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Defense secretary, GOP congressman clash over alleged 'wokeism' in military

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin got into a fiery exchange with Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing Tuesday, as Gaetz accuse

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Vladimir Putin is facing stiffer opposition than expected -- both inside and outside Ukraine

Five days into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it seems things haven't gone exactly to plan for Vladimir Putin so far.Western intelligence officials briefed repeatedly ov

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Is the Ukraine-Russia meeting a path forward or political sideshow?

The stage is set for a meeting between Russia and Ukraine Monday on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River.Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or a polit

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Is the Ukraine-Russia meeting a path forward or political sideshow?

The stage is set for a meeting between Russia and Ukraine Monday on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River.Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or a polit

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Worries over aggressive Fed shift send U.S. stocks tumbling

Wall Street equities tumbled on Thursday as markets bet that the latest inflation report would compel the Federal Reserve to accelerate efforts to tighten monetary poli

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Rising ground ozone pollution causes crop loss worth $63b in E Asia

Rising ozone pollution is having a devastating impact on agriculture in East Asia, causing a crop production loss of nearly $63 billion annually, which may exacerbate f

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Markets open 2022 with records, Apple hits $3 trillion in value

The New York Stock Exchange, U.S., July 20, 2020. /CFP Global stocks began 2022 in bullish fashion, with major bourses notching records and Apple's valuation briefly hitting $3 trillion as inv

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Implications of the new order in Middle East, Afghanistan

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) gives his official seal of approval to newly-elected President Ebrahim Raisi in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2021. /Getty

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SEC wants to regulate Coinbase’s crypto yield product, Coinbase disagrees

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has reacted strongly to the company’s current relationship with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to him, the SEC is threatening to sue the cryptocurr

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PBOC's tweak in FX reserve requirement isn't only factor to curb yuan gains

The Chinese yuan pared some of its earlier gains after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) decided to adjust the foreign exchange (FX) reserve requirement for banks. Movi

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'Father of hybrid rice' Yuan Longping laid to rest in central China

The remains of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice," was laid to rest Monday in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province. Th

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China's hybrid double-cropping rice yields over 1.6 tons, hitting new record

A hybrid double-cropping rice paddy field yielded over 1.6 tons per mu (about 0.067 hectares) in two growing seasons in one year, hitting a new record, according to CMG

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Compounds Foods brews up $4.5M to make coffee without beans

Maricel Saenz, founder and CEO of Compound Foods, is among the over 80% of Americans who love a cup of coffee daily. And she also loves the environment.However, when the Costa Rican-born entrepreneur,

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U.S. obstructs COVID-19 origin-tracing by mobilizing spy agencies

The U.S. mobilizes intelligence agencies, instead of scientific experts to trace the origins of the COVID-19 virus, which will only obstruct the development of origin-tracing for the international co

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Avalo uses machine learning to accelerate the adaptation of crops to climate change

Climate change is affecting farming all over the world, and solutions are seldom simple. But if you could plant crops that resisted the heat, cold or drought instead of moving a thousand miles away, w

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Chinese envoy urges WHO to uphold science-based origins-tracing

Experts attend a WHO-China joint origin-tracing study press conference held in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 9, 2021 shows. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)As the world

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Kapacity.io is using AI to drive energy and emissions savings for real estate

Y Combinator-backed Kapacity.io is on a mission to accelerate the decarbonization of buildings by using AI-generated efficiency savings to encourage electrification of commercial real estate — w