Finland's Electricity Fell Below €0 & NYC Gives New Mothers $1000 | WEF | Top Stories of the Week
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2023-06-10

This week's top stories of the week include:

0:15 Finland's electricity fell below €0 - It happened twice during one week in May caused by a glut of hydroelectric capacity as a result of heavier-than-usual spring meltwater. This meant the supply of electricity exceeded demand and this, in turn, led to a negative price for electricity. 

1:30 NYC gives new mothers $1000 - The no-strings cash payments last for 18 months. Then for the following 18 months, low-income mothers receive $500 a month, covering the first 3 years of their baby’s life. The scheme - known as the Bridge Project - aims to fight child poverty in New York as well as reducing inequality and stress for new parents.

3:19 NASA will send your name to space - It’s asking people to sign a poem written by Ada Limón, the US Poet Laureate. Limón’s poem will be engraved on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. While signatories’ names will be etched on microchips mounted on the craft.

5:11 Implants help this paralysed man walk - It creates a ‘digital bridge’ between his brain and his spinal cord, Bypassing sections that were damaged in an accident. The implant lets him stand, walk and even climb stairs.
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