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US Treasury said that it set a deadline of November 12 for divesting or transferring debt, equity or other holdings of Rusal and En+. The United States has extended the expiration dates for companies to wind down business with Rusal and the En+ Group…
The US’ top nuclear lab is touting a new nuclear micro-reactor than can provide electricity quickly in remote places. While the driving force behind the research is battlefield utility, the technology’s potential applications are boundless, from space missions to islands…
Public health experts say that more than half of all participating countries are projected to miss the United Nations’ targets for reducing deaths caused by chronic, noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease. In 2015, building…
For only the second time in history, a human-made spacecraft is believed to have successfully landed on an asteroid. Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe launched in December 2014, arriving in orbit around the asteroid 162173 Ryugu this past June. Friday, the first of two small “rovers” —…
OPEC and non-OPEC allies have reportedly agreed to review current oil production as a countermeasure to the lack of Iranian oil caused by the US sanctions. On Friday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reported that in August, the organization’s…
Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced on Friday that the committee vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would go forward on Monday if a testimony deal cannot be reached with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Dr.…
