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Averaged across last year, temperatures worldwide were 1.48C, higher than they were in the second half of the 19th century, the European Union climate monitor announced Tuesday. That is warmer by a sizable margin than 2016, the previous hottest year. To climate scientists, it comes as no surprise that unabated emissions of greenhouse gases caused global warming to reach new highs.

A crippling fuel leak has forced a U.S. company to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced that 100,000 businesses have signed up for a new database of that collects ownership information intended to help unmask shell company owners

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El Salvador’s Bitcoin (BTC) portfolio of 2,798 tokens has yielded an unrealized profit of $12.6 million, and there are no plans to sell.

cause of death has been revealed! According to a statement issued by the Coroner’s Court in London Inner South, the ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ hitmaker died from natural causes. The court also added that they will not involve themselves with the singer’s death henceforth. Connor was found unresponsive at a home in London in July 2023.

The Technology Advisory Committee of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken a significant step in addressing the challenges posed by decentralized finance (DeFi) by voting to submit a report urging the government and industry to prioritize understanding and regulating the sector.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will be shared with the state-run company early this year, GE Aerospace Defence & Systems President Amy Gowder told ET. In an exclusive interview, the top executive said the scope of the technology transfer to HAL will be higher than what GE has done with other partners and that options to export engines and components from India are firmly on the table. She added that GE is keen to participate in the development of next generation engines for India's Advanced Multirole Combat Aircraft (AMCA) and has a technological advantage over competitors. Speaking on the landmark pact to manufacture GE Aviation's F414 INS6 engines in India with HAL as the lead partner that was announced during Modi's visit to the US, Gowder said a detailed technology transfer process is underway. «Early this year, we will have a proposal to them and that kicks off formalising the agreement with HAL and the government.

Interviewing solutions provider InCruiter has raised Rs 1.1 crore (about $132,351) in revenue-based funding from GetVantage. Founded in 2018, InCruiter provides services to 300 firms from a total of six offerings including interview-as-a-service, interview subscription, interviewing scheduling software, exit process automation software and candidate sourcing services.

Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has announced the launch of Vulcan Centaur, a lunar rocket carrying a crypto wallet containing one physical Bitcoin.

Various ETF providers are dropping the management fee they plan to charge investors who buy their spot Bitcoin ETFs, as a bidding war heats up ahead of the expected approvals by Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to declare his innocence on charges that he used his influence to help a businessman seek an investment from the Qatari government and conspired to act as an unregistered agent for Egypt.

Mint explains the significance: What is a P&I entity or club? A P&I entity or a P&I club is a mutual insurance association that provides risk-pooling information and representation for its members. Unlike a marine insurance company, which reports to its shareholders, a P&I club reports only to its members that include ship owners, operators, charterers, freight folders and warehouses. These act as both insurer providers and insurance receivers for its members and provide coverage for a carrier’s third-party open-ended risks such as damage to cargo, war, and environmental damage such as oil spills.

(Reuters) — Japanese automaker Honda (NYSE:HMC) Motor announced on Tuesday plans to launch a new electric vehicle series from 2026, as it plays catch-up with global rivals in the shift to battery powered cars.

Deutsche Bank lifted JPMorgan (JPM) to Buy from Hold and cut Wells Fargo (WFC) to Hold from Buy in its 2024 US bank outlook note on Tuesday.

The US dollar is continuing to consolidate after Friday’s mixed data left the probability of a March rate cut above 50%, keeping yields steady around the 4% mark on the 10-year debt.

Canadian personal tax rates may be too high, don’t compare favourably with those in the United States and are driving many of our successful people out of the country, but to be fair, there are many considerations other than high taxes that go into a decision to leave and become a non-resident for income-tax purposes.

According to Moody's, US office vacancies rose to a record in the fourth quarter of 2023, «shattering the previous record.»

Last year, a record £4.4bn was paid into money market funds, as high interest rates and low risk proved incredibly attractive to investors.

Microsoft has worked with a U.S. national laboratory to use artificial intelligence to rapidly identify a material that could mean producing batteries that require 70% less lithium than now, the company said on Tuesday. The replacement of much of the lithium with sodium, a common element found in table salt, still needs extensive evaluation by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington to determine whether it will be suitable for mass production.