The Virtual Tribune
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The Missile Barrage That Taught Markets How to Price a War
SINGAPORE, Jul 28 — For a few hours on January 8, 2020, oil markets flashed a warning that…
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Oil Prices Surge After Soleimani Killing, Strait Concerns
The spike in oil prices after the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was felt first at the…
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Taiwan Loses Top Military Leaders in Fatal Helicopter Crash Disaster
On 3 January 2020 a Republic of China Air Force UH‑60M Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the forested…
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Taiwan’s Top Military Official Missing After Helicopter Emergency Landing
On January 2, 2020, a Black Hawk helicopter conducting a routine training flight from a military base in…
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Hong Kong Protesters Rally on Christmas Day
Christmas Day 2019 in Hong Kong was not a day of quiet celebration for everyone. For many, it…
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Study: Facial Recognition Misidentifies Black Women 35% of Time
A December 24, 2019 study released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) documents significant disparities…
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Australian PM Scott Morrison faces anger for taking Holiday amid bushfire crisis
SYDNEY, Australia — Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced a wave of criticism after taking a family vacation in…
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Scissors Evolution Traced Back to 1500 BC Egypt
On December 23, 2019, a review of the history and development of scissors highlighted their importance as one…
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Scissors Evolved from Ancient Egypt to 16 Modern Types
According to the US National Museum of American History, the first pivoted metal blades were produced in Egypt…
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Bank of England Launches Climate Change Stress Tests on Finances
The Bank of England is moving beyond traditional financial safeguards and asking Britain’s largest banks and insurers to…
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Google’s Quantum Supremacy Claim Still Fuels Scientific Debate
WASHINGTON, July 6 — A 2019 claim by Google that its Sycamore processor had achieved quantum supremacy remains…
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SpaceX and Amazon Satellite Internet Race: Milestones Into the 2030s
ISLAMABAD, July 16 — The race to dominate low-Earth orbit is entering a decisive phase, with Amazon’s Project…
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European Raiffeisen Bank International and Danske Bank investigated for money laundering
On August 22, 2019, Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International and Denmark’s Danske Bank faced new money laundering investigations after…
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Seventeen Countries, a Quarter of Humanity: The Water Stress Warning
ISLAMABAD, July 7 — The world faces a stark water reality as 2.2 billion people still lack access…
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Strong 5.5 Atlantic Ocean Quake in 2019 Brought No Tsunami Threat
WASHINGTON, July 20 — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge late Monday evening, according to…
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Amazon Asked US Regulators in 2019 to Launch 3,236 Satellites to Challenge SpaceX
LOS ANGELES, July 15 — For communities across Asia and the rest of the world, the race to…
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Looking Back at the 2019 Gulf of Oman Tanker Attacks Near Hormuz
STRAIT OF HORMUZ — Two oil tankers were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime chokepoint,…
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Venezuela’s Oil Collapse Was Made at Home, Not by Markets, Study Finds
CARACAS, July 12 — The figure that matters: 200%. That is the inflation rate the International Monetary Fund…
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From Blog Experiment to Crossref: How Retraction Watch Outgrew Its Own Search
MANILA, July 17 — A blog that has become a global watchdog for scientific integrity continues to track…
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Bitcoin’s 21 Million Coin Cap: What Happens to Miners as Rewards Keep Halving
WASHINGTON, October 3 — The bottom line: Bitcoin’s fixed supply of 21 million coins remains intact and unchallenged…
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Overloaded Ferry Sinks in Indonesia’s Lake Toba, 206 Aboard, Three Dead
MEDAN, June 19 — A passenger ship carrying an estimated 180 people capsized in Lake Toba, a volcanic…
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Ancient Egyptians First Grew Lettuce for Seeds and Oil, Not Salad
TEHRAN, July 18 — Lettuce, the crisp leaf vegetable that appears daily in salads and sandwiches around the…
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Melon Seeds Found in a 2,100-Year-Old Mummy’s Stomach Remain Intact
CHANGSHA — The 138 melon seeds found inside Xin Zhui’s stomach did not rot. They did not turn…
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Rome’s Aqueducts: A 500-Year Public Investment That Still Flows
LONDON, July 7 — The calculus of global water security has never been more strategically urgent. From the…
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