The Virtual Tribune
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Bauchi Oil, Gas Academy Reaches 60% Completion
ALKALERI, Nigeria, July 3 — Dust and the clatter of construction fill the air at the Bauchi Oil…
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The Mountain That Ruined Summer: How Mount Tambora’s 1815 Eruption Changed the World
The sky over Java turned yellow in June 1816, and no one knew why. Farmers in New England…
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Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Strikes Balangonan, Philippines
BALANGONAN, Philippines, July 4 — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 24 kilometers southwest of Balangonan, Philippines, at 02:21…
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Planning Act 2008: Introduction to National Infrastructure Planning
LONDON — The UK government has published new guidance on the Planning Act 2008, clarifying how major national…
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World War I’s Industrial Warfare Redrew Global Borders Forever
KARACHI, July 3 — War cinema has long drawn its most powerful stories from the battlefields of World…
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Academy Rises from Kolmani Discovery as Bauchi Oil Training Hub Nears 60% Completion
The dust and noise in Alkaleri are not new. What is new is what is rising from that…
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ASIC Finds $400 Billion in Superannuation Platform Trustees Failing Basic Duties
SYDNEY — Four hundred billion dollars. That is the sum sitting inside six platform trustees the Australian Securities…
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Heatwave Prompts Grid Operators to Request Data Centers Use Backup Generators
This week’s nationwide heatwave is doing something months of warnings from utilities could not: it is forcing a…
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Bauchi Commissioner Tours 60% Complete Oil and Gas Academy Construction Site
ALKALERI, Nigeria — The noise hits first. Hammers on steel, the grind of concrete mixers, voices calling over…
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99.95 Percent Vote Margin Marked Norway’s Peaceful Separation from Sweden in 1905
The referendum in Norway, autumn 1905, produced a margin so vast it almost reads as a clerical error.…
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Heliconius butterflies defy aging norms with near-year-long lifespans
PANAMA CITY, July 3 — 348 days. That is how long one tropical butterfly, Heliconius hewitsoni , survived…
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Syria’s Oil: The Fuel of a Fractured Nation
The desert of eastern Syria holds little that is green, but for more than half a century, what…
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Why the World Fears a Hormuz Closure: The Economics of a Chokepoint
Every day, roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil moves through a single, narrow stretch of water between Iran…
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Alphabet’s Name Traces Back to Ancient Phoenician Origins
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 — When it comes to betting on artificial intelligence, investors have two very different…
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London heatwave cancels climate forum while satire thrives nearby
LONDON, July 3 — The shift is unmistakable. A conference on extreme heat was cancelled this week —…
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Ukrainian Strikes Take One-Third of Russian Refining Capacity Offline
One-third of Russia’s refining capacity is offline. That is the estimate from Chris Weafer, CEO of the consultancy…
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Putin dismisses refinery strikes as fuel shortages grow
MOSCOW, July 3 — President Vladimir Putin has downplayed the impact of Ukraine’s widening attacks on Russian oil…
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes 136 km NNE of Hirara, Japan
TOKYO, July 3 — The story begins in the dark hours before dawn, at 04:04 UTC, when the…
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Shallow 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Offshore Near Hirara, Japan
The sea floor shifted at 04:04 UTC on July 3. The U.S. Geological Survey measured it. A magnitude…
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Shallow 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Hirara, Japan, No Tsunami Warning
The U.S. Geological Survey’s real-time global seismic monitoring network detected a magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 04:04 UTC on…
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Magnitude 6.1 quake shakes northern Ryukyu Islands; no tsunami warning
The ground under the northern Ryukyu Islands did not stay still Thursday morning. At 04:04 UTC, a magnitude…
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Mockingbirds’ nighttime serenades driven by biological rhythm
WASHINGTON, July 2 — For anyone who has been jolted awake at 3 a.m. by a bird singing…
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Can anything other than birds fly?
NEW YORK, July 2 — When we look up and see something dart across the sky, most of…
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India’s Ethanol Program Gains Momentum Amid Longstanding Challenges
NEW DELHI, July 2 — India’s push to expand ethanol production is accelerating as the government seeks to…
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