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The Trump administration on Monday moved to relax environmental rules governing the extraction of oil, gas and coal from public lands across the country.The Interior Department issued a pair of proposed rules that would reduce costs and weaken requirements for fossil fuel companies that operate on federal lands. The first rule would drastically lower the fees that companies must pay before drilling, while the second could allow firms to release more methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.Together, the proposals were the latest effort by the Trump administration to boost drilling and mining on millions of acres…

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Credit: Coalition of Governments on Global Public InvestmentOpinion by Ben Phillips (bangkok, thailand)Monday, June 22, 2026Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, June 22 (IPS) – The fallout from the sudden collapse of the old system of financing international cooperation has been disastrous, unleashing a wave of harm and leaving the world more vulnerable to shocks and less able to respond to them. The wreckage is plain to see. The issue is what to do next. Calling attention to the damage done, several commentators in the Global North have made the case for putting back up what had been pulled down. That will…

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With Claude Code now supporting artifacts, enterprises can turn what they create with Claude Code into shareable, updatable visual pages. Using Claude Code and artifacts, developers can build an artifact using the full context of a user session, including the codebase, connectors and conversation. Each artifact is private to the author until it is shared with approved members. Artifacts come after OpenAI introduced Sites for Codex, which enables users to build, host and deploy interactive web applications.Anthropic’s introduction of artifacts, on June 18, along with Sites for Codex, underscores how AI model providers continue to expand their services, offering enterprises features…

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Additional Benefits of Weak TiesClose relationships are a two-sided coin: They offer support and love, but they also carry grief, worry, and the emotional weight of the diagnosis. Weak ties can offer connection with lower emotional pressure, says Umoh.The chats you have with the people in your “outer circle” can also give you a break, where you can talk about something separate from medical care. Small-talk topics like the weather, your garden, a sports team, or a mutual love of dogs are opportunities for learning new things and even sharing a laugh.Weak ties can also allow you to maintain your…

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Scientists have gained new insight into the dramatic event that created the Moon’s largest and oldest known impact crater, a discovery that could help future Artemis astronauts investigate some of the Moon’s deepest secrets. The findings come from two companion studies led in part by researchers from the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution (CLOE), Southwest Research Institute’s team within NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute. Together, the studies shed light on how the enormous South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin formed and where valuable lunar material may be located today. Exploring the Moon’s Largest Impact Basin The South Pole-Aitken (SPA)…

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“Canada’s Texas is threatening divorce, and it could eventually become the 51st state,” crows the ultraconservative think-tank behind the Trump administration. The free people of Alberta are about to take a vote. It’s Canada’s fourth-largest province, both by size (about 411,187 sq mi) and population (5 million). It’s home to North America’s iconic Rocky Mountains, where crystal clear glacial lakes are scattered across forested landscape. Its dinosaur fossils are a valuable window to the past, while its fossil fuel deposits are … valuable. Lake Moraine in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Paul Kelly – stock.adobe.com The fourth-largest oil reserve on…

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Iran has agreed to allow UN nuclear inspectors back into the country as part of an agreement under which Washington will lift sanctions on Tehran’s oil exports and the strait of Hormuz will reopen, the US vice-president, JD Vance, has said.Long-term independent monitoring of Iran’s nuclear programme, which it says is for energy purposes only, was in effect halted last summer after Israel and the US attacked the country. Tehran suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in response to strikes on its nuclear facilities.But Tehran, sensitive to domestic criticism, said it had made no new concessions on…

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Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that Iran had agreed to invite nuclear inspectors back into the country after the first round of direct talks in Switzerland to turn a preliminary cease-fire agreement into a lasting peace deal.But Iran’s foreign ministry said that it had made no new commitments, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, did not comment on Mr. Vance’s claim that its inspectors would soon be able to resume operations in the country.“That is a major milestone for the American people and the first step in permanently ending a nuclear weapons program in…

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