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Alaskan Dream cruise ship moored in Alaska waters, representing the small-ship line that suddenly ceased operations before the 2026 season.

A popular Alaska cruise line suddenly closes and cancels all future cruises, leaving reservations, refunds, and questions about what happened just before the season began up in the air

By ECONEWS

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March 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Front and back views of a rare 1943 Lincoln cent, the famous bronze error coin long known as the 1943 copper penny

Millions of people searched for it for decades during the currency changeover, and now one of the world’s most coveted mythical coins, minted in 1943, is back on the market

By Adrian Villellas

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March 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Close-up of gold nuggets, illustrating China’s reported discovery of a massive underground gold deposit in Hunan Province

China finds more than 1,000 metric tons of gold under the Wangu gold field, worth about $85.9 billion

By Adrian Villellas

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March 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Protest sign reading “SNAP feeds families” with a blurred American flag in the background

SNAP work requirements now apply to adults aged 55 to 64, a bigger change than the soda and candy limits

By ECONEWS

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March 11, 2026 at 6:11 AM

SpaceX Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, near the Lower Rio Grande Valley wildlife corridor along the US Mexico border.

Elon Musk admits in February 2026 that convincing married engineers to relocate to Starbase, 40 minutes from Brownsville and near the Mexican border, has become his biggest silent problem

By Adrian Villellas

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March 10, 2026 at 8:15 AM

Mining operations in Victoria, Australia, where antimony and critical minerals are emerging as key resources for clean energy technologies.

From the gold that sparked the rush of the 1850s to antimony, which now accounts for 5% of the world’s supply: Victoria’s surprising new mining revolution

By ECONEWS

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March 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Elon Musk stands beside Tesla’s Cybercab concept vehicle at night with the door open, highlighting delays in robotaxi production.

Musk admits on X that production of the Cybercab robotaxi and Optimus humanoid is not taking off, and that could prove very costly

By ECONEWS

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March 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM

Portrait of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, whose famous quote about money still resonates today

John D. Rockefeller’s “just a little bit more” and what it says about consumption and climate change

By ECONEWS

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March 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Drill cores from deep gold exploration project at Wangu gold field in Hunan Province, China

A hidden deposit 2,000 meters underground could contain one of the largest gold reserves on the planet

By ECONEWS

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March 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Japanese drillship Chikyu conducting ultra deep sea drilling for rare earth elements near Minamitorishima Island

Japan has just lowered its drill to 19,685 feet below the ocean with the Chikyu, and the message to China is clear: we are going after rare earths even if they are 1,180 miles from Tokyo

By ECONEWS

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March 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Open pit view of the Dadonggou gold mine in Liaoning, where China identified a 1,444 ton gold deposit.

China finds 1,444 tons of gold at Liaoning’s Dadonggou mine, its largest gold discovery since 1949

By Adrian Villellas

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February 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM

Per Geijer rare earth deposit near Kiruna in northern Sweden, operated by LKAB.

China processes around 90% of the world’s rare earths, but Sweden has just pulled an “ace up its sleeve” with 2.2 million tons of oxides in Per Geijer

By Adrian Villellas

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February 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM

A store checkout screen shows “SNAP/EBT Food Stamp Benefits Accepted,” highlighting how food aid is used at the register in everyday shopping.

SNAP work requirements of 80 hours a month take effect in Illinois, Texas and Ohio, putting benefits at risk

By ECONEWS

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February 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM

World map made of US dollar bills illustrating global public debt and the most indebted countries in 2025.

A list reveals that three countries are among the most indebted in the world in 2025, with figures exceeding 120% of GDP

By ECONEWS

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February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Entrance to the La Línea Tunnel in Colombia, the longest road tunnel in Latin America, cutting through the Andes mountains

The longest tunnel in Latin America took more than 10 years to build and now connects two key regions that were previously isolated by mountains

By ECONEWS

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February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Synthetic diamond crystal held between fingers, symbolizing US-Japan plans to invest $550B to reduce reliance on China

The US and Japan consider using part of a $550 billion package for a synthetic diamond plant to reduce reliance on China

By Adrian Villellas

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February 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM

A container ship docks at a Panama Canal port as cranes load stacks of cargo, amid a dispute over long-term terminal concessions.

