By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Over half of U.S. landfills observed by aerial surveys are super-emitting sources of methane, according to a new study in the journal Science published on Thursday. The study is the largest assessment to date of methane from landfills, the…
Canadian Dollar is regaining lost ground after upbeat Canadian GDP data. US Dollar looks weak despite good US Jobless claims, upward revision of Q4 GDP. The focus is now on Friday’s PCE Prices Index and Fed Powell’s speech. The Canadian Dollar (CAD) is trading higher for the fourth consecutive…
The cryptocurrency market saw a mixed performance early Wednesday, with Bitcoin and Ethereum remaining largely flat and all coins in the top 10 moving less than 3%—except for the resurgent Dogecoin. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has been trading sideways for the third day in a row after gaining a…
President Joe Biden on Thursday will join Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the only living two-term Democratic presidents, aiming to use their star power to woo big-pocketed donors as Biden tries to join their ranks. In what will be his most high-profile fundraiser so far this election cycle, Biden will…
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View MoreBaltimore was sleeping when the fully laden cargo ship, adrift and without power, slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, bringing it down in seconds. Had the disaster taken place during the daytime, hundreds of cars and trucks could have been on the bridge over a channel leading to one of the busiest ports on the east coast. So it was a mercy it happened in the early hours, and that police got sufficient warning to stop vehicles from driving onto the bridge. But the six people presumed dead from the tragedy couldn’t escape. They were maintenance workers — the…
Even before most Americans woke up Tuesday morning to news of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, wild conspiracy theories about what supposedly had “really” happened were…
Judge to consider if Trump can throw out Georgia election subversion case on First Amendment grounds
For the first time since a judge ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to oversee the Georgia 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump,…
By David Thomas (Reuters) -A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the…
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