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A new assessment ahead of the next major biodiversity conference indicates that many national conservation targets are not progressing fast enough. The warning places renewed focus on financing, land use, restoration and the uneven ability of countries to implement environmental commitments.

Investors are entering the next phase of earnings season with technology companies facing unusually high expectations and renewed scrutiny over capital spending. The market’s reaction to results may depend less on headline revenue than on guidance for AI infrastructure, margins and customer demand.

Technology stocks remained under pressure as investors questioned whether the enormous spending required for artificial-intelligence infrastructure will generate returns quickly enough. The weakness has spread beyond model developers to chipmakers, equipment suppliers and companies tied to data-center expansion.

Scientists have revised the estimated age of one of North America’s largest meteor craters, suggesting it may coincide more closely with a major global extinction event than previously believed. The finding could influence research into how impacts, climate disruption and ecological stress interact.