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NATO and Arctic waters as melting sea ice exposes new routes and raises military tensions in the rapidly warming northern region.

NATO warns the Arctic is a front line of strategic competition as melting ice opens new waters

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January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Jinxiuite discovery site rock sample from the Longhua nickel-cobalt deposit in Guangxi, China, shown with a centimeter scale.

Chinese geologists confirm Jinxiuite, a new mineral found in Guangxi’s Longhua nickel-cobalt deposit

By ECONEWS
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January 25, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Royal Marines training in Arctic conditions in northern Norway under the UK Norway Lunna House defense agreement.

United Kingdom and Norway sign the “Lunna House” agreement and send Royal Marines to train year-round in the Arctic, just as the region is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet

By ECONEWS
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January 25, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Person holding a U.S. Treasury Social Security check as new reports warn of a possible 23% automatic benefit cut

Social Security trustees report: benefits could be cut by about 23% when the trust fund runs out in 2033

By ECONEWS
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January 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
A dark circular patch marks the Taam Ja blue hole in Chetumal Bay, Mexico, seen from above with a small boat nearby.

Some fishermen mentioned a strangely calm patch of water, so scientists lowered their instruments and discovered a drop that seems to have no end

By ECONEWS
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January 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Rare night parrot in Australia detected by acoustic recorders in desert habitat during conservation fieldwork.

Australia’s “ghost bird” has reappeared. For decades it was almost a myth, and now there is acoustic evidence to prove it

By ECONEWS
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January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Close-up of solar panel cells on a rooftop array, illustrating research that shows panels can keep strong performance beyond 25 years.

Solar panels can last well beyond 25 years: Swiss arrays still produce over 80% of their power after three decades

By ECONEWS
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January 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Mechanic Richard Finley accused of selling classic cars entrusted for restoration in Texas fraud case.

A man took his classic car to a repair shop in Texas to have it restored, but five years later he discovered that the mechanic had sold it and disappeared with half a million dollars worth of vintage cars

By ECONEWS
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January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
European wildcat moving through woodland vegetation, as conservation groups explore bringing the species back to England.

England could once again have its wild cat, a species that has been absent for more than a century

By ECONEWS
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January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Satellite world map showing seasonal misalignment and plant growth cycles across different regions of Earth.

Satellites have just discovered that Earth does not have four equal seasons, and the new world map leaves areas “out of alignment” within a few kilometers

By ECONEWS
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January 23, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Research aircraft surveys Antarctica as an inset map shows an ancient landscape of valleys and ridges beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Beneath 2 kilometers of Antarctic ice lies a landscape untouched for 34 million years, leaving glaciologists speechless

By ECONEWS
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January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Deep-sea “yellow brick road” pattern of fractured volcanic rock on the seafloor, with small sea life visible around the cracked slabs.

A camera more than a kilometer below the Pacific Ocean found a “yellow brick road” and leaves an uncomfortable question about our seas

By ECONEWS
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January 23, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Autonomous mining trucks hauling coal at a large open pit mine in Xinjiang, China

More than 200 unmanned trucks discovered secretly excavating one of the world’s largest outdoor treasures: equivalent to more than 10,000 soccer fields

By ECONEWS
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January 23, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Aerial view of the Finke River (Larapinta) winding through a dry landscape in central Australia, with green reeds along the water.

It is between 300 and 400 million years old, flows through mountains as if they did not exist, and has survived mass extinctions: now, the oldest river on the planet faces its most modern threat

By ECONEWS
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January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
USS Zumwalt stealth destroyer making a sharp turn during sea trials

The United States launched its 610-foot, 78 MW “stealth destroyer” from the shipyard

By ECONEWS
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January 22, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Infrared-style image of U.S. forces boarding an oil tanker at sea during a pre-dawn seizure operation.

Assault before dawn in the Caribbean: Marines rappel from the USS Gerald R. Ford and seize the tanker Olina with 700,000 barrels on board

By ECONEWS
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January 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
No, the IRS is not paying $2,000 in January 2026: no new payment has been approved

No, the IRS is not paying $2,000 in January 2026: no new payment has been approved

By ECONEWS
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January 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Alarm clock over Social Security cards and U.S. flag symbolizing time-sensitive digital changes in Social Security payments.

Social Security’s digital overhaul: 24/7 online accounts, shorter waits and $17 billion in retroactive payments

By ECONEWS
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January 22, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Aerial view of a coastal water facility in California beside the Pacific Ocean, with industrial buildings, a smokestack, and intake lagoons.

California’s new water plan sounds like science fiction: plants that consume millions of tons of seawater and factories that convert wastewater into drinking water

By ECONEWS
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January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Long row of older rooftop solar panels installed on a Swiss building, showing early-generation photovoltaic modules still in use.

These solar panels have been on Swiss rooftops for more than 30 years, and they are still delivering over 80% of their original output in Switzerland

By ECONEWS
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January 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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