The Greenpeace logo on the green ecological awareness stand of the association in Lyon, France, on Oct. 23, 2024.Elsa Biyick | Afp | Getty ImagesA jury on Wednesday ordered environmental campaign group Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Texas-based oil company Energy Transfer, the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline. A nine-person jury in Mandan, North Dakota, reached a verdict after roughly two days of deliberations. The outcome found Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions of dollars over actions taken to prevent the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline nearly a decade ago.It marks an extraordinary…
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A straddle carrier operates at the Ports of Auckland terminal as the Sky Tower, center left, stands in Auckland, New Zealand, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNew Zealand’s economy grew faster than forecast in the fourth quarter, dragging the economy out of recession, but the improvement is not expected to change the central bank’s planned official cash rate cuts.Government data released on Thursday showed gross domestic product rose 0.7% in the December quarter from the prior quarter, better than analysts’ expectations of a 0.4% increase and the central bank’s forecast of 0.3%. The growth followed a…
Thyssenkrupp marine systems CEO Oliver Burkhard (4h R), German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (6th R) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s State Premier Manuela Schwesig (8th R) during their visit of a shipyard of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems that will build military submarines on Jan. 17, 2025 in Wismar, Germany.Morris Macmatzen | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesGerman naval systems maker ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems is forecasting that its attainable market will double or triple by the end of the decade, according to CEO Oliver Burkhard.”This attainable market in electronics, drones, surface vessels and submarines, we expect that it’s doubling or even tripling by the…
An international team of astronomers on Wednesday unveiled the most compelling evidence to date that dark energy — a mysterious phenomenon pushing our universe to expand ever faster — is not a constant force of nature but one that ebbs and flows through cosmic time.Dark energy, the new measurement suggests, may not resign our universe to a fate of being ripped apart across every scale, from galaxy clusters down to atomic nuclei. Instead, its expansion could wane, eventually leaving the universe stable. Or the cosmos could even reverse course, eventually doomed to a collapse that astronomers refer to as the…
Tourists take photos of early blooming Sakura trees in front of a convenience store in Tokyo. Early blooming Sakura trees in Tokyo, particularly varieties like Kawazu-zakura, typically start flowering in late February to early March, ahead of the more common Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms that peak in late March to early April. The phenomenon is tied to milder winters and specific cultivars, offering a vibrant pink spectacle against Tokyo’s urban backdrop before the main cherry blossom season kicks off. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesForeign tourists have had a disproportionately large impact on Japan’s economic growth in recent years. However,…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC on March 19, 2025.Roberto Schmidt | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve concluded its meeting exactly as market watchers had expected: by keeping interest rates steady. While a cut might have been a pleasant surprise to some — as lower interest rates generally support the economy and stock market — it could also have intensified investors’ worries that the economy is headed south.It was the Fed’s dot plot, or a projection of where central bankers…
BEIJING, CHINA – JANUARY 06: The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building is seen on January 6, 2025 in Beijing, China. Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChina kept its key lending rates unchanged on Thursday, as Beijing juggles propping up growth and stabilizing its currency amid mounting trade frictions.The People’s Bank of China held the 1-year loan prime rate at 3.1% and the 5-year LPR at 3.6%, where they have been since a quarter-percentage-point cut in October.The rate decision follows the U.S. Federal Reserve’s move to hold benchmark interest rates. Fed officials, however, indicated likely half a percentage point of rate…
For the eighth year in a row, Finland has taken the No. 1 spot on the World Happiness Report’s list of the happiest countries. Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden also made the top 10.The Nordic countries dominating this list shouldn’t come as a surprise, says Ilana Ron Levey, managing director at Gallup. There is stability in countries that provide for their residents.”Finland is an extraordinary outlier and I think the world is really focused on understanding what is unique about Finland,” she says. She cites “a belief in others,” optimism for the future, trust in institutions, and support from friends…
The protests against President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia had been growing in intensity and size when an unusual guest showed up in its capital this month to meet with the embattled European leader: Donald Trump Jr., the oldest son of President Trump.The quick visit by Mr. Trump, which included a meeting with Mr. Vucic to talk about U.S. foreign aid to Serbia, came as the Trump family and Jared Kushner, the American president’s son-in-law, were moving ahead with plans to build a Trump International Hotel in Belgrade, the first such property in Europe.The hotel is slated to be built atop…
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