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A World Bank report says Asian economies are not doing as well as they could. Debt, trade barriers and policy uncertainties are dulling the region’s economic dynamism. A rebound in global trade — trade in goods and services grew by 0.2% in 2023.
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1 year ago Read more at ABC News

NASA and Boise State University were up on the Grand Mesa testing new radar technology to monitor snow cover Thursday. NASA said no single satellite-borne sensor has yet been demonstrated to accurately measure the planet’s snow water equivalent. Mapping the amount of snow on a mountain range can give an accurate idea of how much snow melt will go into rivers and streams.
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Canada lost his first game at the world men's curling championship on Monday. Joel Retornaz made an open draw to the four-foot ring in an extra end for the victory. That left his top-ranked Italian team in a four-way tie with Canada.
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1 year ago Read more at CBC.ca

Vanderbilt has awarded four students a Keegan Fellowship to travel in summer 2024. This year’s outstanding postgraduate fellows are Sydney Featherstone, Rachel Lee, William Romero and Kaitlin Spiridellis. The inaugural summer Keengan Fellows are Duaa Faquih, Aaliya Ramakrishnan, Nathan Bornstein and Ariel Olaleye.
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1 year ago Read more at Vanderbilt University News

Get up close to geckos, ferrets, chinchillas, poison dart frogs, and more in Wild World: Miracles in Conservation! Visitors of all ages will have the opportunity to take part in impromptu animal interactions, meet dynamic animal care specialists. See why there is hope on the horizon by learning about amazing real-life conservation success stories around the globe.
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Dallas is already beginning to plan for how the 2026 World Cup will reshape North Texas over the next two years. Some of the city’s leaders met with the Dallas Sports Commission and Visit Dallas on Tuesday to discuss what the world Cup will economically bring to D-FW and what the next steps look like.
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1 year ago Read more at NBC DFW

The Rabbit Hole, a brand-new, decade-in-the-making museum of children’s literature founded by the only people with the stamina for such a feat: former bookstore owners. Pete Cowdin and Deb Pettid are long-married artists who share the bullish determination of the Little Red Hen.
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1 year ago Read more at The New York Times

Gary Dranow is a surprising and unsecondguessable artist. They say that variety is the spice of life. If so, that spice probably has a lot of onion in its delicate and delicious mix.
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1 year ago Read more at The Big Takeover

Korea’s Woo claimed bronze in men’s high jump at last month’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Japan’s Nozomi Tanaka also competed in Glasgow, finishing eighth in the women’s 3000m. Woo and Tanaka are getting ready to return to Tokyo, where Woo finished fourth in the Olympics.
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1 year ago Read more at World Athletics

Scotland made it four wins from five at the World Men's Curling Championship. The Scots next meet Germany, one of four other nations to have lost just once so far. Sweden, led by 2022 Olympic gold medallist Niklas Edin, are the only rink with a 100% record in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
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1 year ago Read more at BBC.com