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Arctic’s Svalbard Seed Vault to receive 14,000 new samples
Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: A remote Arctic facility designed to preserve the world's agricultural diversity is set to receive a major new...

US oil tariff may force foreign producers to pay $10 billion annually
Trump's 10% oil tariff may cost foreign producers $10 billion annually

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A proposed 10 percent U.S. tariff on oil imports could deal a US$10 billion annual blow to foreign producers, particularly...

Microsoft cuts data centre plans and hikes prices in push to make users carry AI costs
Microsoft cuts data centre plans and hikes prices in push to make users carry AI costs

After a year of shoehorning generative AI into its flagship products, Microsoft is trying to recoup the costs by raising prices, putting...

RBIs new governor stand of a flexible rupee led to 1.8pc depreciation against USD in 2025: UBI Report
RBIs new governor stand of a flexible rupee led to 1.8pc depreciation against USD in 2025: UBI Report

New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): The policy shifts by the RBI in managing the Indian currency against the US Dollar have significantly...

Nick Dunlap signs one-match deal with Atlanta Drive
Nick Dunlap signs one-match deal with Atlanta Drive

(Photo credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images) Nick Dunlap signed a one-match contract with TGL on Friday to fill in for short-handed Atlanta...

Trade policies of major economies influencing global economic outlook: CEA Nageswaran
Trade policies of major economies influencing global economic outlook: CEA Nageswaran

New Delhi [India], February 28 (ANI): The near-term global economic outlook is influenced by trade policies of major economies amid...

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Iowa first to pass law stripping gender identity protections
Iowa removes gender identity from civil rights code amid protests

DES MOINES, Iowa: Iowa lawmakers have passed a new law that removes protections for gender identity from the state's civil rights code....

Rare boost for South Korea as births rise after nearly a decade
South Korea sees first birth rate increase in nine years

SEOUL, South Korea: For the first time in nine years, South Korea recorded a rise in births, offering a rare positive sign in the country's...

US overdose deaths drop 24% to 87,000 in one year
CDC: US drug overdose deaths drop to lowest levels since June 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Nearly 87,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12 months ending September 2024, a 24 percent drop from the...

US dockworkers approve six-year contract, securing major pay hikes
US East and Gulf Coast dockworkers ratify new six-year contract

NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey: More than 45,000 U.S. dockworkers have approved a new six-year contract, securing higher wages and preventing...

DOJ: Woman charged for trying to defraud Elvis Presley’s family
Missouri woman admits to multimillion-dollar Graceland fraud scheme

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A Missouri woman admitted to a scheme to cheat Elvis Presley's family out of millions and take control of Graceland,...

Tragic accident at South Korean highway site kills 4, injures 6
Four dead in South Korea highway construction collapse

ANSEONG, South Korea: A tragic accident at a highway construction site in Anseong, South Korea, claimed the lives of at least four...

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