Though touted as a model of environmental preservation, the country has recently signalled a shift from phasing out fossil fuels to boosting the economy. Franz Tattenbach on the tension between green credentials and growth“This country is what the world would like to be but is not,” says Franz Tattenbach, Costa Rica’s minister of environment and energy. The 69-year-old economist is keenly aware of his role as guardian of the country’s reputation for forward-looking biodiversity initiatives and...
THE world’s first artificial intelligence-generated beauty pageant is not receiving the alluring praise from techies that the event’s creators hoped for. AI creators will have an opport
Over 30 countries have imposed restrictions on the social media platform.
/PRNewswire/ -- Higher credit costs are expected to serve as a modest headwind to U.S. bank earnings this year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence's
A typical Finn consumes more than four cups of coffee per day, according to the International Coffee Organization.
A cricket world cup is arriving in the U.S. for the first time as the country explores its future with the sport.
Sciver-Brunt finally places an English name on the women’s gong, which has been won five times by Australians in the 10 years since its inception.
ST. GEORGE —The 2024 headliner for the 99.9 KONY Country Fourth of July celebration has been released. But wait. It’s not one performer this year. It’s three. “We really want this year, as soon as we open the gates until the last firework is fired in the sky, to entertain the crowd in a way […]
By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP Science Writer) Climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heating the atmosphere taking the biggest monetary hit, a new study said. Climate change’s economic bite in […]
CAIRO (AP) — On a clear night a year ago, a dozen heavily armed fighters broke into Omaima Farouq’s house in an upscale neighborhood in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. At gunpoint
After a historic inaugural campaign, the awards continue to pile up for the Iowa women’s wrestling team. Head coach Clarissa Chun was named the USA Women’s Wrestling Coach of the Year on April 20. The announcement was made by the organization during the 2024 Olympic Team Trials in State College, Pennsylvania. This is Chun’s second
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) It pretends to be a democracy and a republic, but it actually represents only the richest .1% of the richest 1% — the richest hundred-thousandth — of Americans, and this has been empirically (i.e., scientifically) proven by all of the scientific analyses of the truth or falsehood of that cardinal […]