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Tiny Bronte book, unseen for a century, goes on sale in New York
Smaller than a playing card, the 15-page manuscript dated 1829 is a collection of ten unpublished poems written by a 13-year-old Charlotte Bronte and was last seen in public in November 1916
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Ecotourism giving rare iguanas a sweet tooth and high blood sugar
Northern Bahamian rock iguanas living on the Exuma Islands are so hooked on the tasty tourist treats that they rush to the beaches when they hear boats approaching
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Elon Musk says he has financing to take Twitter buyout bid to investors
Musk's filing pointed to a $13 billion debt facility from a financing consortium led by Morgan Stanley, a separate $12.5 billion margin loan from the same bank, as well as $21 billion from Musk's personal fortune
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WHO 'strongly recommends' Pfizer's Covid pill
The World Health Organization said it strongly recommended the Pfizer antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder forms of the disease who were still at a high risk of hospitalisation
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Barack Obama calls for tighter reins on big tech
The former US president called out Silicon Valley, urging tech companies to stop dividing society and undermining democracy
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China axes 15 coal plants abroad after Xi pledge, but loopholes remain
The cancelled projects would have generated 12.8 gigawatts of electricity — or the total power generation capacity in Singapore, a new study finds, but a lack of clear rules has allowed Chinese developers to continue to build new coal power projects despite the ban
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Big agriculture, climate slashing insect populations 'by half'
The study published in Nature found that the double whammy of global warming and shrinking habitats has not just hit population numbers, but also provoked a 27 percent drop in the diversity of species
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Twitter, analysts wary of Elon Musk takeover bid
The global one-to-many messaging platform is moving to prevent the Tesla boss from getting his hands on all of Twitter's outstanding shares, signaling that worries about where the Tesla boss would lead the company outweigh the proffered payoff
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Defenders of Ukraine's Mariupol stand ground, call for security guarantees
On Wednesday, Moscow issued another call for the city's defenders to surrender. But that ultimatum passed and Ukrainian forces have stood firm, holing up in the sprawling Azovstal steel plant — also a refuge for up to 2,000 civilians
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'This is my third war': Ukraine's elderly are conflict's forgotten victims
Citing Ukrainian government figures, Handicap International estimates that 13,000 elderly Ukrainians or people with disabilities have arrived in the wider Dnipro region since Russia launched its invasion in late February
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Pot use increasingly normal in the US today, but legality still hazy
Many cannabis businesses are African-American owned, and saw a lively trade ahead of national marijuana day on April 20. Some see it as "a turning point for the Black community," which historically suffered a disproportionate rate of cannabis convictions