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A 1.25-acre plot of land in Hong Kong sold for $935 million, setting a new record in one of the world's priciest property markets
Hong Kong was named the world's most expensive housing market for the 10th year in a row in 2020.
Katie Warren
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Mountains are collapsing: A Swiss mountain peak fell apart, sending 3.5 million cubic feet of rock into the valley below. Scientists warn climate change could make more mountains crumble.
Mt. Fluchthorn's tallest peak collapsed earlier this year, and it's just one of many crumbling exam…
Emily Swaim
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'Barbie' is now the world's biggest movie of 2023 after overtaking 'Super Mario Bros.'
"Barbie" has made almost $1.4 billion at the global box office, overtaking "The Super Mario Bros. …
Ryan Hogg
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The US economy is doing way better than the rest of the rich world
The US is growing faster and slowing inflation quicker than many other wealthy countries, even thou…
Noah Sheidlower
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I'm a mom of 7. I'm attempting to be the first woman in the world to summit the 2nd-highest mountain on each continent.
The mom of seven is on track to become the first woman to accomplish this milestone. She says climb…
Kelly Burch
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Ether surges past $2,000 and hits highest level since May after its new upgrade unlocks investors' crypto
Second-biggest cryptocurrency ether rose topped $2,000 late Thursday after Ethereum completed long-…
George Glover
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'The world is trying to reduce emissions, and you just don't see it,' federal scientist says, as carbon dioxide hits highest levels in human history
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said carbon dioxide levels rose to 421 parts pe…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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BlackRock says there's a good chance the Fed will have to hike interest rates to 6%, the highest level in 20 years
The chance inflation will stick around means the Federal Reserve will have to keep on hiking its ke…
Zinya Salfiti
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Russia cases increase; 3rd highest in the world
The total number of infections topped 379,000, the world's third-largest caseload behind the United…
PTI
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India surpasses Brazil and US, becomes the country with highest daily COVID-19 cases in the world
India' daily Covid-19 tally is now the highest in the world, surpassing Brazil and the US, as it re…
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Global fossil fuel demand has to crater 25% by 2030 if the world is going to meet its climate goals, IEA says
By 2050, the energy group said, fossil fuel demand would have to tumble by 80% to achieve the lates…
Phil Rosen
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COVID-19 death toll in United States at peak, says media report
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths…
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Jamie Dimon sees the Fed hiking rates to the highest in 15 years, but warns that may still not be enough to tame inflation
"Rates are now at 4%, on their way to 5%. Inflation is eroding everything... and a $1.5 trillion wi…
Phil Rosen
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Search team finds the body of famed US mountain climber Hilaree Nelson 2 days after she went missing on Himalaya peak
Hilaree Nelson, 49, went missing on Monday as she attempted to ski down the face of the world's eig…
Marianne Guenot
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The US just recorded the highest single-day death toll in the world
Some 7,392 people have now died of COVID-19 in the US, Worldometers said. Meanwhile Johns Hopkins U…
Alexandra Ma
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Oil prices rise to their highest levels in 2 months as China loosens its COVID curbs
"Markets pricing in peak virus in Beijing and Shanghai are behind the rally in oil prices today," J…
George Glover
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Europe's extreme summer is so hot it melted the highest peak in Sweden, and now it's only the second-highest
The warmth in Sweden, much of which is covered in forest, has prompted a spate of wildfires. On Jul…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Brazil faces the coronavirus abyss. It has the highest daily deaths in the world and the COVID-19 crisis is going to get worse, experts warn.
Brazil has far more daily COVID-19 deaths than any other nation in the world. President Bolsonaro's…
Joshua Zitser
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A 30-year-old mountaineer became the first person to successfully ski down K2, the second highest peak in the world - here's the footage
Only 417 people have successfully climbed K2 since it was first summited by an Italian team in 1954…