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Boerne – A Boerne teenage cancer survivor raised more than $30,000 to help support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during a local livestock auction.Maddie Barber, 17, was battling what she thought were hereditary migraines. In the summer of 2017, after several tests, she got an answer to those debilitating headaches.“I had brain cancer. It…

A major supplier of animal feed is still buying soya and corn from a farm linked to deforestation in the Amazon, despite having pledged to clean up its global supply chains.Cargill, a giant agricultural multinational that sells feed to British chicken farms, buys crops from a farm growing soybeans on deforested land in the Brazilian Amazon.An…

For the past two weeks, pastoralists, including Tim and Chris Higham, in Western Australia's Gascoyne region have been battling ferocious bushfires that have destroyed property and livestock.Key points:340,000 hectares of land in WA's Gascoyne has been destroyed by fireHundreds of livestock on Meedo Station died in the blazeMeedo's Chris Higham…

Investors wait for the future course of action from the Fed as it is scheduled to meet next week and is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by a half-percentage point. Inflation continues to remain on its radar which has made traders nervous 09 Dec 2022, 12:43:33 PM IST Greenko places lowest bid for…

© AFP via Getty ImagesPeru’s ousted president Pedro Castillo made his first appearance in court on Thursday since being removed from office, arrested and charged with “rebellion” for attempting to shut down the Andean nation’s congress. Castillo, the leftist onetime schoolteacher, was taciturn, and let his lawyers do most of the talking at the…

Data show US inflation slowed to 7.1% last month from 7.7% in October which bolstered investors’ expectations that the Fed will downshift to an increase of 0.50 percentage points on Wednesday. 14 Dec 2022, 02:02:28 PM IST UK inflation slows to 10.7% in November British inflation slowed in November…

A charity livestock sale will take place on Easter Monday at Bandon Mart to raise funds for cancer research in memory of Cork-based dairy farmer, Denis Canniffe, who died aged 37. The fundraiser will be held at Bandon Mart on Monday, April 18, at 3:00p.m, but will also be open to buyers and spectators online via MartEye. The MC for the event…

1643099628FTSE 100 steadies, Baillie Gifford fund remains upbeatThe FTSE 100 index is 0.4% higher, up 27.5 points to 7324.65. Royal Mail shares have risen 2.5% and stocks at the forefront of yesterday's sell-off have recouped some of their losses, with betting firm Flutter Entertainment among those 2% stronger.The FTSE 250 index has improved…

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