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But with the invasive fish and crustaceans buoyed by warming water temperatures and rapidly spreading toward European shores, she argued that urgent action is needed to minimize its long-term impact. Galil, of Tel Aviv University’s Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, said the continued widening and deepening of the canal had created a “moving aquarium” of species that, if unchecked, could make coastal waters inhospitable for humans. … [Read more...] about Experts say Mediterranean Sea altered by Suez Canal’s invasive species

“I’m very proud of what my country has done, and it symbolizes living together, today there is no difference between Egyptian Muslim, Christian and Egyptian Jew,” said Magda Haroun, the head of Cairo’s Jewish community, at the reopening ceremony. … [Read more...] about Egypt Restores Historic Alexandria Synagogue, but Few Jews Remain

In September, 15% tariffs were slapped on $120 billion in Chinese imports that included consumer products such as smart watches, TVs, shoes, diapers, sporting goods, meat and dairy products. That round hit American households directly, as many U.S. firms said they would be forced to pass the elevated prices on to customers. Under the agreement reached in December, the levy imposed on those imports is reduced from 15% to 7.5%. … [Read more...] about Trump inked a deal with China. California is still sorting out the implications

So that’s what we know. Those are the facts. But here’s the next question: What had produced the grand royal row in the first place? What was said and what happened on the other side of the door that sent Philip flying out with tennis racquet and tennis shoes after him? We simply don’t know. And that’s where Peter Morgan imagines this incredible sequence in which he has Philip saying, “I bet that’s why your father smoked so many cigarettes, thinking that he’d rather have cancer than come on this bloody tour of Australia.” … [Read more...] about ‘The Crown’: Royals Biographer Sorts Out Fact and Fiction

“It's not a major, dramatic shift, it's just a kind of sequential development,” Humpert told NPR. “The ice is melting and more things are becoming possible in the Arctic, and with that, of course ... comes enhanced risk for the environment.” … [Read more...] about World’s largest shipping company heads to Arctic as climate change may open up new routes