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• De Victorianische en federale Labor-regeringen geven groen licht voor boorproject in het Otway-bekken met potentie om een derde van het gas van de staat te leveren • Volg onze Australia news live blog voor de nieuwste updates • Ontvang onze breaking news-e-mail, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast

• TikTok heeft goedkeuring ontvangen van de Board of Investment van Thailand voor drie datacenters in de provincies Bangkok, Samut Prakan en Chachoengsao, met een geschatte waarde van 25 miljard dollar of 842 miljard THB. • De faciliteiten zullen dienen als regionale hubs voor het opslaan en verwerken van gegevens, ter ondersteuning van de groeiende gebruikersbasis van TikTok in Zuidoost-Azië. • Deze enorme investering onderstreept de inzet van TikTok voor infrastructiegroei te midden van een stijgende vraag, naast andere goedkeuringen zoals de projecten van DAMAC Group ter waarde van 1,4 miljard dollar en Bridge Data Centres ter waarde van 746 miljoen dollar.

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...