In a dramatic move Wednesday, President Donald Trump says he has authorized a 90-day pause in the higher tariffs for most countries he announced last week — while maintaining a 10% baseline tariff across the board. Treasury Secretary Scott Be...
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The world's oil and gas industry has been warned it faces a "moment of truth" at next week's UN climate talks. Dr Fatih Birol, head of energy watchdog the International Energy Agency, was speaking as the IEA published a new repo...
The world is on an "unstoppable" shift towards renewable energy but the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough, a new report says. The International Energy Agency, the global energy watchdog, predicted renewa...
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A major breakthrough has been announced by US scientists in the race to recreate nuclear fusion. Physicists have pursued the technology for decades as it promises a potential source of near-limitless clean energy. On Tuesday rese...
Russian forces have again targeted Ukraine's energy facilities, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities with no power and water. A presidential aide said the situation across Ukraine was now critical. Prosecutors say two people were...
Manufacturers have seen their stocks of semiconductors plunge amid the global chip shortage, the US Department of Commerce has warned. A survey of more than 150 firms found supplies had fallen from an average of 40 days' worth in...
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How to conserve energy amid extreme heat wave...
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Fly over “Datong County”, a region in northern China, and you’ll see two giant pandas. One is waving at you. They are made of thousands of solar panels. Together, and with the other adjacent panels included, they form a 100-me...
Facebook's stock plunges...
Christmas prank makes kids cry, then laugh...
Apple has said that all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by two major flaws in computer chips. It emerged this week that tech companies have been racing to fix the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, that could allow hackers to steal dat...
The Stockholm truck attack suspect has confessed to a "terrorist crime", his lawyer says. The admission came at a custody hearing in the Swedish capital. Rakhmat Akilov, 39 from Uzbekistan, admitted responsibility for the attack i...
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Bill Gates’ first annual letter about his family’s philanthropic efforts debuted in 2009 and ran 22 pages long. In it, Gates covered 7 major topics and countless smaller ones, from how he met his wife, Melinda, to the role of Mont...
Some of the best Christmas gifts fit in stockings and babies born around the holidays are no exception. That's why babies born at Magee-Women's Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center get special stockings if they're in the hospital...