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  Washington DC (UPI) Feb 25, 2025 The United States and Ukraine have agreed to terms on a minerals and reconstruction deal, an official in Ukraine reported Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to travel to Washington, D.C., later this week. While the detailed terms of the deal were not revealed, the source told CNN, ABC News and The New York Times that "everything unacceptable was taken out of the text and it is now more clearly spelt out how this agreement will contribute to Ukraine's security and peace. ... read more |
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Asian markets mixed after latest Trump tariff threatHong Kong (AFP) Feb 27, 2025 Asian markets fluctuated Thursday as investors tried to assess US President Donald Trump's latest tariffs salvo, while earnings from chip titan Nvidia failed to impress, despite another record performance. ... more 
Panama AG agrees Hong Kong firm's canal concession is 'unconstitutional'Panama City (AFP) Feb 27, 2025 Panama's attorney general said Wednesday that concession granted to a Hong Kong-based firm to operate ports on either end of the Panama Canal should be scrapped for being "unconstitutional." ... more  
BP ditches climate targets in pivot back to oil and gasLondon (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 British energy giant BP launched a major pivot back to its more profitable oil and gas business Wednesday, shelving its once industry-leading targets on reducing carbon emissions and slashing clean energy investment. ... more  
Bangladesh calls for continued Russian nuclear collaborationDhaka (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 Bangladesh's interim government praised on Wednesday Moscow's "important" backing of a controversial nuclear plant during the first visit by the director of Russia's state-owned Rosatom since Dhaka's revolution last year. ... more |
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Hong Kong to slash public spending, civil service jobsHong Kong (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 Hong Kong's finance chief unveiled a "belt-tightening" budget on Wednesday that aimed to end the city's string of record-high deficits by 2028 while seeking growth in areas such as artificial intelligence. ... more |
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Aston Martin cuts jobs as weak China demand weighsLondon (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 Aston Martin Lagonda announced Wednesday it would cut about five percent of its workforce as weak Chinese demand contributed to losses widening at the luxury car group last year. ... more 
China's Xi urges 'calm' response to challenges ahead of key meetingBeijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping told top officials on Wednesday that Beijing should address domestic and international difficulties "calmly", one week before the country's biggest annual political gathering. ... more 
Indonesian nickel producer to build $1.8 bn plantJakarta (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 An Indonesian nickel producer has announced plans for a $1.8 billion plant as Southeast Asia's biggest economy tries to boost domestic processing and refining capacity of the material, key to electric vehicles. ... more  
Paint them white: how Brazil is keeping trains on trackSao Paulo (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 Few people suspect that when they board a train during a heatwave they may be risking their lives, as high temperatures can warp tracks and maybe even cause the train to derail. ... more |
Iraq, BP finalise deal to develop new oil fieldsBaghdad (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 Iraq and energy giant BP finalised an agreement to develop oil fields in the northern province of Kirkuk, Iraqi authorities and the British company said Tuesday. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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AI to replace 4,000 jobs in Southeast Asia's largest bank: DBSSingapore (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 Southeast Asia's largest bank DBS said that 4,000 jobs could be cut in the next three years and be replaced by artificial intelligence as the technology becomes more advanced. ... more  
Search for doomed MH370 resumes 11 years after disappearanceKuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 A fresh search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been launched more than a decade after the plane went missing in one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries. ... more  
Baidu buys livestreaming site for $2.1bn a year after shelving dealBeijing (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 Chinese internet giant Baidu said on Tuesday it had purchased social media platform JOYY Inc's livestreaming business for $2.1 billion, a year after it cancelled a deal partly because it failed to get government approval. ... more  
China's CALB announces European battery plant in PortugalLisbon (AFP) Feb 24, 2025 Chinese lithium battery manufacturer CALB announced plans Monday to build its first European plant in Portugal, a two-billion-euro ($2.1-billion) investment it hopes will help it crack the continent's electric car market. ... more |
 
Iraqi brick workers risk health, life to keep families afloatAl-Kifl (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 As dawn broke over central Iraq, teenage sisters Dalia and Rukaya Ghali were loading heavy bricks, forced out of school and into a hazardous job to support their family. ... more  
Little Scope for Large-Scale Climate Plantations Without Breaching Planetary BoundariesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 A new study by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that the potential for carbon removal through climate plantations is significantly lower than previously ... more  
Do look up: How Earth can defend itself against asteroidParis (AFP) Feb 19, 2025 There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight years. But even if this asteroid is hurtling our way, humanity is now able to defend itself against such a threat, experts say. ... more  
Long-Term Decline in Downward Surface Solar Radiation Highlights Emission ImpactsSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 A new study led by Dr. Fengfei Song and Dr. Lixin Wu from the Frontier Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and the Physical Oceanography Laboratory at Ocean University of Chi ... more |
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Machine Learning Enhances Solar Power Forecast AccuracySydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 As solar power becomes a more significant component of the global energy grid, improving the accuracy of photovoltaic (PV) generation forecasts is crucial for balancing supply and demand. A recent s ... more 
Negative refraction of light achieved using atomic arrays instead of metamaterialsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Scientists have successfully demonstrated negative refraction using atomic arrays, eliminating the need for engineered metamaterials. This breakthrough opens up new possibilities in optical research ... more 
SLAC to advance fusion target technology through DOE FIRE CollaborativesStanford CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will play a key role in the newly launched Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives, a DOE initiative de ... more  
Illuminating the Inner Workings of the ProtonSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 A team of scientists has successfully mapped the intricate forces at play inside a proton, revealing with unprecedented precision how quarks-its fundamental components-react when exposed to high-ene ... more |
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Anthropic releases its 'smartest' AI modelSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 24, 2025 OpenAI rival Anthropic on Monday released what it said is its smartest artificial intelligence model to date, particularly when it comes to computer coding. ... more |
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Iran rejects as 'politically charged' IAEA chief remarks on nuclear dealTehran (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 Iran rejected remarks on its nuclear programme by UN atomic agency chief Rafael Grossi on Thursday, calling them "unprofessional" and "politically charged". ... more  
Musk furious as critics push back at DOGE's blind destruction of S&T research fundingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is moving full steam ahead with its aggressive cost-cutting measures, drawing sharp criticism from the scientific and medical communities. With ... more 
Fishermen, sailing champions clean up trash-covered Rio islandRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 Fisherman Jose Antonio Crispin recalls the days when he would throw out a net and get a decent haul of fish around Pombeba Island, a small oasis in Rio de Janeiro's iconic Guanabara Bay that is being suffocated by trash. ... more 
Stuck in eternal drought, UAE turns to AI to make it rainAbu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 In the marbled halls of a luxury hotel, leading experts are discussing a new approach to an age-old problem: how to make it rain in the UAE, the wealthy Gulf state that lies in one of the world's biggest deserts. ... more |
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