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Having returned to profitability, ExxonMobil plans to use extra cash to reduce debt and buy back shares

Back In The Black: Higher Oil Prices Lift ExxonMobil, Chevron Profits

Back in the black: Higher oil prices lift ExxonMobil, Chevron profits

Biden Heads To Global Climate Talks Empty-handed

US President Joe Biden, picture with First Lady Jill Biden in Rome on October 29, 2021, was hoping for a win to take to the climate summit

Biden heads to global climate talks empty-handed

Biden Offers France Mea Culpa In Europe Trip

Biden will head first to the Vatican, for what is expected to be a largely good-humoured sit-down with Pope Francis

Biden offers France mea culpa in Europe trip

An MRI image of a healthy brain (L) and an Alzheimer's brain (R) with large black gaps where brain has shrunk

Scientists Discover Cause Of Alzheimer's Progression In Brain

Scientists discover cause of Alzheimer's progression in brain

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Meteor Showers, Eclipse: November Sky Events To Watch Out For

There will be a supermoon new moon and a micro full moon.

Veteran leaders who cater to a greying population, archaic campaign tactics and a lack of political education have led to chronically low turnout rates among young people, voters and campaigners say

Generation Gap: Why Japan's Youth Don't Vote

Generation gap: Why Japan's youth don't vote

Solar Flare 2014

Sun Unleashes Major Solar Flare; Coronal Mass Ejection Could Reach Earth This Weekend

This is reportedly the second X-class solar flare of the current Solar Cycle 25.

China is by far the largest polluter on Earth and his sidestepped calls to end new coal plant construction

China Submits New Climate Plan Days Before COP26 Summit

China submits new climate plan days before COP26 summit

US President Joe Biden leaves for summits in Rome and Glasgow, where he expects to meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan

W.House Expects Biden-Erdogan Meeting In Glasgow: Official

W.House expects Biden-Erdogan meeting in Glasgow: official

US President Joe Biden is presenting Democrats with a $1.75 trillion social spending plan that he is confident will break weeks of wrangling

Biden Pitches 'Historic' Spending Plan To Transform America

Biden pitches 'historic' spending plan to transform America

The queen's absence from the UN climate conference on medical advice comes as a blow to organisers

Queen Elizabeth II Is Forced To Slow Down At Age 95

Queen Elizabeth II is forced to slow down at age 95

The House Oversight Committee released an analysis showing that large oil companies have done almost no lobbying to enact climate policies

House Dems Say Big Oil Pays Lip Service On Climate

House Dems say Big Oil pays lip service on climate

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Pope Francis in Rome, authorities confirmed

Indian PM Modi To Meet Pope Francis For First Time

Indian PM Modi to meet Pope Francis for first time

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Robotic Pet Cats Improve Behavioral Symptoms In Adults With Dementia, Study Shows

The participants improved in all mood scores over time.

Abdul Amin Hossaini, a middle-aged bookseller, says business was good before the Taliban took over the Afghan capital

Uncertain Future For The Booksellers Of Kabul

Uncertain future for the booksellers of Kabul

If nothing is done to slow climate change, the record temperatures and deadly heatwaves it brings will only get worse, experts warn

World Faces Growing Threat Of 'Unbearable' Heatwaves

World faces growing threat of 'unbearable' heatwaves

Rising sea levels and violent flooding are already putting tens of millions of lives at risk in Bangladesh, but they bring another problem that threatens the entire nation: Water-logged land and high salinity in streams and soil are killing crops

Floating Farms, Salt-resistant Rice: Bangladeshis Adapt To Survive

Floating farms, salt-resistant rice: Bangladeshis adapt to survive

Scientists are looking into how seaweed Scientists are looking into how seaweed farming could help reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions, reverse ocean acidification and improve the marine environment

Women Show The Way As India Pushes 'Eco-miracle' Seaweed

Women show the way as India pushes 'eco-miracle' seaweed

Danie Bester is a champion of 'regenerative farming' -- smarter use of crops and less tilling to help control weeds and retain soil moisture and nutrients

No Tilling, No Chemicals In S.African Farmer's Revolution

No tilling, no chemicals in S.African farmer's revolution

Experts warn that only transformative action will help stave off far more devastating climate impacts

Warming World In The Balance At Knife-edge Climate Summit

Warming world in the balance at knife-edge climate summit

G20 members are responsible for 80 percent of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions

No Roman Holiday: G20 Meets On Climate, Covid, Recovery

No Roman holiday: G20 meets on climate, Covid, recovery

Mother/Woman Walking With Baby Stroller

Postpartum Depression: Brisk Walking May Help Mothers Ease Symptoms

Even just 15 minutes of brisk walking a day "could make a really big difference."

A child stands on a dry land in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province. Drought stalks the parched fields around the remote Afghan district of Bala Murghab, where climate change is proving a deadlier foe than the country's recent conflicts

Five Climate Change Myths

Five climate change myths

Pesquet said his experience in space made him appreciate Earth's fragility

'Never Seen Anything Like It': Astronaut On 2021 Climate Disasters

'Never seen anything like it': astronaut on 2021 climate disasters

Little is known about why sharks bite humans

Surfers Or Seals All The Same Prey To Near-blind Sharks

Surfers or seals all the same prey to near-blind sharks

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FDA Sets Restriction, Updates Label Requirements For Breast Implants

Breast implants are considered Class III medical devices.

Turkey's plan to buy the US-made F-35 stealth fighter (an Italian air force F-35 is seen here) was cancelled after Ankara decided to acquire Russia's S-400 air defense system

Erdogan Says 'Likely' To Meet Biden In Glasgow

Erdogan says 'likely' to meet Biden in Glasgow

Activist fund Third Point called for Royal Dutch Shell to break itself up

Activist Fund Says Royal Dutch Shell Should Break Itself Up

Bemoaning how the Anglo-Dutch giant's stock valuation has lagged that of oil industry rivals, activist Daniel Loeb called for a "bold strategy" shift from the oil giant as he announced that he took a stake in the company.

India, which still relies on coal for some 70 percent of its generated electricity, says it will seek to make wealthy nations pay for measures to ease rising temperatures

India Vows To Take Up 'Climate Justice' Combat At COP26

India vows to take up 'climate justice' combat at COP26

state of florida bans alcohol in all bars

Increased Alcohol Consumption During COVID-19 Raised Demand For Liver Transplants

There has been an increased need for liver transplants during the COVID-19 pandemic and it can be chalked up to the surge in heavy drinking.

Imperial Tobacco Lodges Legal Challenge Against Cigarette Plain Packaging

Cigarette Sales Rebound During COVID-19 For The First Time In 20 Years

Cigarette sales shot up last year at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in a rare boost for the tobacco industry.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks in the House of Commons

UK Eyes Solid Economic Recovery Despite Strong Inflation

UK eyes solid economic recovery despite strong inflation

shark attacks

'Shark's Eye View': Researchers Find Evidence For 'Mistaken Identity' Theory Behind Shark Bites

Shark retinas' poor spatial resolving power may be behind the mistaken bites.

Germany's car industry has been particularly hard hit by supply chain problems, with idled factories helping to an overall slowdown in the economy's recovery

Stalling Growth Creates Headache For Next German Government

Stalling growth creates headache for next German government

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