The Australian Navy is set to be transformed. On top of existing plans for nuclear submarines, the government yesterday announced a scheme for an “enhanced lethality surface combatant fleet” including six new “optionally crewed” vessels.…
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© Reuters. An employee takes granules of 99.99 percent pure gold at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant, one of the world’s largest producers in the precious metals industry, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia…
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© Reuters. Investing.com– Oil prices fell Tuesday, as investors weighed worries about weaker demand against rising geopolitical conditions in the Middle East that threaten to potentially disrupt supplies. By 14:02 ET (19:02 GMT), the futures…
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Rishi Sunak paid over £500,000 in UK taxes last year, recent documents published by the government revealed. As well as displaying a considerable contribution to the nation’s coffers, the details of the prime minister’s financial…
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Scientists have no reported evidence of the true conditions in Hell, perhaps because no one has ever returned to tell the tale. Hell has been imagined as a supremely uncomfortable place, hot and hostile to…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Barrels with uranium oxide are stored at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in the northeastern industrial city of Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Kazakhstan May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo By Eric Onstad and Nell…
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China’s national champions for computer chip – or semiconductor – design and manufacturing, HiSilicon and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), are making waves in Washington. SMIC was long considered a laggard. Despite being the recipient…
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Late last week, OpenAI announced a new generative AI system named Sora, which produces short videos from text prompts. While Sora is not yet available to the public, the high quality of the sample outputs…
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© Reuters. Army soldier miniatures and stock graph are seen in this illustration taken October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/file photo By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Brent prices settled slightly higher in an abbreviated session…
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Expressing affection can be expensive. Spending on heart-shaped gifts, romantic cards, chocolates and flowers (other gifts are available) to celebrate Valentine’s Day has reached close to £1 billion in the UK. So the value of…
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