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Sean Callebs lessons learned, climate change in Louisiana

05:00 Dean Blanchard is in crisis mode.Louisiana’s shrimp season is just about to start, and his brand new,$80,000 condenser for his refrigeration unit blew off his roof the day after i

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A rare tropical cyclone nears one of Africa's most populated cities

FILE PHOTO: A rare tropical cyclone is approaching Tanzania and could become the first cyclone to make landfall in the nation in modern records. /VCG A rare tropical cyclone is approaching Tan

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Satellite imagery startup Albedo closes $10M seed round

While most startups today are creating software, not every upstart enterprise is taking a code-only approach to building a business. Some of today’s most ambitious startups are aiming quite a bi

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Affect raises a seed round to grow its stimulant abuse recovery service

There are any number of seed rounds that cross our desks every day, a never-ending march of enterprise software, consumer apps, games, hardware, biotech, and sometimes even a space startup. But amid t

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South Africa's Cape Town blaze 'under control'

VCG South Africa's Table Mountain smouldered on Tuesday after a fire swept the iconic site, destroying a library housing rare collections and forcing thousands to evacuate, but officials said

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SA's Table Mountain on fire, visitors, university campus evacuated

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a fire ravaging the slopes of Table Mountain and Signal Hill in gale force winds in Cape Town, South Africa. /Getty Images South Africa's popular tourism spot and

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Tech It Out: What's under the hood of a quantum computer?

05:58 Leading scientists have been seeking a new holy grail – "quantum supremacy." The term "quantum supremacy" does not indicate any technological superiority of one country over anot

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Biden works to balance civil rights and criminal justice

On one end of Pennsylvania Avenue, he mourned with the family of a fallen police officer. On the other, he pledged to help end the epidemic of Black men being killed by

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Western Australia braces for 'worst case scenario' as cyclone Seroja nears

Authorities in Western Australia were urging residents of its Mid West coast to find safe shelter or leave on Saturday as cyclone Seroja barrelled towards a coastal reg

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NASA: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter ready for first flight

NASA's illustration of Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars. /CFP The helicopter that NASA has placed on Mars could make its first flight over the Red Planet within two days after a successful

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Mysterious rumblings from inside of Mars detected by NASA lander

The space agency's scientists believe the seismic events are caused by a sudden release of energy from the planet's interior.

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Biden faces limited appetite from allies in confronting China

Editor's note: Nathan Sheets is a chief economist at PGIM Fixed Income. He was the under secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs between 2014-2017. Previously, he also worked at t

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Investigation begins into how ship got stuck on Suez Canal: Reuters

Formal investigations into how the giant container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal, shutting down shipping in the major global waterway for almost a week, begin on Wednesday, Reuters re

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With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage begins

Experts on Tuesday boarded the massive container ship that had blocked Egypt’s vital Suez Canal and disrupted global trade for nearly a week, seeking answers to a singl

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Japan sees earliest cherry blossom since 1400s - and scientists say it's down to climate change

The Japanese blooms usually take place in April, but arrived in March this year - the earliest blossom in 1,200 years.

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Suez Canal suspends traffic after container ship stuck

Navigation in the Suez Canal has been suspended temporarily until the re-floatation work on a ship grounded in a new course is finished, Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said o

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Icelandic volcano erupts, lighting up night sky near Reykjavik

In this still image captured by the Icelandic Coast Guard, lava flows from the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano some 50 kilometers west of the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, March 19, 2021. /CFP