India, turkey, across europe and kansas city. He most recently finished the coeditor of the coeditor of First World War. And doctor t keller is a National Certified instructor. When you ask those questions, make sure they have a question mark at the end of them. Now, please help me welcome him. [applause] good evening. I am thrilled to be here and happy you could join me. I will talk about my current research, a Global Environmental history of the First World War. I am interested in Energy Geopolitics that link the battle lines on the home fronts with agricultural and industry in ways that fundamentally shaped the 20th century. So i will talk about the main battlefield many of us are familiar with, then hop, skip, and jump around the globe to point out areas that had an incredibly profound Environmental Impact. Now, few human endeavors have altered the Natural World as much as agriculture industry and warfare. In 1914, these came together in ways that were incredibly destructive. When
Going to session lows area traders have been looking past the escalating tensions to signs of the pandemic recovery. Hong kong is bracing for what the biggest protest in months as the City Government meets to discuss criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem. Shery looking at markets trading at the moment, u. S. Futures are down. 1 as the s p 500 and the rest of the broader markets are in the green. Still fading in late trading sessions. The s p 500 going back below the 3000 level. It had stayed up but bloomberg reported the u. S. Is mulling sanctions on u. S. Officials and firms over Hong Kong Chinese officials and firms over hong kong. We got chipmakers exposed to china tumbling at the end of the session. The usual laggards led the gains today which was an interesting rotation when it comes to the markets. We had data, Consumer Confidence was stabilizing in may. Looking at a mixed session in asia as we get these conflicting signals like concerns over the u. S. China relatio
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