Day: February 11, 2025
climbing fee for Mount Everest to increase by over 35%
Hundreds of climbers attempt to reach the summit of Everest every year. The Nepalese Ministry of Tourism has announced a more than 35 % increase in the climbing fee for Mount Everest. The cost to scale the world’s highest peak had remained unchanged for nearly a decade, according to Reuters. Starting in September, the fee […]
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 recorded in Zadar county
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck Croatia on Tuesday evening, with tremors felt as far as neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina. The quake’s epicenter was located 15 kilometers from the town of Starigrad Paklenica, near the country’s western coast. Local authorities reported no immediate damage or casualties, according to Hina and AFP. The […]
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US and UK decline to sign global AI declaration
The final declaration of the global AI summit, which concluded on Tuesday in Paris, was signed by 61 countries—but notably, the United States and the United Kingdom were not among them. The Élysée Palace stated that additional countries might sign the declaration in the coming hours, according to Reuters, AFP, and The Guardian. The declaration […]
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