Environmental issues were conspicuously absent from the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, but moves by President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration and his leadership picks for his next administration offer clues to what may be ahead. They…
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The extinction of the megafauna – giant marsupials that lived in Australia until 60,000 to 45,000 years ago – is a topic of fierce debate. Some researchers have suggested a reliance on certain plants left…
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Investing.com– Gold prices rose Friday, and were headed for weekly gains as heightened uncertainty over US interest rates and trade tariffs fueled increased safe haven demand. At 4:21 ET (21:21 GMT), rose 0.7% to $2,690.16 an…
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Investors can aim not only to make money but to benefit society while doing so. But few of those impact investors follow up on whether their strategy is having a positive impact, we found in…
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Sabre teeth – the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon – represent one of the most extreme dental adaptations in nature. They evolved at least five times throughout mammalian history…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have made a series of senior appointments in recent weeks. The RBA said in a statement on December 19 that Sarah Brown had…
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By Anna Hirtenstein LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Friday and were on track for a third straight week of gains as traders focused on potential supply disruptions from sanctions while icy conditions in parts…
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President-elect Donald Trump is again signaling his interest in Greenland through a series of provocative statements in which he’s mused about the prospect of the U.S. taking ownership – perhaps by force or economic coersion…
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Compared with Africa’s other big animals, hippos have been relatively neglected in scientific research. Partly, this is because they’re hard to study and dangerous to encounter. Hippos tend to live in wetland areas often partly…
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(Reuters) – Below is a history of Reuters polls of analysts’ expectations for figures in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual U.S. winter wheat seedings report. The USDA’s report is based on a survey of…
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