Aga Khan emerald, world’s most expensive green stone, fetches record $9 million at auction

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A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive green stone. Sold by Christie’s, the Cartier diamond and emerald brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, dethrones a piece of jewelry made by the fashion house … Read more

Nasa’s JPL announces layoffs affecting 5% of workforce, hundreds of workers

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Retired NASA Astronaut Terry Virts weighs in on the latest developments in the Boeing Starliner mission. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will lay off a significant portion of its workforce on Wednesday, according to a memo that the company sent on Tuesday. The lab, which specializes in robotic spacecraft and is managed by the California … Read more

UN calls for end of weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring parties | Sudan war News

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UN political chief doesn’t name countries providing weapons to army and paramilitary forces, says it’s ‘unconscionable’. The United Nations has said continued weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring military and paramilitary forces are “enabling the slaughter” and must stop, with civilians bearing the brunt of the conflict. Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary … Read more

Telix and Eckert & Ziegler to Partner on Actinium-225 Production Technology By Investing.com

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MELBOURNE, Australia and BERLIN, Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) today announces that it has entered into a technology collaboration and licence agreement with Berlin-based Eckert & Ziegler SE (EZAG) for the use of EZAG’s cyclotron-based systems to produce the alpha-emitting isotope, actinium-225 (225Ac). This provides Telix … Read more

Keely Hodgkinson: Britain’s Olympics gold medallist on path to more success in 2025 | Athletics News

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Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Geraint Hughes is granted exclusive access with Olympic 800m Gold medallist Keely Hodgkinson at her training base in the Pyrenees Geraint Hughes is granted exclusive access with Olympic 800m Gold medallist Keely Hodgkinson at her training base in the Pyrenees If you become an Olympic … Read more

Trump, defying media predictions, mainly picks seasoned Capitol Hill veterans such as Marco Rubio

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The media warned for months that Donald Trump would have “no guardrails” in a second term, and would probably hand out top positions to a bunch of right-wing crazies. Instead, he picked Marco Rubio yesterday as secretary of State, a 14-year Senate veteran and son of Cuban immigrants who has been informally advising him on … Read more

Klarna files for IPO in US

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Klarna has fired the starting gun on its long-anticipated stock market flotation after the Swedish buy now, pay later pioneer said it had filed initial public offering documents in the US. The Swedish fintech said … Read more