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Kenyans stand to lose from Adani airport deal: finance guru explains why

Kenyans stand to lose from Adani airport deal: finance guru explains why

The proposal submitted early this year by Indian conglomerate Adani Group to Kenya Airports Authority to develop and renovate parts of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has recently been made public. To facilitate informed public engagement…

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Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you

Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you

You know we’ve reached peak interest in artificial intelligence (AI) when Oprah Winfrey hosts a television special about it. AI is truly everywhere. And we will all have a relationship with it – whether using…

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Hurricane Milton set to intensify as it heads toward Florida, NHC says By Reuters

Hurricane Milton set to intensify as it heads toward Florida, NHC says By Reuters

(Reuters) – Hurricane Milton is forecast to rapidly intensify during the next couple of days and become a major hurricane on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday. Currently, about 290 miles (465…

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how women who run households cope

how women who run households cope

Liberia, with a population of just over 5.6 million people, is one of the world’s ten poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of US$662.50. The lingering effects of two civil wars (1989-2003), Ebola outbreaks…

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Kazakhstan votes on whether to build first nuclear plant By Reuters

Kazakhstan votes on whether to build first nuclear plant By Reuters

ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan votes in a referendum on Sunday on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, an idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s government as the Central Asian nation seeks to phase…

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US home insurance rates are rising fast – hurricanes and wildfires play a big role, but there’s more to it

US home insurance rates are rising fast – hurricanes and wildfires play a big role, but there’s more to it

Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024 across…

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Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago

Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago

Almost one-sixth of Earth’s land surface is covered in otherworldly landscapes with a name that may also be unfamiliar: karst. These landscapes are like natural sculpture parks, with dramatic terrain dotted with caves and towers…

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US Supreme Court to hear nuclear waste storage dispute By Reuters

US Supreme Court to hear nuclear waste storage dispute By Reuters

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license nuclear waste storage facilities following a judicial ruling that upended decades of…

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Low pay, high staff turnover and employee burnout took a toll on social service nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic − new research

Low pay, high staff turnover and employee burnout took a toll on social service nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic − new research

Social service nonprofits had high rates of staff turnover and a hard time filling vacant positions in 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic was ending. Low salaries, inadequate benefits, staff burnout and a shortage of qualified…

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Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself

Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself

For almost a decade, researchers have been gathering evidence that the social media platform Facebook disproportionately amplifies low-quality content and misinformation. So it was something of a surprise when in 2023 the journal Science published…

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