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Top U.S. energy diplomat expects minerals initiative to continue under Biden By Reuters

Top U.S. energy diplomat expects minerals initiative to continue under Biden By Reuters

© Reuters. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden arrives at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s top energy diplomat said on Friday he expects an initiative aimed at…

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Why Facebook antitrust case relies so heavily on Mark Zuckerberg’s emails

Why Facebook antitrust case relies so heavily on Mark Zuckerberg’s emails

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s own words play a starring role in the government’s case to break up his social network. “It is better to buy than compete,” he allegedly wrote in an email in 2008,…

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astronomers spot a 50 million light-year galactic filament

astronomers spot a 50 million light-year galactic filament

At the very largest scale, the Universe consists of a “cosmic web” made of enormous, tenuous filaments of gas stretching between gigantic clumps of matter. Or that’s what our best models suggest. All we have…

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Oil retreats from 9-month high as COVID-19 surge stokes demand fears By Reuters

Oil retreats from 9-month high as COVID-19 surge stokes demand fears By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County By Sonali Paul and Shu Zhang MELBOURNE/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices eased on Friday…

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Companies accused of crimes get more digital privacy rights than people under new Trump policy

Companies accused of crimes get more digital privacy rights than people under new Trump policy

Corporations increasingly receive the same rights as people. Now, it seems, they have privileges even people don’t. Case in point: The Labor Department recently urged regulators to stop issuing press releases about companies that may…

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why people are reluctant to use COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

why people are reluctant to use COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

This week’s announcement of two new COVID-19 vaccine pre-purchase deals is encouraging, but doesn’t mean New Zealanders should become complacent about using the NZ COVID Tracer app during the summer holidays. The immunisation rollout won’t…

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Gold Settles up after Piercing $1,900 on Dollar, US Stimulus Hopes By Investing.com

Gold Settles up after Piercing $1,900 on Dollar, US Stimulus Hopes By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold futures briefly returned above the key $1,900 mark on Thursday before settling up but off those highs as the dollar — the contrarian trade to the yellow…

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US nonprofits raised $2.5 billion on Giving Tuesday in 2020

US nonprofits raised $2.5 billion on Giving Tuesday in 2020

CC BY-SA Some 35 million Americans gave a total of US$2.5 billon on Giving Tuesday to causes of all kinds, including $808 million in donations made online. Donations increased overall by 25% from the total…

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Oil prices hit nine-month high after U.S. crude stock draw By Reuters

Oil prices hit nine-month high after U.S. crude stock draw By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Oil tanker unloads crude oil at a crude oil terminal in Zhoushan By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil hit a nine-month high on Thursday after government data showed a fall…

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Americans aren’t getting enough to eat during the coronavirus pandemic – here’s what’s happening in Los Angeles County

Americans aren’t getting enough to eat during the coronavirus pandemic – here’s what’s happening in Los Angeles County

The number of Americans who can’t get enough food is rising from already troubling levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 1 in 10 Americans said in November 2020 that their household sometimes or often did…

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