Confusion and outrage greeted the UK government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report. As opponents grapple with some of the more alarming findings, such as its assertion that there is little evidence of institutional…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — Oil prices swung from green to red and back on Thursday as traders sought to put a finger on oil demand from next month, after OPEC+ reportedly agreed…
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The Biden administration is proposing a massive infrastructure plan to replace the nation’s crumbling bridges, roads and other critical structures. But to make those investments pay off, the U.S. will need designs that can endure…
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The rocky outcrops that dot much of South Africa’s coastline contain hidden treasure: the cemented remains of the dune and beach surfaces that existed hundreds of thousands of years ago. These cemented remains, or aeolianites,…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Finance Committee conducts hearing on nomination of Katherine Tai to be U.S. Trade Representative. By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Wednesday vowed…
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The United States’ offshore wind industry is tiny, with just seven wind turbines operating off Rhode Island and Virginia. The few attempts to build large-scale wind farms like Europe’s have run into long delays, but…
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The Kalahari is a huge expanse of desert in southern Africa, stretching across Botswana and into the northernmost part of South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It’s in the Northern Cape that we studied and described…
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© Reuters. By Liz Moyer Investing.com — U.S. oil stockpiles declined far more than expected in the latest week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. inventories fell 876,000 barrels last week, compared with analysts’ expectations…
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Takeaways · Nonfungible tokens prove ownership of a digital item – image, sound file or text – in the same way that people own crypto coins. · Unlike crypto coins, which are identical and worth…
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Last week, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland announced they might have discovered a brand new force of nature. Or, to be precise, they unveiled “new results which, if confirmed, would suggest hints…
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