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• I governi laburisti del Victoria e federale hanno dato il via libera al progetto di perforazione nel bacino di Otway, con il potenziale di fornire un terzo del gas dello stato • Segui il nostro blog in diretta sulle notizie dall'Australia per gli ultimi aggiornamenti • Iscriviti alla nostra email per le ultime notizie, scarica l'app gratuita o ascolta il podcast quotidiano

• TikTok ha ricevuto l'approvazione dal Board of Investment della Thailandia per tre data center nelle province di Bangkok, Samut Prakan e Chachoengsao, per un valore di 25 miliardi di dollari (842 miliardi di THB). • Le strutture fungeranno da hub regionali per l'archiviazione e l'elaborazione dei dati, supportando l'espansione della base utenti di TikTok nel Sud-est asiatico. • Questo massiccio investimento sottolinea l'impegno di TikTok nella crescita delle infrastrutture a fronte di una domanda crescente, insieme ad altre approvazioni come i progetti di DAMAC Group da 1,4 miliardi di dollari e di Bridge Data Centres da 746 milioni di dollari.

WHO prequalification of Coartem Baby means newborns can be safely treated rather than using medication for older childrenThe first malaria treatment for babies has been approved by the World Health Organization, opening the door to widespread use around the globe.In parts of Africa, up to 18% of children under six months will be infected with malaria, but there has historically been no safe treatment for the smallest of them. There were 610,000 deaths from malaria in 2024, about three quarters of which were under-fives in Africa. Continue reading...

• Elijah Dottery, diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a baby, became the first U-M patient to receive the newly FDA-approved stem cell therapy. • The treatment uses patient's own stem cells edited via CRISPR to produce functional hemoglobin, administered at Michigan Medicine. • This breakthrough matters for over 100,000 U.S. sickle cell patients, offering potential cure where prior therapies only managed symptoms.

• The Federal Communications Commission approved Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival broadcaster Tegna, creating the largest operator of local television stations in the United States. • FCC Chairman Brendan Carr waived a rule limiting single-company ownership of TV stations reaching more than 39% of U.S. households; the combined entity will cover at least 60%. • The mega-merger represents a significant consolidation in the broadcast media industry and demonstrates regulatory willingness to approve ownership concentration in the communications sector.

Federal law says living presidents can’t appear on currency, but commission approves design for US’s 250th birthdayA federal arts commission on Thursday approved the final design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing Donald Trump’s image to help celebrate the US’s 250th birthday on 4 July.The vote by the US Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president and were appointed by him earlier this year, was without objection. It clears the way for the US Mint to begin production on the coin, whose size and denomination are still under discussion. Continue reading...