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Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice, stalking seals near Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier. They must…

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External comms impact gauged by trust and comprehension

External comms impact gauged by trust and comprehension

Central banks typically rely on trust levels as well as audience comprehension to judge the impact of public information, the Communications Benchmarks 2024 shows. Audience trust levels average a score of 8.6 out of a…

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Oil prices steady ahead of OPEC report, more rate cues By Investing.com

Oil prices steady ahead of OPEC report, more rate cues By Investing.com

Investing.com– Oil prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Monday, steadying after three straight weeks of losses as traders awaited more cues on U.S. interest rates and the OPEC due later this week.  Crude had…

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Why American investors are pouring money into European football

Why American investors are pouring money into European football

Internazionale Milano (Inter Milan) were crowned champions of this year’s Serie A, the top flight of Italian football, on April 22. A month later, they were back in the news having been taken over by…

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Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Farming just one kind of crop in a field at a time, and using a lot of chemicals, poses a risk to both people and nature. This simplified intensive agriculture often goes hand in hand…

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UK dismisses statement by Yemen’s Houthis saying they attacked British destroyer By Reuters

UK dismisses statement by Yemen’s Houthis saying they attacked British destroyer By Reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) – Britain’s defence ministry said on Sunday a statement by Yemen’s Houthis that they had fired ballistic missiles at a British destroyer in the Red Sea was false. The Houthis did not say…

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How Sunak came up with disputed Labour tax figures – and what’s wrong with them

How Sunak came up with disputed Labour tax figures – and what’s wrong with them

The first televised debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer was dominated by the prime minister’s claim that every working family in the country would be paying £2,000 more in tax if Labour win the…

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AI search answers are the fast food of your information diet – convenient and tasty, but no substitute for good nutrition

AI search answers are the fast food of your information diet – convenient and tasty, but no substitute for good nutrition

If you have used Google lately and been lucky – or unlucky – enough to encounter an answer to your query rather than a bunch of links, you have been subjected to something called AI…

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Column-US manufacturers in halting recovery but diesel use tepid: Kemp By Reuters

Column-US manufacturers in halting recovery but diesel use tepid: Kemp By Reuters

By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturers are gradually emerging from a prolonged but shallow slowdown over the last two years, but progress has been fitful, and their consumption of diesel remains tepid, which…

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The global orange juice crisis is caused by disease and bad weather – here’s how to keep it on the breakfast table

The global orange juice crisis is caused by disease and bad weather – here’s how to keep it on the breakfast table

Just as the world is coming out of the tea crisis, another breakfast staple, orange juice, is in the spotlight. Supply constraints have led to prices shooting up by more than 20% in a year.…

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