BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders failed to make progress on Friday on negotiations over a massive stimulus plan to bring to life the economies devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, returning to their Brussels hotels shortly before midnight to rest and try again in the morning. Many of the 27 bosses …
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A close-up of a piece of copper ore. Credit: Coldmoon Photoproject / Shutterstock They say it is better to have had something special and to have lost it than never to have had it. Who would have thought that the sentiment holds true for metal oxide catalysts? According to scientists …
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South Korea has revoked the licenses of two organizations that regularly fly balloons across the border with North Korea with propaganda brochures for “seriously hindering the government unification policy. “ Fighter registration licenses for a free North Korea and for the Kuensaem education center have been revoked, the Unification Ministry …
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Ancient light from the Big Bang has revealed a new accurate estimate for the age of the universe: 13.77 billion years, plus or minus 40 million years. The new estimate, based on data from a series of telescopes in the Chilean Atacama Desert, also influences one of the most important …
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the S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^ SPX) The week closed 0.37% on July 17, closing a mixed week 1.5%. Today’s gains were driven by the health sector; More than a dozen of the best index results today include companies like Intuitive surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), Align technology (NASDAQ: ALGN), Boston Scientific …
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