Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency’s Artemis II Moon rocket stands poised for the next step in its journey. Engineers are targeting …
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The rapidly expanding use of artificial intelligence worldwide is putting electrical grids under huge pressure and many believe that, to meet that need without contributing to the climate crisis, a …
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This paper investigates the external drivers of Cambodia’s credit cycles using a dynamic factor model. Results indicate that common global and regional factors explain over 60 percent of credit growth …
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Global Affairs
Maduro seized, norms tested: Security Council divided as Venezuela crisis deepens
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe UN Security Council met on Monday against a sharply altered diplomatic backdrop, following US strikes on the Venezuelan capital and seizure of President Nicolás Maduro. Why it matters: Council …
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Global Affairs
US actions in Venezuela ‘constitute a dangerous precedent’: Guterres
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said he is “deeply alarmed” over the standoff between the United States and Venezuela in recent months, which culminated on Saturday morning in the capture of President Nicolás …
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When Israel recognized Somaliland, it wasn’t adapting to a changing security environment; it was enacting what Marx predicted a century and a half ago: the phase in which accumulation is …
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Education & Innovation
NASA to Preview US Spacewalks at Space Station in January
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and complete other tasks. …
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Global Affairs
UN, US sign $2 billion humanitarian funding agreement for 17 crisis-hit countries
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauSpeaking at the signing in Geneva, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher paid tribute to humanitarian workers operating under increasingly difficult conditions, describing the past year as “a very, very …
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NASA astronaut Brig. Gen. Nick Hague has retired from the agency, concluding a distinguished career that included two spaceflight missions, 374 days in space, and multiple spacewalks in support of the …