Israel seeks early re-tender of mining rights to shore up Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is shrinking at the rate of about a meter a year, leaving behind deserted beaches and sinkholes in a slow-motion environmental...
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U.S. soybean cargo docks in Chinese port after weeks at anchor amid trade dispute
Posted by Reuters | Aug 12, 2018 | World News |
A ship carrying soybeans from the United States docked in the port of Dalian on Saturday, more than a month after it arrived off China’s coast just hours after hefty tariffs were imposed on U.S. goods, according to Thomson...
Read MoreMarathon man Butter third of way through epic worldwide challenge
Posted by Reuters | Aug 11, 2018 | domesticNews, Reuters: UK |
British ultra-runner Nick Butter is almost a third of the way through a journey that will see him attempt to run a marathon in 196 countries to raise money in the battle against prostate...
Read MoreNobel prize winning author V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85 – BBC
Posted by Reuters | Aug 11, 2018 | domesticNews, Reuters: UK |
Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001, has died at his home in London aged 85, the BBC reported on...
Read MoreExclusive: Saudi Arabia’s PIF has shown no interest in bankrolling Tesla buyout
Posted by Reuters | Aug 11, 2018 | World News |
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has shown no interest so far in financing Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s proposed $72 billion deal to take the U.S. electric car maker private, despite acquiring a minority...
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