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In scorched UK, source of River Thames dries up
The driest start to a year in decades has shifted the source of this emblematic English river several miles downstream, leaving scorched earth and the occasional puddle where water once flowed
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The boy bosses of Silicon Valley are on their way out
In addition to Ben Silbermann of Pinterest, Joe Gebbia of Airbnb, and Apoorva Mehta of Instacart, founders at the top of Twitter, Peloton, Medium and MicroStrategy have all resigned this year. As the patience for visionaries wears thin, is it the dawn of the era of 'wartime CEOs'?
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World's biggest ice sheet could cause massive sea rise without action: study
Researchers at Durham University concluded that if global greenhouse emissions remain high, the melting East Antarctica Ice Sheet (EAIS) could cause nearly half a metre of sea-level rise by 2100
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In the Amazon, a UN agency has a green mission, but dirty partners
How United Nations Development Program, or UNDP, one of the world's largest sustainable development organisations partners with polluters, even those that at times work against the interests of the communities the agency is supposed to help
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Disney+ subscribers surge as Netflix stumbles
Better-that-expected earnings reported by Disney came as many of the tech titans that flourished during the pandemic curb costs in the face of inflation and people get back to living life in the real world instead of online
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Russian strikes near Ukraine nuclear plant kill 14
Overnight strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine killed 13 people and injured 11, with five reported to be in a serious condition, regional governor Valentin Reznichenko wrote on Telegram
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Can global shipping be fixed? One regulator will try
Daniel Maffei is at once a crucial player in the campaign to subdue inflation and a figure virtually unknown outside the confines of his wonky Washington domain
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Trump home FBI raid pushes long conflict into public view
Former US President Donald Trump, who, in apparent contravention of the Presidential Records Act, had taken a trove of material, including sensitive documents, with him to his home at Mar-a-Lago when he left the White House
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In Norway, old oil platforms are taken apart for recycling
At an industrial yard in southwestern Norway, decommissioned oil platforms are slowly being dismantled for a second life in the circular economy
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How video gamers are resisting a crypto onslaught
To crypto enthusiasts, blockchain will allow players to grab back some of the money they spend on games and make for higher-stakes enjoyment. Critics say the opposite is true—game makers will capture more profits while sidestepping laws on gambling and trading, and the profit motive will kill all enjoyment
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On the menu at a UK restaurant: carbon footprint
As customers weigh their options, the menu at the vegetarian restaurant in Bristol includes a comparison with a dish that it does not serve: the emissions from a UK-produced hamburger