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I’m not picking on Elon Musk. Just please help, says UN food official

(CNN) — The director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme is still pleading with the world’s richest individuals to help in the fight against the world hunger crisis. On CNN’s “New Day” Tuesday, UN Food Programme Director David Beasley acknowledged the controversy he found himself in last week when he chastised billionaires like Elon Musk …

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If the labor shortage continues, the US economy won’t be able to recover

After enhanced unemployment benefits expired and schools re-opened in person, many expected workers to go back to work and the nation’s labor shortage to ease significantly by September. But recent data suggest that, if anything, the shortage is getting more severe. And though the risk of a severe shortage continuing into 2022 is not the …

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To prevent floods, China is building “sponge cities”

Locals have a saying: “When the Buddha’s feet are washed, Leshan cannot sleep.” The city in the south-western province of Sichuan has reason to be fearful. Leshan lies at the confluence of three tributaries of the Yangzi river. Centuries ago its residents carved a stone statue of the Buddha into a cliff face. It towers …

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NASA Shares First Evidence of Planet Outside Our Galaxy

Astronomers say they have found evidence for the first time of a planet orbiting a star outside our Milky Way galaxy. The evidence was observed by a telescope operated by the American space agency NASA. It is called the Chandra X-ray Observatory. NASA says the orbiting observatory is the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope. NASA …

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Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in EU to build ‘metaverse’

SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on Monday (Oct 18), to help build the so-called metaverse – a nascent online world where people exist and communicate in shared virtual spaces. This would be a significant step the company …

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