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Is It Safe to Travel to the Bahamas? Here’s What You Need to Know.

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The tourism industry in the Bahamas contributes around 70 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, according to the U.S. Currently, Turks and Caicos and Cuba are also Level 2 because of concerns over crime. Department of Commerce, and employs half the country’s work force. What about the rest of the region?

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Ham Radio Jamming, Wireless Industry Battlegrounds, and IoT in Space

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5G has cemented its place in the cellular world, even as the industry looks towards 6G. Here are the highlights of what went down in telecom this year: Cuba Jamming Ham Radio? In August, Swarm was acquired by SpaceX , further cementing the company’s–and by extension, LoRa’s—place in an emerging IoT satellite industry.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

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The accord calls for action to hold mean warming of the Earth’s surface to no more than 2 ºC above pre-industrial levels, but does not define reductions in greenhouse gases that might be employed to achieve that goal. In the end, 188 countries voted in favor of the motion, with Cuba, Bolivia, Sudan, and Venezuela voting against it.

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Benchmark: Indonesia could become major cobalt producer; forecasts 30x boost

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The country’s government and the mining sector are determined to transform its nickel industry to meet the rising demand for Class 1 nickel, a crucial component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.). HPAL has been used since 1961 when it was first put into commercial production at Moa Bay, Cuba.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.