Mr. Curran admits that sales in the space tourism space are “quite difficult to make” and mostly come from peer-to-peer networks. “You can imagine that people who spend $450,000 going to space probably operate in environments that are not the same as yours,” he said. Some of Mr. Curran’s most popular offerings include flights where …
For example, eucalyptus grows quickly and smoothly, making it a profitable timber product. Native to Australia and several northern islands, its leaves feed koalas, which have evolved to tolerate a strong poison they contain. But in Africa and South America, where trees are grown for timber, fuel and, increasingly, carbon storage, they provide much less …
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Global trade is recovering faster-than-expected from pandemic lows in the first half of 2021 and will grow faster-than-expected next year, raising global growth forecasts, the World Trade Organization said on Monday. The WTO now forecasts that global trade in goods will increase by 10.8 percent in 2021, up from the 8 percent it forecast in …
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Then came the Delta variant. Despite keeping their country largely closed, the virus has found its way. And when it entered, it quickly spread. In the summer, South Korea battled the worst wave of infections; Hospitals in Indonesia run out of oxygen and beds; and in Thailand, healthcare workers had to turn patients away. With …
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