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MP Materials (MP.N), Lynas Rare Earths (LYC.AX) and other Western rare earths companies have struggled at times to deploy it due to technical complexities and pollution concerns. "The existing rare earths refining process is a nightmare," said Isabel Barton, a mining and geological engineering professor at the University of Arizona. Fannon and several U.S. politicians have called for Western governments to create central rare earths processing hubs, a plan already being pursued by Canada. In Saskatchewan, government scientists are working to launch their own rare earths processing technology after attempts to buy Chinese technology sputtered in 2020. "These new sources for rare earths are going to be paramount if we're going to reach global net zero targets," said Steve Schoffstall of the Sprott Energy Transition Materials ETF (SETM.O), which holds shares in several rare earths companies.

Persons: Isabel Barton, Michael Schrider, Ucore, Luisa Moreno, REETec, Robert Fox, Frank Fannon, Mike Crabtree, Crabtree, Steve Schoffstall, Ernest Scheyder, Veronica Brown, Claudia Parsons Organizations: International Energy Agency, University of Arizona, U.S . Air Force, Pentagon, Defense Metals, U.S . Department of Energy's, U.S . Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, Saskatchewan Research Council, SRC, Ucore, Reuters, Thomson Locations: ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, China, United States, U.S, American, Alaska, of New Orleans, British Columbia, South Africa, Florida, Norway, Massachusetts, U.S . Department of Energy's Idaho, Wyoming, Canada, Saskatchewan

☆ Switzerland lifts extra restrictions against gay men giving blood
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Nurse Agnes Besancon check on Gabriel Delabays during a blood donation on the first day gay men in the country could give blood after Switzerland lifted long-standing restrictions, at the transfusion center CRS in Epalinges near Lausanne, Switzerland, November 1, 2023. Switzerland amended blood donation criteria for men who have sexual relations with other men, making ineligibility criteria the same for homosexuals and heterosexuals. Until 2017, gay men were systematically barred from giving blood in Switzerland, a policy dating to the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Some other European countries, including Spain and Italy, have no restrictions preventing men who have sexual relations with men from giving blood. France removed additional restrictions on gay blood donors last year.

Persons: Agnes Besancon, Gabriel Delabays, Denis Balibouse, I'm, Gaé, SwissMedic, Donor Delabays, Gabrielle Tétrault, Farber, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Swiss Liberal Free Democratic Party, Swiss Transfusion SRC, Thomson Locations: Switzerland, Epalinges, Lausanne, EPALINGES, Swiss, Ecublens, Pink, Spain, Italy, France

☆ Realty Income to buy Spirit Realty Capital in a $9.3 billion deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Kannaki Deka | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 30 (Reuters) - Realty Income (O.N) said on Monday it would buy Spirit Realty Capital (SRC.N) in an all-stock deal valued at $9.3 billion as it looks to expand its real estate portfolio. Commercial real estate, especially offices, has been hit by interest rates hikes and workers choosing to stay at home. The combined portfolio is expected to result in reduced rent concentration for Realty Income's clients, while increasing the combined portfolio's annualized contractual rent from $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion, Realty Income said. Wells Fargo is the financial adviser to Realty Income, while J.P. Morgan Securities and Morgan Stanley & Co are serving as financial advisers to Spirit Realty. Spirit Realty primarily invests in single-tenant real estate assets given on long-term leases.

Persons: Sumit Roy, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Kannaki, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: Spirit Realty, Realty, Spirit, Morgan Securities, Thomson Locations: U.S, Wells, Bengaluru

☆ Weekend episode: Jackson Hole and the Powell Rorschach test, Zambian rock returns and Europe reins in Big Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

We check in on the state of the global economy at the annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole. And a Zamrock legend returns after 40 years. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Fed's Powell Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, Thomson, EU Digital Services Locations: Jackson, Silicon

☆ Darfur: Hundreds of people fleeing El Geneina were killed in a day-long massacre, body collectors and survivors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi Allegra Goodwin Nima Elbagir Celine Alkhaldi | Tamara Qiblawi | Allegra Goodwin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

