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  • Cowbois reimagines Hollywood’s Wild West – with a wonderful queer twist

    Cowbois reimagines Hollywood’s Wild West – with a wonderful queer twist

    Music and theatre can bring into the world places and stories that exist only in the imagination. Can music and theatre also change hearts and minds?

    This question is at the heart of Cowbois, a new music theatre piece written by Charlie…

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  • Fecal tests reveal active termite attacks | UCR News

    Fecal tests reveal active termite attacks | UCR News

    Termite pellets can linger long after the insects that dropped them have disappeared. By testing for microbes in the excrement, researchers can distinguish old droppings from fresh, and whether a colony is actively chewing its way through a…

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  • Venture Global hits back at Shell’s fraud claims in LNG arbitration battle

    Venture Global hits back at Shell’s fraud claims in LNG arbitration battle

    • Venture Global denies Shell’s fraud claims, cites lack of evidence
    • Shell accused of breaching arbitration confidentiality
    • Shell seeks commercial resolution despite arbitration challenge, according to email
    LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Venture Global (VG.N), opens new tab submitted its response late on Tuesday to a legal challenge from Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab over the oil major’s defeat in an arbitration case concerning liquefied natural gas cargoes, rejecting allegations of fraud and accusing Shell of breaching arbitration confidentiality.

    The legal documents submitted in New York Supreme Court mark the latest development in a prolonged saga over Venture Global’s failure to deliver LNG under long-term contracts while selling on the spot market as prices soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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    Shell and other companies including BP (BP.L), opens new tab and Edison (EDNn.MI), opens new tab filed arbitration claims against Venture Global starting in 2023. Shell in August, while BP in October. Unipec , Reuters reported previously, citing sources.

    In a challenge last month to the arbitration ruling, Shell alleged that a third party testified in arbitration that Venture Global had abruptly decided to delay the start of its Calcasieu Pass LNG plant. Shell said it asked arbitrators to study that communication, but said Venture Global avoided disclosure by giving misleading statements.

    Venture Global said in its filing on Tuesday that Shell had provided no evidence of the alleged fraud. It said the third party, which was redacted, “did not testify to written communications with Venture Global” and that Venture Global’s counsel did not make misleading statements.

    The LNG producer also said in the filing that Shell had breached arbitration confidentiality to share information with Venture Global’s counterparties and their counsel.

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    Shell’s arbitration case centred around cargoes from Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass facility. Shell also has a long-term contract with Venture Global’s Plaquemines facility.

    In its legal filing, Venture Global included an email from what it said was a Shell executive, whose name was redacted, signalling an interest in reaching a commercial resolution.

    “We remain interested in finding a commercial resolution for both the CP (Calcasieu Pass) and Plaquemines situations and I welcome a conversation at your earliest convenience,” the Shell executive told Venture Global in an email dated the same day the oil major filed its challenge.

    The Shell executive also told Venture Global in the email that the arbitration outcome between the LNG producer and BP raised significant concerns about the evidence presented in that proceeding, and suggested that Shell’s arbitration should have been decided in the same way.

    Venture Global shares, also under pressure from its exposure to a possible LNG supply glut, have declined 22% since Shell first filed the challenge last month. They are hovering near an all-time low of $6.56 per share compared with $24 when they began trading on the market in January.

    that BP won its arbitration case with an argument of unfair behaviour by Venture Global, citing five sources.

    BP’s arbitration win in October gave Shell a basis for its challenge, legal experts told Reuters.

    “Shell referencing BP’s win (in its challenge) signals that similar fact-patterns led to different tribunal outcomes, strengthening Shell’s argument that full evidentiary access matters,” said Claudio Steuer of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

    Reporting by Stephanie Kelly, Marwa Rashad and Curtis Williams; Editing by Nia Williams and Stephen Coates

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  • Asia shares ease as Fed cut priced, guidance uncertain – Reuters

    1. Asia shares ease as Fed cut priced, guidance uncertain  Reuters
    2. Fed jitters keep Asian stocks weak, FX steady  Business Recorder
    3. Traders wait for FOMC Wed  FXStreet
    4. Asian Stock Markets Stay Cautious Ahead Of Fed Decision  Finimize
    5. Asian stocks today: Markets slip as Fed anxiety builds; HSI slips 1%, Nikkei sheds 16 points  Times of India

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  • The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial is a collage of an exhibition, and a work of wonder

    The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial is a collage of an exhibition, and a work of wonder

    When the rains end, creeks and rivers run full. Suddenly, deserts bloom with all the colours of the rainbow as new life emerges. As Tony Albert, artistic director of the Fifth National Indigenous Art Triennial, says, “After the rain there…

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  • Artist Olafur Eliasson brings the outside world thrillingly to life inside the art gallery

    Artist Olafur Eliasson brings the outside world thrillingly to life inside the art gallery

    An enormous sun looms overhead in the gallery space. Somehow, it throbs and pulses with lights that render its surface active and alive. An austere rocky landscape inside another gallery reveals a riverbed and a narrow stream runs down the…

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  • Do Men and Women With Urothelial Cancer Have Different Responses to Enfortumab Vedotin?

    Do Men and Women With Urothelial Cancer Have Different Responses to Enfortumab Vedotin?

    Female patients with urothelial carcinoma may derive less benefit for the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) enfortumab vedotin (EV) than their male counterparts, according to a poster presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)…

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  • Study Identifies Optimal Preoperative Radiation Dose for Sinonasal SCC

    Study Identifies Optimal Preoperative Radiation Dose for Sinonasal SCC

    Researchers have determined the optimal preoperative radiation dose for patients with resectable sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma (SNSCC), according to a poster presented at the ASTRO 67th Annual Meeting.

    “Preoperative radiotherapy has…

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  • GE Vernova working with US government to boost stocks of rare earth yttrium

    GE Vernova working with US government to boost stocks of rare earth yttrium

    NEW YORK, Dec 10 – Gas turbine maker GE Vernova (GEV.N), opens new tab is working with the U.S. government to increase its stockpiles of the rare earth yttrium, CEO Scott Strazik said on Tuesday, as China’s export controls of the vital element create shortages across energy, aerospace and semiconductors.

    GE Vernova – one of only three major makers of gas turbines globally – has yttrium inventories to last the rest of 2025 and into next year, Strazik said, although he did not disclose how long into next year supplies would last.

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    The company is also investing in alternatives to replace certain rare earths used in production if it became necessary, although there were cost or performance trade-offs in some cases, he added.

    “We are very focused on it every day,” Strazik said in response to a question about yttrium shortages at an investor day on Tuesday.

    “We’re in good shape for the foreseeable future based on the fact that we have everything we need for this year into next year. But we will continue to be opportunistic whenever there’s an opportunity to add to the inventory,” he added.

    China, the main source of the element used in specialty alloys found in engines as well as coatings to shield against high temperatures like those found in gas turbines, restricted exports along with six other rare earths in April in retaliation for U.S. tariffs, opens new tab.
    While Washington and Beijing have since agreed to a new regime to speed up rare earth exports, yttrium users from aerospace to semiconductors complain about severe shortages, and prices outside China have risen 4,400% between January and November this year.

    Reporting by Laila Kearney in New York and Lewis Jackson in Beijing; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman

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  • MSolutions Unveils USB-C Extender with DisplayPort Alt Mode at ISE 2026

    MSolutions Unveils USB-C Extender with DisplayPort Alt Mode at ISE 2026

    MSolutions, the Ra’Anana, Israel,-based, supplier of AV cabling, collaboration, extension and test devices, returns to ISE in Barcelona with new single-cable innovations for corporate and EDU AV environments. The…

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