Fishing tournament in Little Egg Harbor to fund Disney Cruise for child with rare condition
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Volunteers from the Southern Ocean County Chapter of the Sunshine Foundation will host their 28th Annual Fishing Tournament on Saturday, raising funds to send a local…
White House Talks Oil With Venezuela In Rare Face-To-Face Meeting
White House Talks Oil With Venezuela In Rare Face-To-Face Meeting Thomas Catenacci on March 7, 2022 The White House is considering removing sanctions from Venezuela’s energy sector amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis…
Swiss National Bank renews pledge to stem franc’s rise in rare comment
By John Revill ZURICH – The Swiss National Bank repeated on Monday its pledge to intervene on the currency markets to curb a rise in the franc after safe-haven inflows driven by…
China calls on rare earths companies to bring prices back to “reasonable” level
BEIJING – China summoned some key rare earths companies amid continuously-rising product prices and urged them to ensure a steady supply chain to help cool prices, the regulator said on Friday. The…
Rare bipartisan vote in Trenton signals unity against Phil Murphy’s Labor Department prolonged closures
TRENTON, NJ – Democrats in Trenton finally joined Republicans against New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s extended pandemic shutdown of state labor officers. On Thursday, Republican Senator Michael Testa complimented the Senate’s unanimous…
U.S. Marshals Selling Rare ‘Metropolis’ Film Poster and Warhol Piece Portraying Jacqueline Kennedy
Washington – The U.S. Marshals are holding an online auction for two valuable pieces of art, Heinz Schulz-Neudamm’s rare “Metropolis” 1927 film poster and Andy Warhol’s piece entitled “Round Jackie, 1964,” with…
Australia’s home price boom slows, Sydney takes a rare dip
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australian home prices extended their long ascent in February, though Sydney saw the first dip in 17 months as a rush of supply, rising mortgage rates and…
U.S. FDA declines to approve Amryt’s topical gel for rare skin diseases
-Amryt Pharma said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve the company’s drug for the treatment of a group of rare skin diseases called epidermolysis bullosa. The agency…
Jersey Shore Dad to Climb Mount Everest to Raise Awareness for Son’s Rare Disease
MANALAPAN, NJ – A freehold business owner and father, James Raffone is going tot the top of the world to help his son battle a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy and is…
Australia’s Lynas posts record profit on rare earths demand
– Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths Ltd posted a record first-half profit on Friday, helped by a surge in demand for the minerals used in electric vehicles amid a global push for reducing…
MP Materials reports higher profit as rare earth prices surge
– U.S. rare earth miner MP Materials Corp on Thursday posted a higher fourth-quarter profit, helped by rising prices for the minerals used to make high-end electronics and weaponry. Rare earths are…
Arctic seed vault to receive rare deposits
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO – A vault built on an Arctic mountainside to preserve the world’s crop seeds from war, disease and other catastrophes will receive new deposits on Monday, including one…
In rare move, U.S. judge rejects plea agreement by Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers
By Jonathan Allen -A U.S. judge in Georgia rejected plea agreements reached between federal prosecutors and two of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, saying she was not willing…
COVID patients face risks after hospital; kids’ hearts return to normal after rare inflammatory illness
By Nancy Lapid – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be…
China raises first batch of 2022 rare earth quota by 20%
SINGAPORE – China has set the first batch of its 2022 rare earth mining output quota at 100,800 tonnes, 20% higher than the same time last year, according to a government statement…
‘A Mad Scramble’: One Rare Mineral May Spell Doom For Electric Vehicle Market
Lithium — a mineral that is key for electric car batteries — continues to rise in price, jeopardizing the ongoing transition to renewable energy outlined by Western governments. The cost of lithium…
Montgomery County Man Sentenced for Stealing Rare 1775 Rifle from Valley Forge State Park Museum in the 1970s
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Thomas Gavin, 78, of Pottstown, PA, was sentenced to one day in prison, three years of supervised release with the first year…
United States Returns to Iraq Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Today, the United States has returned to the Republic of Iraq a rare cuneiform tablet bearing a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian poem considered one of the world’s oldest…
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