Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries, according to a Dartmouth-led study. Published in Nature , the findings represent the first physical footprint of river mining and its hydrological impacts on a global scale. River mining often involves intensive excavation, which results in deforestation and increased erosion. Much of the excavated material is released to rivers, disrupting aquatic life in ecosystems nearby and downstream. This inorganic sediment, particles of clay, silt, and sand, is carried by rivers as "suspended sediment," transmitting the environmental effects of mining downstream.

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Gulf Marine Services PLC ( LON:GMS – Get Rating )'s stock price crossed above its 50-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 4.60 ($0.06) and traded as high as GBX 4.65 ($0.06). Gulf Marine Services shares last traded at GBX 4.65 ($0.06), with a volume of 3,063,211 shares. Gulf Marine Services Trading Up 1.6 % The business's 50-day moving average is GBX 4.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 5.02. The company has a current ratio of 0.

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Egypt’s intelligence chief met Hamas leaders in Gaza yesterday to try to bolster a ceasefire between the Palestinian political group and Israel and to discuss

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CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Toledo-Xignex Trojans split their two scheduled matches with a win and a loss in the start of the inter-division round of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) on Wednesday evening. The Trojans defeated the Manila Indios Bravos,16-5, in their first match, but went on losing to the former PCAP champions, the Laguna-Dasmariñas Heroes, 4-17. With the outcome of last Wednesday evening's matches, Toledo remained at the No. 2 spot in the southern division standings with nine wins and two defeats and has accumulated 148.

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Media release | Tuesday August 15, 2023 Immediate action to limit rent increases and a ban on no-grounds evictions must be taken by National Cabinet this week to help distressed renters in Australia's worsening housing crisis, the nation's peak bodies for social services warn. In a letter to the prime minister and Australia's premiers and chief ministers, the Councils of Social Service (COSS) network – representing thousands of social services – warn they are seeing "distressing levels of housing need", with a devastating human impact.

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Affinity Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Henry Schein, Inc. ( NASDAQ:HSIC – Get Rating ) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 2,746 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $219,000. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fiduciary Management Inc. WI increased its position in shares of Henry Schein by 45.

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Fire breaks out at Zahid's home KAJANG: A fire broke out at the home of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Saturday (April 22). Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Morni Mamat said the fire occurred inside a room where cats were kept at his private residence at Country Heights, Kajang. 'We received a call at around 1.30pm and sent personnel together with a fire engine and a water tanker. They arrived at the scene and found that a Class A fire broke out at the two-storey house,' he said when contacted.

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John Fluevog says his partnership with Star Trek is the perfect fit, as both his shoes and the series offer a way into another world.

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Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC increased its holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. ( NASDAQ:XEL – Get Rating ) by 31.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,509,867 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 364,799 shares during the period. Xcel Energy comprises approximately 1.8% of Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC's holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest position. Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC owned 0.

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Protesters chant outside the New York Supreme Court ahead of former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

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Clear Creek Financial Management LLC cut its holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF ( NYSEARCA:VO – Free Report ) by 2.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,762 shares of the company's stock after selling 52 shares during the period. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC's holdings in Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF were worth $388,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VO.

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MANILA  -Power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) saw its earnings grow by 47 percent to P19.1 billion in the first half of the year driven by the strong performance of its power generation business alongside record-high sales. According to the company, consolidated energy sales volume grew by 3 percent to 24,792 gigawatt-hours (GWh) from 23,968 GWh the previous year as demand recovered in the commercial and residential segments. Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), a wholly owned power generation unit, contributed P6 billion, which is significantly higher than the P2.

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VVS Finance ( VVS ) traded up 0.2% against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on June 3rd. One VVS Finance token can currently be bought for about $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC on popular exchanges. VVS Finance has a market capitalization of $104.74 million and approximately $281,735.82 worth of VVS Finance was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last week, VVS Finance has traded 1.3% lower against the U.S. dollar. Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded down 0.

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Global Affairs Canada today issued the following statement: "Today, Canada remembers the victims of the chemical weapons attack launched by the Assad regime in the Ghouta district of Damascus, Syria. More than 1,000 people were killed, many of them children, as a result of Syria's use of the lethal nerve agent sarin. "It has been a decade since the atrocious attack in Ghouta, an attack that was neither the first nor the last chemical weapons assault by the Assad regime against its people. The Syrian regime continues its flagrant disregard for its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and UN Security Council Resolution 2118 and refuses to take responsibility for its horrific crimes.

https://www.miragenews.com/ca-gov-marks-10th-anniversary-of-ghouta-1069037/

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Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here's what you need to know on Friday, May 5. Six Cebu-based universities made it to the list of the Top 100 universities in the Philippines with the University of San Carlos clinching a spot in the Top 10. USC was ranked seventh in the list. EduRank, an independent metric-based ranking of universities, also named in the Top 100 the University of San Jose -Recoletos at 32nd, Southwestern University – Phinma at 36th, Cebu Normal University at 43rd, Cebu Institute of Medicine at 68th, and the University of the Visayas at the 95th spot.

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The University of Florida's Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering announced today the establishment of the Florida Semiconductor Institute , a campus- and state-wide coordinating hub to provide intellectual and technological leadership for semiconductors in the 21st Century. The federal government is investing billions of dollars in efforts to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the United States and to advance domestic research in chip technology. The newly launched Florida Semiconductor Institute, or FSI, is poised to boost the state's research and development within the sector as well as build and sustain Florida's semiconductor workforce, which is now the fifth largest in the nation.

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Yoon-BidenYoon, Biden meet on margins of G20 summitBy Lee Haye-ah NEW DELHI, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden met briefly on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in New Delhi, just weeks after their trilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the U.S., Yoon's office said. The two met in the leaders' lounge at the Bharat Mandapam convention center before the start of a G20 session, and Yoon thanked Biden again for his hospitality during the trilateral summit at the Camp David presidential retreat near Washington last month.

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FILE - This booking photo provided by the Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office shows Muhammad Masood. Masood, the Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator who sought to join the Islamic State terrorist group to fight in Syria, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, to 18 years in prison. (Sherburne County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE SHERBURNE COUNTY, MINN., SHERIFF'S OFFICE; MANDATORY CREDIT;

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4th July Fireworks in New Yorkepaselect epa10726850 People watch the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks show from the Brooklyn borough of New York, New York, USA, 04 July 2023. The annual tradition is part of the 4th of July holiday which marks the date of the United States? independence. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

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