China warns Panama of a “heavy price” after its Supreme Court annuls CK Hutchison’s port concession

By ECONEWS

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February 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM

A renowned airline just accidentally discovered that it had a Boeing plane abandoned at an airport since 2012 and no one at the company had noticed for over a decade

By Adrian Villellas

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February 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Social Security card and federal database breach investigation involving millions of Americans

Former SSA data chief says DOGE copied the Social Security database to an unsecured cloud, putting every number at risk

By ECONEWS

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February 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Chinese geologists make history: they discover a deposit buried 3,000 meters underground with more gold than South Africa’s reserves, which could be worth more than a country’s total GDP

By Adrian Villellas

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February 13, 2026 at 5:11 AM

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A popular Alaska cruise line suddenly closes and cancels all future cruises, leaving reservations, refunds, and questions about what happened just before the season began up in the air

Millions of people searched for it for decades during the currency changeover, and now one of the world’s most coveted mythical coins, minted in 1943, is back on the market

China finds more than 1,000 metric tons of gold under the Wangu gold field, worth about $85.9 billion

SNAP work requirements now apply to adults aged 55 to 64, a bigger change than the soda and candy limits

Elon Musk admits in February 2026 that convincing married engineers to relocate to Starbase, 40 minutes from Brownsville and near the Mexican border, has become his biggest silent problem

From the gold that sparked the rush of the 1850s to antimony, which now accounts for 5% of the world’s supply: Victoria’s surprising new mining revolution

Musk admits on X that production of the Cybercab robotaxi and Optimus humanoid is not taking off, and that could prove very costly

John D. Rockefeller’s “just a little bit more” and what it says about consumption and climate change

A hidden deposit 2,000 meters underground could contain one of the largest gold reserves on the planet

Japan has just lowered its drill to 19,685 feet below the ocean with the Chikyu, and the message to China is clear: we are going after rare earths even if they are 1,180 miles from Tokyo

China finds 1,444 tons of gold at Liaoning’s Dadonggou mine, its largest gold discovery since 1949

China processes around 90% of the world’s rare earths, but Sweden has just pulled an “ace up its sleeve” with 2.2 million tons of oxides in Per Geijer

SNAP work requirements of 80 hours a month take effect in Illinois, Texas and Ohio, putting benefits at risk

A list reveals that three countries are among the most indebted in the world in 2025, with figures exceeding 120% of GDP

The longest tunnel in Latin America took more than 10 years to build and now connects two key regions that were previously isolated by mountains

The US and Japan consider using part of a $550 billion package for a synthetic diamond plant to reduce reliance on China

China warns Panama of a “heavy price” after its Supreme Court annuls CK Hutchison’s port concession

A renowned airline just accidentally discovered that it had a Boeing plane abandoned at an airport since 2012 and no one at the company had noticed for over a decade

Former SSA data chief says DOGE copied the Social Security database to an unsecured cloud, putting every number at risk

Chinese geologists make history: they discover a deposit buried 3,000 meters underground with more gold than South Africa’s reserves, which could be worth more than a country’s total GDP

In West Antarctica, a Thwaites Glacier model checked against 27 years of satellite records projects it could add up to about 1.2 inches to global seas by 2100, and that is roughly double earlier estimates

Off Mozambique, divers surveyed three peat reefs made of forest peat up to 5,000 years old, and each held 26 to 36 kinds of small fish with no living coral

In New Mexico’s White Sands National Park, footprints left beside mammoths date to 23,500 to 21,700 years ago, and pollen shows those walkers saw pine forest turn to pinyon and juniper within about 100 years

In gardens across Britain and Europe, a dark dropping up to 2 inches long can be hedgehog poop rather than a rat sign, and the Mammal Society says shiny insect fragments give it away

Scientists grew the UK’s first rice crop in four flooded paddies near Ely during the record-breaking summer of 2025, and the trial could help farmers keep the Fens’ peat soils wet

In the eastern Pacific, NASA satellites show seas up to 1.3 feet higher as NOAA gives the strongest El Niño since 1950 an 83 percent chance for October to December, and equatorial waters turn bluer

A giant isopod brought from Puerto Rico in the 1980s sat in a University of Tübingen collection under the wrong name for decades, and a closer look shows the 12.7-inch crustacean is a new species

Awunbarna in western Arnhem Land holds 20 of the 52 known recent Rainbow Serpent rock paintings, one 20 feet long, and archaeologists argue artists painted them big as colonization upended their world

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