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in NewsChinese savers stashed away $2.6 trillion last year but property crash will cool ‘revenge spending’ | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — Even for a famously frugal nation, Chinese people saved a lot last year. Stuck at home due to Covid restrictions, they socked away a record $2.6 trillion. Now that life is returning to normal, hopes are high that consumers will spend with a vengeance, providing a much-needed boost to the world’s […] More
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in NewsThe secrets to fighting the next pandemic could be in fruit bats
This article was originally featured on KHN. More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic. Bats worldwide are primary vectors for virus transmission from animals to humans. Those viruses often are harmless to […] More
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in NewsWhat, really, is the speed of sound?
We know that the speed of light seems to be the upper limit for how fast something can travel in the universe. But there’s a much lower speed limit that we’ve only recently (in the grand scheme of things) managed to overcome here on Earth: the speed of sound. Vapor cone (or ‘shock collar’) around […] More
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Adhan Group buys town centre retail and leisure park
The site takes in Vue Cinema, Ten Pin Bowling, Pizza Hut, Nando’s, Dunelm Mill and the large Matalan store. The deal was said to be completed for an undesclosed sum under the asking price of £22 million. It comes during a busy start of the year for the multi-million pound company, which also purchased the Golden […] More
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in NewsTurkey and Syria Earthquake rescue work moves slowly as death toll passes 5,000
ANTAKYA, Turkey Overwhelmed rescuers struggled to save people trapped under the rubble as the death toll from a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose past 5,000 on Tuesday, with despair mounting and the scale of the disaster hampering relief efforts. Cennet Sucu is rescued from the rubble of collapsed hospital, following an earthquake in […] More
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in NewsLack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP
The report entitled, Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement, underscores the importance of economic factors as drivers of recruitment. Desperation factor Lack of income, the lack of job opportunities and livelihoods, means that “desperation is essentially pushing people to take up opportunities, with whoever offers that”, said Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, […] More
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in NewsThe second year of Russia’s war: Scenarios for the Ukraine conflict in 2023
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the one-year mark, European publics and politicians alike are asking how long the war will last and what scenarios could play out throughout the rest of 2023. Naturally, making such predictions is always more of an art than a science. But, as things stands, here is how things […] More
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in NewsHow Turkey’s Anatolian Fault System Causes Devastating Earthquakes
The major earthquake and large aftershock in Turkey on Monday are two of more than 70 quakes of magnitude 6.5 or higher recorded in the region since 1900. Turkey’s two main fault zones — the East Anatolian and the North Anatolian — make it one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Magnitudes […] More
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in NewsLandmark national security trial of Hong Kong democracy activists begins. Here’s what you need to know | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Some were seasoned politicians and veteran protest leaders. Others were academics, unionists and health care workers. They hailed from different generations and held a range of political views, but were brought together by what they say was a shared commitment to Hong Kong’s democratic future. Now, the “Hong Kong 47,” as […] More
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in NewsSpy balloons have been surveilling humans since 1794
On February 4, a pilot in an F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet scored the plane’s first air-to-air kill, firing a missile at the Chinese surveillance balloon drifting off the coast of South Carolina. The shot, an AIM-9X Sidewinder fired from 58,000 feet above the ground, hit the balloon at an altitude of up to 65,000 […] More
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in NewsBig fossil fuel companies just announced record profits
The world’s largest fossil fuel companies are thriving across the world, enjoying a new wave of investments in oil, while the world is facing a full-blown climate crisis. From Shell to Exxon to Chevron, all big players had record profits last year, which shows the industry is still going strong, contradicting countries’ “green” rhetoric. Image […] More
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