A picture taken on June 16, 2023, shows bodies strewn outdoors near houses in the West Darfur capital El Geneina. A video shared on Twitter on June 14, 2023, showing hundreds of refugees from El Geneina walking towards Chad. “The fighters had DShK’s (Soviet-era heavy machine guns) and other heavy weaponry,” said Khamiss, the lawyer from El Geneina. Zahra Adam, a women’s rights activist from El Geneina, told CNN she had saved two young boys from drowning. When asked whether the ICRC had alerted third parties to evidence of a mass atrocity in El Geneina, Synenko said they had not.

Persons: El Geneina, ”, “, Masalit, Jamal Khamiss, Khamiss, ” Jamal Khamiss Khamiss, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo —, Gen, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Hemedti, Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, Omar al, Bashir, Wagner, Zohra Bensemra, Dr, Papi Maloba, Maloba, Mohammad Ghannam, RSF, West, Khamis Abbakar, ” Khamiss, Zahra Adam, Adam, General Abdelrahman Juma —, General Abdelrahman Juma, YouTube Juma, Mujeeb Rahman Muhammad Rezk, Alyona Synenko, Synenko, Chad The, ” Zahwi Idriss, Zahwi Idriss Organizations: CNN, Rapid Support Forces, West Darfur, Getty, Sudanese, International Organization for Migration, Twitter, Hemedti, United Nations, Reuters, Sans, MSF, Chadian, El, Teaching, Crescent, YouTube, Support Forces, Sudanese Red Crescent Society, SRC, International Committee, ICRC, Darfur, UN, Geneina Teaching Locations: West Darfur, El, West, El Geneina, AFP, Chad, Sudan, “, Geneina, Darfur, Chadian, Shukri, Khartoum, Adre, Ardmata, Wadi Kaja, RSF, tarpaulins, Africa, ”

☆ How Hip-Hop Changed the English Language Forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Miles Marshall Lewis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

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Persons: vibrancy, Dave, — Slick Rick, “, ”, �, Homer Simpson, Rihanna, “ FourFiveSeconds ”, wilding, Erykah Badu, Megan Thee, Spoonie Gee, Lil Wayne, Spivey’s, “ It’s, Pharrell Williams, Shameik Moore, Zoë Kravitz, ” “, Lana Del Rey, Joe, Marcus Garvey, Lauryn Hill, Marcus Garvey intoned, Ramblin ’ Thomas, William Melvin Kelley’s, presciently, Badu’s, repopularized “, Badu, ” — Childish Gambino, “ Redbone ”, Donald J, Kendrick Lamar’s, Joey Bada, Lil Durk’s, Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, Sir, they’ve, Munch, Red’s, ” Megan Thee, Patty, Nicki Minaj, “ Heard, Jay, Stackin, Al Pacino, Tony Montana, Morton, wildin, illin, killin, “ Buck Whylin ’, Chuck D, “ Buck Whylin ’ ”, Tonya Harding, Nick Cannon’s, “ wilding ”, Barry Michael Cooper, “ Wilding, Donald Trump’s, Wildin, “ Stylin, — Bruno Mars, Greg Nice, “ Swayze, Patrick Swayze’s, Guy, ghosting, Glock, I’m Swayze, Jared Seay Organizations: Daily News, src, Google, Oxford English, Queens, MTV, New York Times, Trump, Republican, Hulu, WAP, raunch, “, Morton Music, Public, The Daily News, Central Park, Oxford, ”, Adidas, Royce Locations: Oxford, Ethiopia, Africa, Florida, America, U.S

