in Gaza on Friday as truce efforts failed to yield results. Strikes were reported in Rafah and central areas of the Gaza Strip. At Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, mourners gathered around the body of an 11-year-old boy who died during an attack on the Bureij refugee camp. The Israeli military stated that its …