In the volatile waters where the Persian Gulf meets the Arabian Sea, Iran maintains a formidable and seemingly permanent influence over the
On Friday, EU legislators reached a provisional agreement on how EU countries will be able to spend funds allocated to fisheries and aquaculture for 2021-2027.
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President Trump’s legacy on cyberspace policy has been consequential but not transformative, an unsurprising outcome for a one-term president.
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President Trump has threatened to veto a major defense funding bill over a law that protects social media companies from liability for what their users post. Why is it controversial?
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $150 million for clean energy financing in the greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) and Yangtze River Delta (YRD) regions of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the latest part of a multiyear program to improve air quality.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved additional financing of $20 million for the ongoing Tuvalu Outer Island Maritime Infrastructure Project.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a combined sovereign and nonsovereign loan of $190 million to modernize and upgrade the power distribution system in Bengaluru city in the state of Karnataka, India.
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President Donald J. Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Danny Mack Gable. This prestigious award is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, which may be awarded by the President to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural
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For the past 20 years, astronauts have been performing experiments on the International Space Station. Science in low Earth orbit is not only hugely important in preparation for continued space exploration, the research also benefits life on Earth. We’ve seen discoveries that have advanced Earth-bound medicine, engineering and agriculture, and from this weekend onwards, microgravity
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The European Commission is lifting the yellow card to Kiribati after four and half years of close cooperation. The “yellow card” is an official warning issued by the European Union to trading partners falling short of tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. By lifting the card, the European Commission recognises the important progress of
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Understanding the feeding habits of zooplankton has the potential to dramatically improve the ability of scientists to predict changes in ocean carbon storage and our future climate, a new study has found.
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