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Canada, US must be united against ‘assertive China’ -PM Trudeau By Reuters

Canada, US must be united against ‘assertive China’ -PM Trudeau By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit at the House of Commons of Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable 2/2 OTTAWA (Reuters) –…

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The Amazon is not safe under Brazil’s new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point

The Amazon is not safe under Brazil’s new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point

Conservationists breathed a sigh of relief when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election in the fall of 2022. His predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had opened large parts of the Amazon region to business…

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COVID testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: progress mustn’t stop now

COVID testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: progress mustn’t stop now

In March 2020, weeks before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, its director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered a speech in which he emphasised the importance of testing: … the most effective way…

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Oil pares losses as Middle East tensions rise after U.S. air strike By Investing.com

Oil pares losses as Middle East tensions rise after U.S. air strike By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Ambar Warrick Investing.com — Oil prices trimmed early losses on Friday after a U.S. air strike on Iran-backed groups pushed up fears that rising tensions in the Middle East could disrupt supply,…

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NRA’s path to recovery from financial woes leaves the gun group vulnerable to new problems

NRA’s path to recovery from financial woes leaves the gun group vulnerable to new problems

The National Rifle Association’s financial firepower, which arose in part due to its large and loyal membership base, has long been one of the gun group’s main sources of strength. But the NRA has in…

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why Baidu’s ChatGPT rival may never measure up

why Baidu’s ChatGPT rival may never measure up

On March 16, Baidu unveiled China’s latest rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT – ERNIE Bot (short for “Enhanced Representation through kNowledge IntEgration”). The “multi-modal” AI-powered chatbot can generate text, images, audio and video from a text…

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Oil drops 1% as US in no rush to refill strategic reserve By Reuters

Oil drops 1% as US in no rush to refill strategic reserve By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A tug boat pushes an oil barge through New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty in New York City, U.S., May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters)…

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Federal Reserve’s ‘soft landing’ goal has become bumpier with rate hike plan hit by bank turbulence

Federal Reserve’s ‘soft landing’ goal has become bumpier with rate hike plan hit by bank turbulence

Federal Reserve policymakers have targeted a “soft landing” for the U.S. economy since beginning their effort a year ago to tame runaway inflation by hiking interest rates. That is, they believed they could do so…

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We used DNA from Beethoven’s hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret

We used DNA from Beethoven’s hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret

Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples. Ludwig van Beethoven’s life was not quite…

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more ghost tankers ship sanctioned fuel By Reuters

more ghost tankers ship sanctioned fuel By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People swim and surf in the sea after an offshore oil spill drenched much of Israel’s Mediterranean shoreline with tar, near Atlit, Israel February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 2/2 By…

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