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Thursday, 12 November 2026
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By Bob Berwyn ANTALYA, Turkey—Amid upbeat green-tech pep talks and notices for happy hours at the annual United Nations COP31 climate change conference on Thursday, two new reports offered a stark reminder of how far the world remains from containing global warming.
In Copenhagen, stormwater costs fall disproportionately on not-for-profit housing residents, as these neighborhoods are often located near climate adaptation projects.
Brazilian economist Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., former executive director for Brazil and other countries at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said this Thursday that the US dollar has few competitors in the global exchange market, but has the United States at the top of its enemies.
O economista brasileiro Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., antigo diretor-executivo pelo Brasil e outros países no Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI), afirmou esta quinta-feira que o dólar norte-americano tem poucos concorrentes no mercado cambial global, mas conta com os Estados Unidos no topo dos seus inimigos.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.Highly pathogenic avian influenza causes significant damage to the poultry industry worldwide.
As superbugs become harder to treat and antibiotic resistance continues to rise worldwide, Flinders University scientists have uncovered an unlikely ally in the fight to prevent infections before they take hold.
Smallholder farmers across the globe are bracing for, or already feeling, the effects of a historically strong El Niño.
The secretary-general of the PS, José Luís Carneiro, today considered that Portugal should rethink and reassess investments in Defense, criticizing that companies in the sector are not being “tied or found” in the decisions of the Government.
O secretário-geral do PS, José Luís Carneiro, considerou hoje que Portugal deve repensar e reavaliar os investimentos em Defesa, criticando que empresas do setor não estejam a ser “tidas nem achadas” nas decisões do Governo.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.The incentive of 15 thousand euros for each new room, so far scheduled only for 2025/2026, “applies until 2027”, with municipalities being able to continue to install temporary rooms with State support until 2028.
O incentivo de 15 mil euros por cada nova sala, até agora previsto apenas para 2025/2026, “passa a aplicar-se até 2027”, com os municípios a poderem continuar a instalar salas temporárias com apoio do Estado até 2028.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.Russia's President Vladimir Putin indicated on Thursday, November 12, that the Kremlin would not compromise on its hardline demands to end the war in Ukraine, but offered a short-term ceasefire in a key frontline city during a meeting with US envoys.
On November 12, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released its World Fusion Outlook 2026 during the third meeting of the World Fusion Energy Group, held at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
Scientists at the Curtin University node at the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have linked mysterious radio pulses to an unusual pairing of stars—a dead star that spins every eight minutes and a star similar to our own sun.
Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive of AI giant Nvidia on Thursday, November 12, after revelations he had two extramarital affairs, including one with a woman accused of spying for China.
In the high-altitude Alishan mountain region of central Taiwan, tea growers cultivating prized oolong tea face mounting environmental crises: Between 2014 and 2023, local tea production dropped by 13.5% due to severe climate pressures and soil degradation.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has approved seven revisions of the C++ language since 1998.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has blessed seven C++ language revisions since 1998.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.François Picard is pleased to welcome the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric.
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to become Mississippi’s first Black US Senator since Reconstruction.
In France, the trial of five men accused of murdering the brother of anti-drug activist Amine Kessaci is under way.
Discussing allegations surrounding Nvidia's leadership, he describes the chipmaker as "the banker of the global AI system," a striking characterization that captures the company's importance not merely as a semiconductor manufacturer, but as a central actor in the economic and technological infrastructure underpinning the A
In Quito, in defiance of the Jóvenes en Acción (Youth in Action) strate
Industries across the globe are seeking to reduce their carbon footprint and become more sustainable.
Global carbon budgets, which track carbon's movement among the atmosphere, ocean and land, may underestimate how much carbon the ocean absorbs by roughly 5% to 15% because current estimates do not fully account for rain's effects on the ocean surface.
The Minister of Finance admitted this Thursday that the goal of growth above 3% of the Portuguese economy by the end of the legislature became “more difficult” in view of the international context and the lead of the reforms sought by the government.
O ministro das Finanças admitiu esta quinta-feira que a meta de um crescimento acima dos 3% da economia portuguesa até final da legislatura se tornou “mais difícil” face ao contexto internacional e ao chumbo das reformas pretendidas pelo Governo.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.Four months into the job, the economy is continuing to defy expectations after growing by 0.7% in the third quarter – the fastest expansion in two and a half years.
A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) suggests that these effects are also evident in Japan, where forests are undergoing changes in structure and shifts toward tree types adapted to warmer climates.
First up on the podcast, producer Kevin McLean talks with staff writer Jennie Erin Smith about a new old idea for Alzheimer’s disease. They discuss how the cholinergic hypothesis originally came about, how it fell out of fashion, and why it’s making a comeback now. Next on the show, the United States can make more power as demand goes up, but moving that increased amount of electricity around the country is proving problematic. Madeline Yozwiak, a postdoctoral scholar in the Engineering and Public Policy Department at Carnegie Mellon University, joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss her Policy Fo
Anthropic’s AI is working to build the next version of itself. For the first time ever, an independent team got a chance to investigate this. METR spent 11 weeks inside the lab, with access to data almost no one outside Anthropic has seen. They found its AI is improving twice as fast as last year. Largely due to AI doing the work. To put that into perspective: in 2023 Claude couldn’t interpret images or search the web. This year, it helped crack a math problem that had stumped the best mathematicians for 87 years. Now imagine another jump like that, but in months instead of years. AI companies
PicoQuant's Emilio Gutierrez-Partida is our podcast guest.
PicoQuant’s Emilio Gutierrez-Partida is our podcast guest
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