Antimony’s environmental impact in China | Science
Human activities such as mining, smelting, fuel combustion, and sewage sludge incineration lead to water, soil, and air pollution by heavy metals, which disrupts ecosystem services and poses environmental and health risks (1). In China, more than 10 million hectares of land are at risk of pollution by heavy metals (2…
PM Shehbaz urges US President Biden to pardon Dr Aafia Siddiqui on humanitarian grounds
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has requested that US President Joe Biden pardon and release jailed Pakistani Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was awarded an 86-year sentence for allegedly attacking US personnel in Afghanistan, it emerged on Friday. In a letter dated October 13, which has been seen by Dawn.com…Australia’s Northern Territory To Resume Jailing 10-Year-Olds To Reduce Youth Crime Rates – NDTV
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Arizona Sees Rise in Squatters Taking Over Homes
By the time some homeowners find illegal residents in their property, the squatters often have gained legal rights as tenants.
Uphill battles that put abortion rights on ballots are unlikely to end even if the measures pass
Voters in nine states are deciding next month whether to add the right to abortion to their constitutions. But passage probably wouldn’t change access immediately or dramatically.
Flagstar Bank lays off 700 with more to depart after asset sale to Mr. Cooper
New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) this week announced that it rebranded to Flagstar Bank, laid off 700 employees and anticipated the transition of another 1,200 to Mr. Cooper Group as part of the sale of its third-party origination (TPO) business and mortgage servicing rights (MSRs). The changes come after NYCB…
NASA Selects Crew for 45-Day Simulated Mars Mission in Houston
NASA selected a crew of four research volunteers to participate in its last simulated mission to Mars in 2024 within a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Obaid Alsuwaidi, Kristen Magas, Tiffany Snyder, and Anderson Wilder will step into the 650-square-foot HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog) facility on Friday…OpenAI Chatbot Passes Bias Tests, But Users Should Still be Watchful
The data that shapes how an AI responds can contain unseen biases, so the AI market leader has been checking ChatGPT, and says it may be more neutral that humans…
I Was Made of Language
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