Introduction Over the weekend, residents of Kentucky and Tennessee experienced a series of seismic events that caught the attention of both locals and experts. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

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In the weeks before the Gaza ceasefire on October 10, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armored Personnel Carriers ...

The USGS estimated that a small area around the epicenter may have experienced light to moderate shaking. A larger radius, ...

China Vanke, once the country's largest homebuilder, narrowly avoided defaulting on a $284 million debt last week as the ...

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According to the latest data released by the World Steel Association (WorldSteel), global crude steel production reached ...