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Amid LA fires, neighbors helped each other survive – 60 years of research shows local heroes are crucial to disaster response

Amid LA fires, neighbors helped each other survive – 60 years of research shows local heroes are crucial to disaster response

As wildfires swept through neighborhoods on the outskirts of Los Angeles in January 2025, stories about residents there helping their neighbors and total strangers began trickling out on social media. Accounts of Hollywood stars clearing…

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Exclusive-Japan’s JERA plans to expand US LNG purchases to diversify energy supply By Reuters

Exclusive-Japan’s JERA plans to expand US LNG purchases to diversify energy supply By Reuters

By Marwa Rashad DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Japan’s biggest top LNG buyer, JERA, plans to increase its purchases of liquefied from the United States to diversify its supply and meet demand growth spurred by data…

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Rural America’s economies are often left out by a design flaw in federal funding

Rural America’s economies are often left out by a design flaw in federal funding

Picture yourself living the American Dream. You likely have more opportunity than your parents did. Through hard work, smart choices and perhaps some good luck along the way, you have financial stability and a great…

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Trump has fired a major cyber security investigations body. It’s a risky move

Trump has fired a major cyber security investigations body. It’s a risky move

Before the end of its first full day of operations, the new Trump administration gutted all advisory panels for the Department of Homeland Security. Among these was the well-respected Cyber Safety Review Board, or CSRB.…

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COP30 in Brazil set to spotlight developing countries’ climate finance needs By Reuters

COP30 in Brazil set to spotlight developing countries’ climate finance needs By Reuters

By Lisandra Paraguassu As world leaders grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, Brazil, the host of this year’s COP30 global climate summit, sees an opportunity to amplify the voices of developing nations…

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Mark Zuckerberg thinks workplaces need to ‘man up’ − here’s why that’s bad for all employees, no matter their gender

Mark Zuckerberg thinks workplaces need to ‘man up’ − here’s why that’s bad for all employees, no matter their gender

When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on a Jan. 10, 2025, episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” he lamented that corporate culture had become too “feminine,” suppressing its “masculine energy” and abandoning supposedly valuable traits…

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Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to make arrow poison

Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to make arrow poison

In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old. X-rays revealed that three modified bone arrowheads…

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Finland’s fintech head on retail CBDCs versus instant payments

Finland’s fintech head on retail CBDCs versus instant payments

What is your current role at the Bank of Finland? I am head of the fintech division within the payment systems department. We look at fintech broadly but, a few years ago, we recognised that…

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European natural gas prices surge amid supply concerns By Investing.com

European natural gas prices surge amid supply concerns By Investing.com

Investing.com — European prices have seen an increase of over 3%, with the Dutch TTF contract, a benchmark in the industry, trading at 50.30 euros per megawatt-hour. The rise in prices is primarily due to…

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Why your retirement fund might soon include cryptocurrency

Why your retirement fund might soon include cryptocurrency

Pension funds are investment pools that manage people’s retirement savings. They aim to encourage long-term saving and provide financial security to retirees. But some pension funds in the US, UK and elsewhere have recently begun…

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