☆ Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses final bid to review graft conviction
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Rozanna Latiff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Reuters) - Malaysia's top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, ending Najib's judicial efforts to challenge the guilty verdict. Najib was jailed last year after Malaysia's Federal Court upheld a guilty verdict and 12-year prison sentence handed down to him by a lower court. Federal Court Judge Vernon Ong said a five-member panel voted 4-1 to dismiss Najib's application to review the conviction. Najib faces three other trials related to graft at 1MDB and other government agencies. Reporting by Rozanna Latiff; Writing by A. Ananthalakshmi; Editing by Ed Davies and Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet Accessible
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-18 | by ( Meg Miller | Ilaria Parogni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

surfacing The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet AccessibleThree different alt text examples over a blank box. Alt text examples from Wirecutter, The New York Times’s product recommendation service; Alt Text Chrome Extension; and Microsoft Word. Fleet, the tech educator, who is blind, posts on Twitter about alt text and agrees that these efforts are making a difference. Alt Text Reminder, another Twitter bot, notifies followers when they have tweeted an image without alt text. Folkens of CloudSight said that his company is careful not to use racial identifiers in the alt text it generates.

☆ Prezența la vot, până la ora 13:00, la scrutinul electoral din 2020, cu aproape 8% mai mică decât în 2016. Câți ani au cei mai activi alegători
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-01 | by ( ) agora.md time to read: +3 min

Prezența la vot până la ora 13:00, la scrutinul electoral din 2020, este cu aproape 8% mai mică decât în 2016. Cei mai pasivi alegători sunt tinerii cu vârste cuprinse între 18 și 25 de ani, rata lor de participare reprezentând 5,78%. Tinerii sunt urmați de senior - persoanele mai vârstnice de 71 de ani au participat la vor, până la ora 13:00, în proporție de 11,87%. Cei mai activi alegătorii sunt cei cu vârste cuprinse între 56 și 70 de ani - rata de prezență la vot fiind de 40,25%. La acest site de știri independent, arătăm zilnic acțiunile celor de la putere și tot ce se întâmplă în țară.

Persons: Cristina Cotov Locations: Republica Moldova, AGORA, Spania

☆ LIVE TEXT. Rezultate preliminare Alegeri Prezidențiale 2020, Turul I
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-30 | by ( ) agora.md time to read: +6 min

Anastasia Antoceanu22:51 Sandu conduce în șase raioane Lidera PAS, Maia Sandu conduce în șase raioane. Victoria Dumbravă22:43 Cum s-a votat în capitala de sud a țăriiLa Cahul, lupta dintre Igor Dodon și Maia Sandu e la limită – 37,72% contra a 34,99%. Pe a doua poziție se plasează Renato Usatîi, cu aproape 11%, urmat fiind de Maia Sandu, cu 2,03%. Anastasia Antoceanu22:26 Maia Sandu câștigă capitala La procesarea a 48% din procesele verbale în Chișinău, Maia Sandu obține 45%, iar Igor Dodon 34%. Anastasia Antoceanu21:55 CEC prezintă concluziile și primele date după ce s-au închis majoritatea secțiilor de votareIrina Soltan21:55 CEC prezintă concluziile și primele date după ce s-au închis majoritatea secțiilor de votare <iframe src="//www.privesc.eu/widget/live/92448?"

Persons: Victoria, Dodon, Igor Dodon, Renato Usatîi, Anastasia, Sandu, Maia Sandu, Cantemir, Renato Usatâi, Irina, Violeta Ivanov, Dumbravă, Victoria Dumbravă, Cimil, Igor Dodo, Renato, Andrei Năstase Victoria Dumbravă, ., Daniela, Igor Dodon Organizations: Facebook, UTA, CEC, Politici, Ocnița, Edineț, Dondușeni, Rîșcani, Drochia, Glodeni, Sîngerei și Florești, Telenești, Strășeni, Criuleni, Ialoveni, Cantemir, Dorin Cimil, Intellect Group, Anastasia Antoceanu Locations: Republica Moldova, Moldova, Briceni, Ocnița, Edineț, Dondușeni, Rîșcani, Drochia, Glodeni, . Bălți, Sîngerei, Florești, UTA Găgăuzia, Bălți, Călărași, Telenești, Strășeni, Criuleni, Ialoveni, Cahul, Orhei Victoria, Găgăuzia, Chișinău, Victoria, Cimișlia, Sadova, Bogdanovca Veche, . Moldova

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