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Anglo American to offload Australian coal mining stake for $1.1bn
London-listed group sells holding as it pushes ahead with radical plans to streamline businessBusiness - Financial Times - November 4 -
Mali’s junta escalates fight with mining groups over profit share
Resolute Mining chief and colleagues held as junta want greater share of gold producers’ profitsBusiness - Financial Times - November 13 -
California scientists unveil policy blueprint for stopping global plastic pileup in its tracks
The uniform adoption of just four waste management policies around the world could eliminate more than 90 percent of the planet’s plastic waste and nearly a third of associated carbon emissions by ...Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Brookfield commits £900mn to backstop Canary Wharf refinancing
Canadian asset manager agrees to provide equity commitment if landlord cannot pay off bondsWorld - Financial Times - 22 hours ago -
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Anglo American Continues Coal Selloff With Australian Disposal
The global miner sold its interest in two steelmaking-coal mines in Australia for around $1.1 billion, advancing its coal-division selloff.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 4 -
For Phasmophobia To Be So Terrifying, The Devil Is In The Details
There's an almost imperceptible sound you hear when you cross the threshold of a haunted house in Phasmophobia , the co-op ghost-hunting game from Kinetic Games that took Steam and Twitch by storm ...Tech - GameSpot - October 29 -
Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica's booming krill fishery
The Associated Press has learned that two humpback whales were found dead and another seriously injured this year in huge nets used to collect krill for fishmeal and human dietary supplements near ...Tech - ABC News - October 30 -
Festival worker to run world's most southerly post office in Antarctica
George Clarke will staff the most southerly post office in the world, living among a penguin colony.Top stories - BBC News - November 11 -
WATCH: This penguin was found very far from its home in Antarctica
The penguin somehow traveled from Antarctica to a beach in Western Australia.Top stories - ABC News - November 15 -
‘Downright terrifying’: readers on their scariest horror villains
After Guardian writers listed their most nightmarish baddies for Halloween, now it’s our readers’ turn. As a film it tends to be considered the weakest of Fulci’s big four or five, but a barely ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
The quiet, terrifying weaponization of state judicial conduct commissions
In recent years, state legislators, governors and other partisan actors have increasingly sought to exert control over state courts to get the outcomes they want.Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Domestic violence should not be taboo subject, says Queen
The Queen talks to survivors of domestic violence in a forthcoming TV documentary.Top stories - BBC News - November 3 -
Covid inquiry told top NHS doctor was terrified
Sir Stephen Powis says points-based tool was drawn up should need to prioritise patients have arisen.Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
The Climate Election: Mining, explained
Viral claims in the wake of Hurricane Helene suggested that the government controlled the devastating storm to hit certain areas and that authorities were attempting to seize Chimney Rock, North ...Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
What Are Anti-Personnel Mines?
The Biden administration has agreed to send the weapons to Ukraine, despite their reputation for killing and maiming civilians.World - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Canary Black review – Kate Beckinsale kicks impeccably chic ass in gender-flipped Taken
Unaware he’s married to a spy, Beckinsale’s husband is kidnapped – cue the baddies demanding a secret file, fancy action sequences, lots of gunshots and a nice trenchcoat. French director Pierre ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
From Joker to Terrifier to It: why killer clown characters are on the rise
The great clown panic of 2016 may have passed – but in Hollywood, these curious circus folk are multiplying. Name: Killer clowns.. Age: 100. Continue reading...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
Van Jones: 'People who don't have papers' are 'terrified tonight'
Democratic strategist Van Jones said late Tuesday that "people who don't have papers" were "terrified" as votes were tabulated and the election moved toward former President Trump and away from ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Women walking Camino de Santiago speak of ‘terrifying’ sexual harassment
Sexual aggression said to be ‘endemic’ on route through Spain, Portugal and France with solo female pilgrims at risk. ‘I feared for my life’: stories of sexual harassment on the Camino de ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Ex-HHS chief: Trump RFK Jr. selection 'terrifying'
Kathleen Sebelius, a former Democratic governor who served as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary during the Obama administration, said having anti-vaccine activist and environmental ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
Zelenskyy says Putin is 'terrified,' calls ballistic missile launch 'escalation'
Ukraine this week launched U.S.-made missiles at targets inside Russia.Top stories - ABC News - Yesterday -
Biden to provide antipersonnel mines to Ukraine
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, temporarily shut down on Wednesday over fears of a possible Russian air attack. Meanwhile, the Biden administration approved antipersonnel mines for Ukraine to ...Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
Biden Approves Antipersonnel Mines for Ukraine
The move is part of a broader push to counter the Russian military and provide Ukraine with more leverage in possible negotiations.World - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago -
‘Rolling coal’: Dealers charged in $74 million scheme to help trucks bypass emissions controls
Prosecutors say the ring smuggled thousands of illegal devices that let diesel-truck drivers belch hundreds of times more pollution than allowed by law.Business - MarketWatch - November 8 -
Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report
Fossil fuel-linked lobbyists outnumber delegations of almost every country at climate talks in Baku, analysis finds. Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
How Indian Coal King's Bid to Rule Solar Sparked U.S. Bribery Charges
Prosecutors accuse billionaire Gautam Adani and advisers of offering $250 million in bribes.World - The Wall Street Journal - Yesterday -
Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists
Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
Scientists say climate change made deadly floods worse
Climate change had a role in making the storm that hit Spain more intense and deadly, say scientistsTop stories - BBC News - October 30 -
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The Rebellious Scientist Who Made Kamala Harris
The presidential candidate’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was a breast cancer researcher whose egalitarian politics often bucked a patriarchal lab culture.Health - The New York Times - November 6 -
Warren Washington, Groundbreaking Climate Scientist, Dies at 88
He invented a computer model that made it possible to measure human-induced climate change. He also helped break a color barrier in science.Top stories - The New York Times - November 6 -
2024 set to be hottest year on record, scientists say
Climate scientists say 2024 is likely to be the hottest year ever on record. The announcement comes just ahead of the COP29 climate summit. Tina Kraus reports.Top stories - CBS News - November 10 -
Scientists identify tomato genes to tweak for sweeter fruit
Gene-edited versions of large, domesticated varieties of tomato grew to be sweet like those from wild plants. It is a common complaint in the produce aisle: tomatoes today might be big, but they ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
Scientists say biggest coral in the world discovered in the Pacific
Scientists say they've discovered a "mega coral" three times bigger than the previous record holder - so huge they initially thought it was a shipwreck.Top stories - CBS News - November 14 -
Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing a Map
Dijkstra’s algorithm was long thought to be the most efficient way to find a graph’s best routes. Researchers have now proven that it’s “universally optimal.”Tech - Wired - 6 days ago -
The problem with the term ‘global majority’
Endless searching for a label to describe ethnic minority groups is ultimately futileWorld - Financial Times - October 29 -
Lithium Mine Approved Despite Possibility of Wildflower Extinction
Lithium-ion batteries are needed for clean energy, but may ironically threaten plant life in the mining process.Business - Inc. - October 24
