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Nuclear threat more useful to Russia than nuclear strike, Norway’s armed forces chief says | MarketScreener

    General Eirik Kristoffersen was speaking ahead of nuclear exercises that NATO alliance members are conducting this week, with Russia planning to conduct its own soon. Norway is part of NATO and shares a border with Russia in the Arctic. Putin and top Russian officials have repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons to protect Russia. […]

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Life Style

Man’s unique problem with hot girlfriend

Calls for the Government to front up on decisions today, ex-cyclone on the way and Ukraine braces for another attack in the East in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald Welcome to Relationship Rehab, news.com.au’s weekly column solving all your romantic problems, no holds barred. This week, their resident sexologist Isiah […]

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Technology

Salesforce com : How Increased Cybersecurity Makes Government Rapid Technology Modernization Possible | MarketScreener

The Salesforce Government Cloud Plus environment is fully managed, allowing customers to focus on their mission rather than IT. [Thomas Barwick/Getty Images] Across all industries, we recognize employees and stakeholders are demanding more flexibility in where they work. This flexibility introduces challenges to the traditional landscape of information technology (IT), particularly with things like cybersecurity […]

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Finance

Big swings in the market are more normal than investors might expect, but things could get worse

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, December 8, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The stock market’s wild gyrations this past week have been an emotional roller coaster for investors, and the ride has not come to a full stop. It feels bad right now, and […]

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US

Taliban more welcoming than New Zealand?: Unmarried, pregnant Kiwi journalist gets refuge in Kabul after being rejected at home

Charlotte Bellis has been on an international odyssey since she learned she was pregnant in September 2021. All copyrights for this article are reserved to New York Daily News

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Finance

The latest Covid variant is 1.5 times more contagious than omicron and already circulating in almost half of U.S. states

Cooper Neill | Reuters There are already dozens of cases across almost half of the U.S. of a new Covid subvariant that’s even more contagious than the already highly transmissible omicron variant. Nearly half of U.S. states have confirmed the presence of BA.2 with at least 127 known cases nationwide as of Friday, according to […]

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Finance

The value of Warren Buffett’s Apple investment just went up by $9.8 billion in less than a day

In this article AAPL Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. Andrew Harnik | AP The value of Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings in Apple increased $ 9.8 billion on Friday as Apple stock rose nearly 7% on a strong earnings report. Apple reported December quarter earnings on Thursday, posting nearly $ 124 billion in sales and […]

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US

Alabama man executed less than two hours after 5-4 Supreme Court decision

Reeves was executed at Alabama’s Holman prison less than two hours later. The lower court had agreed to block the execution because Reeves sought to be executed by an alternate method: nitrogen gas. But the justices granted Alabama’s request to reinstate the execution in an after-hours order Thursday. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, joined by the […]

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Finance

GDP grew at a 6.9% pace to close out 2021, stronger than expected despite omicron spread

The U.S. economy grew at a much better-than-expected pace to end 2021 from sizeable boosts in inventories and consumer spending, and despite signs that the acceleration likely tailed off toward the end of the year. Gross domestic product, the sum of all goods and services produced during the October-through-December period, increased at a 6.9% annualized […]

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Science

Study Confirms Suspicions That Cat Brains Are Smaller Than They Used to Be

As cats have become domesticated over the last 10,000 years or so, their brains have shrunk significantly in size, a new study confirms – a finding that could lead to important new insights into how animals adapt when they start being regularly kept by human beings. Researchers compared the size of craniums (an indicator of […]