Humans have been fermenting food and drinks — everything from kimchi and yogurt to beer and kombucha — for more than 13,000 years. Fermentation – a natural process that uses microorganisms to create alcohols and…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Felix Tshisekedi, leader of Congolese main opposition party the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) and Presidential candidate, speaks to Reuters during an interview after an election event in Kinshasa,…
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Chinese authorities have appointed veteran banker Zhu Hexin as the party chief of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the country’s foreign exchange regulator. Zhu will take over Pan Gongsheng’s role as Safe’s party chief,…
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While the unaided eye or binoculars can reveal much of the night sky, a telescope reveals so much more. Seeing Saturn’s rings or the Moon’s craters with your own eyes can be an “oh wow”…
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© Reuters. Investing.com — Oil prices retreated Thursday as concerns surrounding supply disruptions through the crucial Red Sea region eased, while stockpiles continued to grow. By 09:00 ET (14.00 GMT), the U.S. crude futures traded…
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Within four months of ChatGPT’s launch on Nov. 30, 2022, most Americans had heard of the AI chatbot. Hype about – and fear of – the technology was at a fever pitch for much of…
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© Reuters. Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen December 2,…
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On October 26, the Bank for International Settlements released a design guide for using central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in retail payments offline, as part of its ongoing Project Polaris. The guidelines were designed with…
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Dick Coffee attended 781 consecutive University of Alabama football games. Meg Roh surfed through illness, storms and nightfall to maintain a seven-year daily surfing streak. Jon Sutherland ran at least 1 mile every day for…
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3/3 © Reuters. A view shows a Panama-flagged bulk carrier, which as reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on Thursday, was headed to a River Danube port to load grain and has…
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