The largest known black hole jets, 23 million light years across, have been discovered in the distant universe. This pair of particle beams launched by a supermassive black hole is over a hundred times larger…
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By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett (Reuters) – Countries could use next week’s U.N. meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world’s annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the…
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In Brussels, the talk of the town is a report on the future of European competitiveness, calling for fundamental economic reforms to avoid a “slow agony” for the European economy. The report, by former president…
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When central bank are designing digital currencies they should make it as easy as possible for consumers to adopt them, research from the European Central Bank (ECB) says. The paper, published on September 18, argues…
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By Erwin Seba and Nicole Jao PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -At a meeting of United Steelworkers union officials this week, presidential politics was off the agenda, a departure from past election-year gatherings and a sign of the…
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A group of economists has publicly urged chancellor Rachel Reeves to reverse her stance on public investment, and relax the Treasury rules that constrain it. They argue in a letter to the Financial Times that…
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Last month, OpenAI came out against a yet-to-be enacted Californian law that aims to set basic safety standards for developers of large artificial intelligence (AI) models. This was a change of posture for the company,…
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By Georgina McCartney (Reuters) -Oil prices were steady on Friday and set for a second straight week of gains, garnering support on a large cut in U.S. interest rates and a dip in U.S. supply.…
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Humans have overfished the ocean, cleared forests, polluted water and created a climate crisis by burning fossil fuels. These actions are affecting biodiversity around the world, from remote islands to our own backyards. Biodiversity can…
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A mysterious animal painted on a cave wall in South Africa’s Free State Province has long baffled scientists. Is it a walrus? It looks like one, but there are no such animals in Africa. Some…
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