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3 authors win $10,000 prizes for blending science and literature
NEW YORK (AP) — Three authors who demonstrated how scientific research can be wedded to literary grace have been awarded $10,000 prizes.On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the winners of the fifth annual Science + Literature awards. The books include Kimberly Blaeser's poetry collection, “Ancient Light,” inspired in part by the environmental destruction of Indigenous communities; the novel “Bug Queen” by Anna North, the story of a forensic anthropologist and a 2000-year-old Celtic druid; and a work of nonfiction,... Read More
Wall Street holds steadier after Trump says he won't use force to take Greenland
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is steadying on Wednesday following its worst day since October, though some signs of fear remain on Wall Street about President Donald Trump’s desire to take Greenland.The S&P 500 rose 0.3% after Trump said in a speech in Europe before business and government leaders that he would not use force to take “the piece of ice.” The index recovered a sliver of its 2.1% drop from the day before and pulled closer to its all-time high set earlier this month.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 200 points, or 0.4%, as of 9:35 a.m... Read More
The Latest: Trump says he wonât use force to acquire Greenland in Davos address
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump appeared Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after the elite event produced contentious statements and economic threats arising from tensions between the U.S. and Europe.Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from 130 countries, plus an untold number of activists and observers, are expected to converge on the annual event scheduled to last through Friday for dialogue, debate and deal-making in the Alpine resort.
Trump’s third visit as president comes as U.S. allies worry about his... Read More
What the EU's 'trade bazooka' is and how it works
BRUSSELS (AP) — Rattled by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats over Greenland, the European Union is readying countermeasures against the United States.As primarily a trading bloc, the EU's toolkit is mostly financial instruments, from steep tariffs on U.S. goods to the so-called trade bazooka touted by French President Emmanuel Macron. So far, most of the 27 EU nations remain skeptical about using it.
What is the ‘trade bazooka’?
The term is shorthand for the bloc’s Anti-Coercion Instrument, which includes a raft of measures for blocking or... Read More
Trump in Davos says NATO should allow the US to take Greenland but he won't use force
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but he said he wouldn’t employ force to achieve that — using his speech Wednesday at the World Economic Forum to repeatedly deride European allies and vow that NATO shouldn’t stand in the way of U.S. expansionism.“What I’m asking for is a piece of ice, cold and poorly located,” Trump said, declaring of NATO: “It’s a very small ask compared to what we have given them for many, many decades.”
He urged NATO to allow the U.S... Read More
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