Yellen kicks off China meetings with overcapacity concerns, encouraging market-oriented reforms

[ad_1] BEIJING — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen kicked off her first full day of official meetings in China with discussion about overcapacity concerns and encouragement to pursue market-oriented reforms. Yellen arrived in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou late on Thursday and is set to travel to Beijing on Saturday, where she will stay until Tuesday….

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Mercury exposure is widespread among Yanomami tribe in Amazon, a report finds

[ad_1] BRASILIA, Brazil — Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe in relative isolation, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report released on Thursday by Brazil’s top public health institute. The research was conducted in nine villages along the Mucajai River, a remote region where illegal mining…

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Mexico’s likely next president Claudia Sheinbaum is a climate scientist but politics has kept her quiet on global warming

[ad_1] That is because as many countries move away from the burning of fossil fuels like oil and gas, which cause climate change, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, one of Mexico’s most popular leaders in generations, has moved his country in the opposite direction. Sheinbaum is often seen as the mentee of López Obrador, who…

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Drone video shows miners trapped on mountain after Taiwan earthquake landslides

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