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First known Covid-19 case was vendor at Wuhan market, scientist claims
A report, published in the prestigious journal Science, will revive, although certainly not settle, the debate over whether the pandemic started with a spillover from wildlife sold at the market, a leak from a Wuhan virology lab or some other way
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Investors hung their hats on Peloton and Zoom last year. What now?
Many investors are shifting their attention to corners of the market they considered no-go zones last year, with businesses including airlines, live events companies and commercial real estate firms posting large gains
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How the global appetite for leather seats in luxury SUVs is worsening deforestation in the Amazon
A New York Times investigation into Brazil's rapidly expanding slaughterhouse industry has identified loopholes in its monitoring systems that allow hides from cattle kept on illegally deforested Amazon land to flow undetected through Brazil's tanneries and on to buyers worldwide
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US-China summit produces little more than polite words, but they help
The virtual meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping produced no concrete breakthroughs but the two leaders sought to keep the many disputes between the two countries from escalating into a broader conflict
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From India to Argentina, young voices speak out on climate change
Ahead of COP26, five NYT Generation Climate program participants were asked their thoughts on climate issues, why they got involved, and what steps will make a difference
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Wall street is finally getting access to China. But for how long?
Wall Street banks are gaining ground in China just as a property crisis is brewing, and as its financial system is beginning to reel under the weight of a years long debt-fuelled corporate boom
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Can hydrogen really save aviation's fuel challenges?
Hydrogen-powered planes are already aloft, although mostly as small, experimental aircraft and could pave the way for net-zero carbon aviation by 2050, the goal set by many government and environmental groups
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From MacKenzie Scott to Bill Gates: The consulting firm billionaires turn to when they give money away
Spun out of the consulting firm Bain & Company as a non-profit, The Bridgespan Group is hardly known outside philanthropic circles but highly influential within them, counting the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, YMCA, and many more, as clients
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Our climate future is in the hands of a few world leaders
Two weeks of discussions in Glasgow at COP26 came to a close with an agreement, which even if countries fulfill, will still put the world on a dangerous path toward a planet that will be warmer by some 2.4 degrees Celsius by year 2100, compared with preindustrial times
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The Bolsonaro-Trump connection threatening Brazil's elections
Fresh from their assault on the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, former President Donald Trump and his allies are exporting their strategy to Latin America's largest democracy, helping sow doubt in the electoral process in the event that he loses
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Outside climate summit, trash in Glasgow piles high
As diplomats at the UN climate summit in Glasgow this week preach about the need to curb both greenhouse gas emissions and mass consumption to protect the planet, the reality of today's throwaway society can be seen just a short way from the conference's doorstep