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The International Energy Agency has slightly lowered its forecasts for oil demand. It expects an increase of 700,000 barrels per day for this year and next. This is the smallest increase since the slump in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. However, the most attention was drawn to the IEA's report…

3 min reading time Published on 15/07/25 - Updated on 15/07/25 Marriott International has announced the planned retirement of Leeny Oberg, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President, Development, effective March 31, 2026. Leeny Oberg has been with Marriott for 26 years and has played a key…

Andreas gets up at 6am every morning to open his small cafe in a provincial town near Athens, where he comes from. Normally at this time of the year he would already have moved to the Greek island of Mykonos for the tourist season but this year, after ten consecutive…

These organizations have the resources and reach to serve every corner of our nation, not just the affluent, coastal zip codes. When a hurricane knocks out power or a pandemic upends daily life, these companies often keep shelves stocked, services running, and communities connected. There's a narrative gaining traction in…

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Switzerland. The genetic material of the virus reveals that it had already developed key adaptations to humans at the…

The vertiginous fall of home prices in Austin, Texas, seems to have no end in sight, according to experts who believe that steep declines are likely to continue in the coming months. A recent analysis by real estate intelligence platform Parcl Labs estimates that the Texas capital will see the…

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Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has scrapped with the Avengers, fought high-tech criminals, and helped save the world from a purple alien. But his greatest battle? The coronavirus. Amid the pandemic in 2020, Sony Pictures shifted Spider-Man: No Way Home from its July 2021 release date to November 2021, then pushed back…

Let’s face it – most disaster movies are more about watching landmarks and humanity crumble than learning actual science. Cities freeze overnight, earthquakes swallow skyscrapers whole, and physics takes a backseat to spectacle. But not all disaster flicks play fast and loose with reality. Some filmmakers actually do their homework,…

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