Remember when Neil deGrasse Tyson was going to be the next Carl Sagan? The Left held Tyson up as the apex of scientific thought and the future of the discipline. Instead, Tyson has turned into a massive wet blanket who likes to spoil Christmas by explaining how it's impossible for Santa to visit everyone on Christmas Eve and that we've 'misgendered' Rudolph . Bet he's a blast at the office Christmas party. Anyway. You'd think Tyson would be all in on space exploration, and that getting to Mars would be something he'd really, really like to see happenin. You'd be wrong. Watch: Neil Degrasse Tyson criticizes Elon's plan to go to Mars, saying "What's the return on investment? Nothing." pic.twitter.com/84euhIzsh7 Seriously? Nothing? We wouldn't learn anything? Expand human knowledge and space exploration? Let's be honest. He said this for one reason only: he doesn't like Elon Musk. And that, frankly, is sad. Tyson is a pompous windbag with zero vision. He sure is. Neil’s just upset he doesn’t have a plan to get us to mars. If anyone else had a plan to go to Mars, Tyson would be on board for it. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a political commissar, not a scientist. He’s there to shoot the scientists who dare to retreat from the party dogma. Bingo. What's the ROI on Neil Degrasse Tyson's opinion? Zero. Less than zero. Neil has made a living off talking about space but gaslights Elon for wanting to go there Bezos also wants to go there, but where is that criticism? This isn’t about space. It’s personal for Neil and that writes him off as unprofessional. Exactly this. Shameful for a scientist to say this. Science has one commandment: contribute to science. Returns on investment come later, maybe years or even decades later. The knowledge we'd gain immediately is a return on that investment. It is absolutely incredible to me to watch a man of science argue AGAINST space exploration simply because he doesn’t like the guy advocating for it https://t.co/7ETGBK7zCg It really is. For a student of Carl Sagan to say this, just shows what an utter baffon Degrasse-Tyson has become. Exploration infrastructure, doesn't have an ROI, until suddenly it does. When you solve problems & improve outcomes, it becomes a stepping stone. Neil KNOWS THIS, So sour grapes. https://t.co/ngbxcxODGV pic.twitter.com/HPLLDu08Jq All because he doesn't like Musk's politics. Insurance policies rarely have a "return on investment". But they are a hedge against disaster. https://t.co/BpJAiLW8px Bingo. Why does a pseudo scientist who doesn’t know a thing about raising venture capital complain Musk plans to go to Mars? Why worry about return on investment? Taxpayer aren’t paying. He has no expertise on non-governmental space ventures (note note not bad-mouthing Gates)—quiet son. https://t.co/i4RDVKUD48 Because he doesn't want Musk to have a win. “What’s the ROI of going to Mars?” Uhhh going to Mars...? https://t.co/VKjNjSpAhm Yeah. It's MARS. The ROI on going to Mars is knowledge. https://t.co/bLMB3TYXEv And Tyson doesn't care.
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The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors passed a resolution chiding Iran's poor cooperation with the agency after hours of heated exchanges, diplomats told AFP late on Thursday, a move Tehran called "politically motivated". The censure motion brought by Britain, France, Germany and the United States at the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board follows a similar one in June. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.LUXEMBOURG / ACCESSWIRE / November 22, 2024 / Nexa Resources S.A. ("Nexa Resources", "Nexa" or the "Company") (NYSE Symbol:NEXA) announces today that it has completed the previously announced sale (the "Transaction") of 100% of the shares issued by Compañia Minera Cerro Colorado S.A.C., comprising the mineral properties of the Pukaqaqa Project ("Pukaqaqa" or the "Project"), located in the Huancavelica region of Peru. With the completion of the Transaction, and pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreement, Nexa has sold and transferred all shares, rights, titles, and interests in Pukaqaqa to Olympic Precious Metals Ltd ("Olympic"). The Transaction was completed following the fulfillment of all closing conditions. About Olympic Precious Metals Ltd Olympic Precious Metals Ltd is a Canadian company dedicated to the development of copper and gold opportunities across the Americas. Olympic is committed to preserving, growing, and realizing long-term shareholder value in a responsible manner, delivering lasting benefits to local communities and stakeholders. The Olympic team brings deep, proven expertise in efficiently exploring, rapidly advancing, and successfully delivering sustainable mining projects. The Company creates value by building and optimizing mines that prioritize local employment, engage local suppliers, and empower local communities. For more information, visit: www.olympicpreciousmetals.com . About Nexa Nexa is a large-scale, low-cost integrated zinc producer with over 65 years of experience developing and operating mining and smelting assets in Latin America. Nexa currently owns and operates five long-life mines, three of which are located in the central Andes region of Peru, and two of which are located in Brazil (one in the state of Minas Gerais and one in the state of Mato Grosso). Nexa also currently owns and operates three smelters, two of which are located in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, and one of which is Cajamarquilla, located in Lima, which is the largest smelter in the Americas. Nexa was among the top five producers of mined zinc globally in 2023 and one of the top five metallic zinc producers worldwide in 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie. 