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HVS U.S. Hotel Development Cost Survey 2025
Hospitality Net
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July 18, 2025
INTRODUCTION In 2025, the national lodging market has continued to demonstrate resilient performance, maintaining strong average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) metrics despite flat occupancy growth. Compared to 2023 and...
US Farm Agency Sacks 70 Foreign Researchers After National Security Review
Arise News
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July 18, 2025
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has dismissed around 70 foreign contract researchers following a national security review aimed at protecting the country’s food supply from foreign adversaries, including China, Russia, North...
Hopkinton Today for Friday, June 18: Open house about climate bylaws set for July 24
Hopkinton Independent - Massachusetts
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July 18, 2025
Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo of the day. An open house next week will inform residents about how the town is approaching...
Labrador to see development as Canada expands northern military defence
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 18, 2025
With Russia waging war to the west, threats to Canadian sovereignty to the south, and climate change threatening disaster— eyes are set on Canada's arctic as a hub of national defence. "There's a lot of focus on what is going to happen and...
Elon Musk's xAI Unveils 'Sustainable' Way To Cool Memphis Data Center Amid Criticism From Environmental Rights Groups
Benzinga
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Elon Musk-led artificial intelligence company, xAI, unveiled new technology that will help the company "sustainably" cool its Memphis data center. What Happened: Taking to social media platform X on Thursday, the company announced it was...
Galamsey: Advanced machinery driving Ghana’s environmental damage – Col. Festus Aboagye
Joy FM
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July 18, 2025
Retired military officer and security analyst, Colonel Festus Aboagye, has attributed the Ghana’s escalating environmental degradation from illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, to the increasing use of advanced machinery in the practice....
QFFD reaffirms commitment to inclusive, sustainable development
The Peninsula
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July 18, 2025
Doha, Qatar: Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) reaffirmed its commitment to advancing inclusive, sustainable development through active engagement at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York....
French port adopts dynaCERT’s hydrogen-based technology to cut emissions
Offshore Energy
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July 18, 2025
The French Port of Rochefort-Tonnay-Charentes has deployed Canadian dynaCERT’s hydrogen-based technology, HydraGEN, for the first time on a crane in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from port tools, machinery, and equipment....
Sustainable Barrier Coatings Market Report 2026-2036 Technology Landscape & Innovation Pipeline, Regulatory Environment & Compliance Strategy, Value Chain & Market Dynamics
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Key substrates like cartonboard and liquid paperboard lead adoption, while rigid and flexible plastics show robust growth potential. European Union regulations spearhead market expansion, creating opportunities...
Australian researchers link earlier whale migration to declining sea ice
Xinhua News Agency
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SYDNEY, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Shrinking Antarctic sea ice is making humpback whales migrate south about three weeks earlier than 21 years ago, Australian research revealed recently. According to a long-term study by Australia's University of...
New 215,000ft²+ development announced in Dubai South’s Logistics District
Logistics Manager
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July 18, 2025
Dubai South, the largest single urban master development in Dubai, has announced the launch of a new 215,278ft² development comprising multi-user logistics facilities within its Logistics District. The new facilities are formed of combinable units...
Political Stability, Robust Policy Push Creating Conducive Investment Climate: Sunil Mittal
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Political stability and a robust policy push across key sectors, including infrastructure, logistics and supply chains, are creating a conducive investment climate and rapidly advancing the nation's...
"Captain Planet and the Planeteers" Live-Action Series in Development
Sada Elbalad
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July 18, 2025
Fri 18 Jul 2025 | 12:01 PM Captain Planet and the Planeteers “Captain Planet and the Planeteers,” an animated TBS series from the ’90s about an environmentalist superhero, is being adapted into a live-action series by Netflix. Tara Hernandez, best...
How the Right Is Waging War on Climate-Conscious Investing
The Atlantic
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July 18, 2025
In January 2020, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock—the world’s largest asset-management firm—released his annual letter to corporate executives. The letters had become something of a tradition: part investor missive, part State of the Union,...
52% of Firms Assign Operational Technology Cybersecurity to Executives
Fintech News
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July 18, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox As industrial systems become more digitised and interconnected, a new global report by cybersecurity company Fortinet reveals a notable shift in how organisations...
Strengthening holistic child development through PTMs: Andhra Pradesh leads the way
The Hans India
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July 18, 2025
In a transformative stride toward improving education outcomes, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has reimagined Parent-Teacher Meetings (PTMs) as a powerful tool to support holistic child development. Under the Mega PTM 2.0 initiative, these...
PTKL 2040 Ensures Balanced Property Development, No Community Left Behind
Bernama
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July 18, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Local Plan 2040 (PTKL 2040) places strong emphasis on balancing luxury property development with the provision of affordable housing to ensure no community is left behind in the capital’s growth....
HORIBA opens new Analytical Solution Plaza to support UK science and research
LabBulletin
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July 18, 2025
publication date: Jul 18, 2025 | author/source: HORIBA From left to right: Managing Director of HORIBA MIRA and HORIBA Corporate Officer, Mr. Declan Allen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Embassy of Japan, Mr. Masaki Ikegami,...
‘We’re the canary in the coalmine’: when will Russia take action on the climate?
The Guardian
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July 18, 2025
Over the past decade, Gennadiy Shukin has increasingly struggled to recognise the landscape he has known his whole life. River crossings that used to stay solidly frozen until spring now crack underfoot. Craters have begun erupting from thawing...
Paradise regained: Feilden Clegg Bradley’s Lambeth office development
The Architects’ Journal
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July 18, 2025
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ Paradise SE11 is a six-storey speculative office building for developer Bywater that takes it name from Old Paradise Gardens, a charming park adjacent to its Lambeth site. Located in a hidden bit of the borough just...