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5 hours ago · Deaths in 2024. The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
5 hours ago · Events January. January 1 Aniplus Asia and K-Plus have ceased its broadcast in the Philippines by Cignal and SatLite due to the termination of contract agreement between Omnicontent Management, Inc. (the exclusive Philippine pay TV distributor) and Plus Media Networks, Pte. Ltd. as they failed to agree on the terms and conditions for the renewal of its channel carriage.
1 day ago · 15. Sir Lenny Henry presents the BBC's Comic Relief telethon for the last time, having previously announced he felt it was time for "new faces" to succeed him. [76] Sir Lenny was part of the team which had founded Comic Relief in the mid-1980s. Red Nose Day 2024 raises over £40m for charity.
1 day ago · Serbia spent 0.9% of GDP on scientific research in 2017, which is slightly below the European average. Serbia was ranked 53rd in the Global Innovation Index in 2023, up from 57th in 2019. [373] [374] [375] Since 2018, Serbia is a full member of CERN .
5 hours ago · As of 2017, the domestic cat was the second most popular pet in the United States, with 95.6 million cats owned and around 42 million households owning at least one cat. In the United Kingdom , 26% of adults have a cat, with an estimated population of 10.9 million pet cats as of 2020.
5 hours ago · Established as the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1921, the TTC owns and operates three rapid transit lines with 70 stations, over 150 bus routes, and 9 streetcar lines. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 736,712,000, or about 2,483,800 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023. The TTC is the most heavily used urban mass transit ...
5 hours ago · 2017年9月13日に日本の会計検査院が発表した「次期戦闘機（f-35a）の調達等の実施状況についての報告書 」では、2012年以降に航空自衛隊に納入されたf-35aが為替レートの円安に伴い、日本円当たりの価格が増加傾向にあると指摘している。