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Statements concerning future production costs or volumes are based on numerous assumptions of management regarding operating matters and on assumptions that demand for products develops as anticipated, that customers and other counterparties perform their contractual obligations, full integration of mining and smelting operations, that operating and capital plans will not be disrupted by issues such as mechanical failure, unavailability of parts and supplies, labor disturbances, interruption in transportation or utilities, adverse weather conditions, and that there are no material unanticipated variations in metal prices, exchange rates, or the cost of energy, supplies or transportation, among other assumptions. Estimates and forward-looking statements refer only to the date when they were made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any estimate or forward-looking statement due to new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Estimates and forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and do not guarantee future performance, as actual results or developments may be substantially different from the expectations described in the forward-looking statements. Further information concerning risks and uncertainties associated with these forward-looking statements and our business can be found in our public disclosures filed under our profile on SEDAR+ ( www.sedarplus.ca ) and on EDGAR ( www.sec.gov ). For further information, please contact: Investor Relations Team ir@nexaresouces.com SOURCE: Nexa Resources S.A. View the original on accesswire.com
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Wade Taylor IV helps No. 13 Texas A&M rout Abilene ChristianNEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Super Micro Computer, a stock that’s been on an AI-driven roller coaster, soared 28.7% to lead the market. Following allegations of misconduct and the resignation of its public auditor , the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board. It also said that it doesn’t expect to restate its past financials and that it will find a new chief financial officer, appoint a general counsel and make other moves to strengthen its governance. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up the market. Gains of 1.8% for Microsoft and 3.2% for Meta Platforms were the two strongest forces pushing upward on the S&P 500. Intel was another propellant during the morning, but it lost an early gain to fall 0.5% after the chip company said CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired and stepped down from the board. Intel is looking for Gelsinger’s replacement, and its chair said it’s “committed to restoring investor confidence.” Intel recently lost its spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to Nvidia, which has skyrocketed in Wall Street’s frenzy around AI. Stellantis, meanwhile, skidded following the announcement of its CEO’s departure . Carlos Tavares steps down after nearly four years in the top spot of the automaker, which owns car brands like Jeep, Citroën and Ram, amid an ongoing struggle with slumping sales and an inventory backlog at dealerships. The world’s fourth-largest automaker’s stock fell 6.3% in Milan. The majority of stocks in the S&P 500 likewise fell, including California utility PG&E. It dropped 5% after saying it would sell $2.4 billion of stock and preferred shares to raise cash. Retailers were mixed amid what’s expected to be the best Cyber Monday on record and coming off Black Friday . Target, which recently gave a forecast for the holiday season that left investors discouraged , fell 1.2%. Walmart , which gave a more optimistic forecast, rose 0.2%. Amazon, which looks to benefit from online sales from Cyber Monday, climbed 1.4%. All told, the S&P 500 added 14.77 points to 6,047.15. The Dow fell 128.65 to 44,782.00, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 185.78 to 19,403.95. The stock market largely took Donald Trump’s latest threat on tariffs in stride. The president-elect on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a group of developing economies if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. Trump said he wants the group, headlined by Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promise it won’t create a new currency or otherwise try to undercut the U.S. dollar. The dollar has long been the currency of choice for global trade. Speculation has also been around a long time that other currencies could knock it off its mantle, but no contender has come close. The U.S. dollar’s value rose Monday against several other currencies, but one of its strongest moves likely had less to do with the tariff threats. The euro fell amid a political battle in Paris over the French government’s budget . The euro sank 0.7% against the U.S. dollar and broke below $1.05. In the bond market, Treasury yields gave up early gains to hold relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed above 4.23% during the morning before falling back to 4.19%. That was just above its level of 4.18% late Friday. A report in the morning showed the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted again last month, but not by as much as economists expected. This upcoming week will bring several big updates on the job market, including the October job openings report, weekly unemployment benefits data and the all-important November jobs report. They could steer the next moves for Federal Reserve, which recently began pulling interest rates lower to give support to the economy. Economists expect Friday’s headliner report to show U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in November, coming off October’s lackluster growth that was hampered by damaging hurricanes and strikes. “We now find ourselves in the middle of this Goldilocks zone, where economic health supports earnings growth while remaining weak enough to justify potential Fed rate cuts,” according to Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. In financial markets abroad, Chinese stocks led gains worldwide as monthly surveys showed improving conditions for manufacturing, partly driven by a surge in orders ahead of Trump’s inauguration next month. Both official and private sector surveys of factory managers showed strong new orders and export orders, possibly partly linked to efforts by importers in the U.S. to beat potential tariff hikes by Trump once he takes office. Indexes rose 0.7% in Hong Kong and 1.1% in Shanghai. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products , a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the United States. He said on social media last week that he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders. Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include border security, attended a dinner with Trump and Trudeau at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on Friday. Trudeau requested the meeting in a bid to avoid the tariffs by convincing Trump that the northern border is nothing like the U.S. southern border with Mexico . "The prime minister of course spoke about the importance of protecting the Canadian economy and Canadian workers from tariffs, but we also discussed with our American friends the negative impact that those tariffs could have on their economy, on affordability in the United States as well," LeBlanc said in Parliament. If Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation. Economists say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for food, clothing, automobiles, alcohol and other goods. The Produce Distributors Association, a Washington trade group, said last week that tariffs will raise prices for fresh fruit and vegetables and hurt U.S. farmers when the countries retaliate. Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the U.S. should Trump follow through on the threat. After his dinner with Trump, Trudeau returned home without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States. “The idea that we came back empty handed is completely false,” LeBlanc said. “We had a very productive discussion with Mr. Trump and his future Cabinet secretaries. ... The commitment from Mr. Trump to continue to work with us was far from empty handed.” Joining Trump and Trudeau at dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, and Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice to be his national security adviser. Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, told The Associated Press on Sunday that “the message that our border is so vastly different than the Mexican border was really understood.” Hillman, who sat at an adjacent table to Trudeau and Trump, said Canada is not the problem when it comes to drugs and migrants. On Monday, Mexico’s president rejected those comments. “Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said. She said Canada had its own problems with fentanyl consumption and “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has.” Flows of migrants and seizures of drugs at the two countries’ border are vastly different. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border. Most of the fentanyl reaching the U.S. — where it causes about 70,000 overdose deaths annually — is made by Mexican drug cartels using precursor chemicals smuggled from Asia. On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol reported 1.53 million encounters with migrants at the southwest border with Mexico between October 2023 and September 2024. That compares to 23,721 encounters at the Canadian border during that time. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports as well. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing for national security.
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The New England Patriots used their Week 17 game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday to honor one of the best players in franchise history: Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss, who recently announced that he had been battling bile duct cancer. Before the game, the Patriots flew a “Moss 81” flag as part of the team’s traditional field-taking ceremony: Lead us out 81 @RandyMoss pic.twitter.com/1HPOYb2CNr In addition, the Patriots displayed a video tribute on their jumbotron before kickoff. We got you Randy Today’s @GilletteStadium tribute for @RandyMoss ! #LetsMossCancer | #NEPats pic.twitter.com/4hrB79IDiz A former first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings , who showed immense potential from his rookie season on, Moss joined the Patriots via the Oakland Raiders in 2007. He quickly regained his form of old, and became a reliable player for the team over the next three seasons. While he was traded back to Minnesota early in the 2010 season, Moss remained a fan favorite in New England. His return to Gillette Stadium as part of the ceremony honoring Tom Brady this summer was concrete proof of that.KBR’s Market-Leading Ammonia Technology Selected by AMUFERT, AngolaKeishon Porter scores 20 to guide North Carolina Central to 77-70 victory over Longwood
Unite the union has said the latest steps from SNP ministers to reinstate a Winter Fuel Payment from 2025/2026 does not go far enough. Last week, the Scottish Government announced every pensioner in Scotland would receive a winter heating payment of at least £100 from next winter. Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said those in receipt of pension credits or other benefits would receive £200 or £300. Scottish ministers were forced to delay plans to bring in the devolved pension age winter heating payment this year when the universality of its UK-wide counterpart was cut . Later on Tuesday – just one day before Finance Secretary Shona Robison delivers the Budget – Scottish Labour will table amendments to a bill which would expand winter heating payments under the devolved system. The amendments, during Stage 3 of the Social Security (Scotland) Bill, would also include a tapering provision so money can be recovered from those on higher incomes. Ahead of the demonstration at Holyrood on Tuesday, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham (below) said: “Scottish pensioners are facing winter right now. They must not be left to freeze just because the UK Government has picked their pockets. “The Scottish Government and Scottish Labour have been listening and we welcome steps to restore the cuts next year, but jam tomorrow won’t keep pensioners’ homes warm this winter. “Unite’s campaign has now seen some positive moves in both Scotland and Northern Ireland, but that is not enough. READ MORE: Reform will help SNP at 2026 Holyrood elections, Scottish Tory leader claims “We will not stop until the Winter Fuel Payment is restored across the UK.” The Scottish Government has been approached for comment.
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