Decades in a country he can’t call home: South Korean’s US adoption nightmare
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Japan’s Mount Fuji stays snowcap-free for longer than ever before
The volcano’s snowcap begins forming on October 2 on average, and last year snow was first detected there on October 5.
Part-Time Farmers, Part-Time Rock Stars: A Chinese Band’s Unlikely Rise
Before setting out on his band’s first national tour, before recording another album and before appearing on a major television network, Ba Nong had one task: finishing the summer harvest.
Ford guides to low end of 2024 earnings forecast as it slightly tops Wall Street's third-quarter expectations
DETROIT — Ford Motor guided to the low end of its previously announced 2024 earnings forecast as it slightly topped Wall Street's third-quarter expectations.
Stock futures rise with Nasdaq set to add to records as oil prices decline
U.S. equity futures jumped on Monday morning as investors looked for a batch of megacap technology earnings to keep driving the Nasdaq Composite to new heights this week. A cooling geopolitical situation also aided risk sentiment.
Indonesian forests pay the price for the growing global biomass energy demand
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Enormous swathes of pristine forest are being cut down across Indonesia to supply the rapidly rising international demand for biomass material seen as critical to many countries’ transitions to cleaner forms of energy.
Indonesian forests pay the price for growing global biomass energy demand
Nearly all of the biomass from forests destroyed for wood pellet production since 2021 has been shipped to South Korea and Japan, the Associated Press found in an examination of satellite images, company records, and Indonesian export data.
Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Wildfires in Brazil have swept through an area the size of Switzerland, a level of destruction that will take decades to recover, if it ever does, according to a new satellite assessment.