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This connected platform can anticipate flood risks in New York City

Published by Relaxnews By Patrick Tomasso / Unsplash New York plans to significantly expand its flood monitoring network in order to better anticipate potential episodes of flooding. This decision comes after several violent and deadly storms have wreaked havoc on the East Coast of the United States in recent years. New York plans to significantly […]

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URGENT: Takahama nuclear reactor in Japan’s Fukui halted after alert goes off

Published by Kyodo News A reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama nuclear power station in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture was automatically halted Monday after an alert went off warning of a rapid decrease in the number of neutrons within the unit, the complex’s regulator and operator said. The No. 4 reactor was halted at around

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Hindenburg Counters 413-Page Adani Reply, Says Conflating Business With Nationalism

Published by BOOM Live By Mohammed Kudrati Hindenburg Research has called the Gautam Adani-led Adani Group’s 413-page response to its original report as hollow, accusing the energy to ports conglomerate of obfuscating its business with the Indian growth story. It says that the group addresses the concerns raised by it only fleetingly. “It also predictably

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The Bank of England is set to raise rates again and we could still face a 2008 crunch

Published by City AM By Asrif Husain As the Bank of England prepares to raise interest rates again, Asrif Husain looks at what this volatility does to the financial markets and consumer credit – and the opportunities for investors. I have travelled around the world meeting issuers, strategists, and clients a lot this year. Most

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Trump Makes Fun of Biden On Handling Of Classified Documents

Published by uPolitics.com After the White House revealed that President Joe Biden kept no visitor logs of his property in Wilmington, Delaware, where classified documents were recently discovered, Donald Trump took this opportunity to brag about extensive security measures at Mar-a-Lago. Trump utilized his platform Truth Social to accuse Biden of keeping classified documents in a “flimsy, unlocked,

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Efforts since George Floyd death have failed to stem US police violence

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The shocking death of Tyre Nichols after a police beating has reopened anguished debate across the United States about police violence, fueling a sense that the huge, nationwide demonstrations of 2020 have done little to solve the problem. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, died in a hospital on January 10,

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Indigenous land rights help protect Brazil’s forests

Published by Relaxnews By mel/jhb/md Territories in Brazil’s fragmented Atlantic Forest where Indigenous peoples enjoy secure land rights have seen measurably less deforestation than similar areas in which land tenure is weak or non-existent, researchers reported Thursday. Territories in Brazil’s fragmented Atlantic Forest where Indigenous peoples enjoy secure land rights have seen measurably less deforestation

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US set to ease AIDS-era blood donation rules for gay men

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – American health authorities proposed a further easing on Friday of AIDS-era restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men. Under the current policy, gay and bisexual men, even those in monogamous relationships, must abstain from sex for three months to be eligible to donate blood. The new proposed

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