- A Japanese consortium has decided to retain its stake in the new Russian operator of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project and is set to notify Moscow, moving to secure stable energy supplies for resource-scarce Japan https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14760780 7 comments worldnews
- Saudi invention holds immense promise for a water-scarce world http://www.arabnews.com/node/1529871/saudi-arabia 3 comments worldnews
- Medical care and supplies are scarce as gang violence chokes Haiti’s capital https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gangs-medical-care-hospitals-5ef37965e250b7a202aa6621b5b54df0 11 comments worldnews
- At Menendez’s Island Resort Fund-Raiser, Donors Were Scarce. So Was He. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/nyregion/menendez-fund-raiser-puerto-rico.html?referringSource=articleShare&smid=nytcore-ios-share 8 comments politics
- Skilled Workers Are Scarce, Posing a Challenge for Biden’s Infrastructure Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/us/politics/biden-infrastructure-plan.html 42 comments politics
- Thieves Steal California’s Scarce Water to Supply Illegal Marijuana Farms https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/07/24/thieves-steal-californias-scarce-water-to-supply-illegal-marijuana-farms/ 1108 comments nottheonion
- Gas Is So Scarce in Europe That Coal Is Making a Comeback https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/gas-is-so-scarce-in-europe-that-coal-is-making-a-comeback-1.1617067#.YMkUwEOAwL8.twitter 12 comments energy
- Haaland's record-breaking 25 goals for Dortmund have come from just 73 shots, giving him a scarcely believable conversion rate of 34.24%. He's also averaging a league goal once every 75 minutes, which is a better ratio than any other player in Bundesliga history to have scored 10 goals or more. https://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog-the-toe-poke/story/4285295/dortmund-striker-haalands-latest-bundesliga-goals-record-caps-off-incredible-first-year 442 comments soccer
- China buys first Indian rice in decades amid scarce supply | China has begun importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies from Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam https://in.reuters.com/article/india-china-rice/china-buys-first-indian-rice-in-decades-amid-scarce-supply-idinkbn28c0t3 181 comments worldnews
- How thousands of scarce Covid shots could go to waste https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/22/scarce-covid-vaccine-waste-438928 7 comments politics
- Oxygen grows scarce in some parts of India as coronavirus cases rise https://tribune.com.pk/story/2263712/oxygen-grows-scarce-in-some-parts-of-india-as-coronavirus-cases-rise 23 comments worldnews
- Venezuela on Brink of Famine With Fuel Too Scarce to Sow Crops https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-11/venezuela-on-brink-of-famine-with-fuel-too-scarce-to-sow-crops 34 comments geopolitics
- Evictions are likely to skyrocket this summer as jobs remain scarce. Black renters will be hard hit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/06/eviction-moratoriums-starwood/ 14 comments politics
- As supplies grow scarce in New York City, medical workers fear becoming patients themselves https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/23/as-supplies-grow-scarce-in-new-york-city-medical-workers-fear-becoming-patients-themselves-1268743 4 comments politics
- In Hong Kong, toilet paper is in short supply. Trust in the government is even more scarce. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-hong-kong-toilet-paper-is-in-short-supply-trust-in-the-government-is-even-more-scarce/2020/02/10/a4f0f50c-4bbd-11ea-967b-e074d302c7d4_story.html 19 comments worldnews
- The curse of the self-righteous - Trust as a scarce commodity. Ivan Krastev and David Goodhart in an interview about the new mass elites. https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/chronik/oesterreich/2046215-der-fluch-der-selbstgerechten.html 4 comments europe
- Researchers analyzing recent BBC and Netflix nature documentaries found that although they increasingly mention threats to nature, visual depictions of these threats remain scarce, potentially misleading audiences on the state of the natural world. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nature-documentaries-bbc-our-planet 245 comments science
- Economic Anxiety Might Cost Trump Reelection | The president can scarcely afford to continue the trade war, but he can scarcely afford to end it either. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/trumps-economic-anxiety/596404/ 16 comments politics
- Food will be scarce, expensive and less nutritious, climate report says https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/09/health/ipcc-report-food-security-climate-scn/index.html 34 comments politics
- India's Modi trumpets Kashmir move, but local support is scarce https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-iduskcn1v527d 11 comments worldnews
- Food will be scarce, expensive and less nutritious, climate report says https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/09/health/ipcc-report-food-security-climate-scn/index.html 284 comments worldnews
- Who keeps buying California's scarce water? Saudi Arabia https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/california-water-drought-scarce-saudi-arabia 24 comments nottheonion
- Tech Giants Are Paying Huge Salaries for Scarce A.I. Talent https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/technology/artificial-intelligence-experts-salaries.html?1 96 comments compsci
- U.S. job openings at record high; qualified workers scarce http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-jobs/u-s-job-openings-at-record-high-qualified-workers-scarce-iduskcn1bn2ac?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 85 comments politics
- New WSJ Report Shows "Scarce Supply" and "production problems" https://www.wsj.com/articles/iphones-summer-production-glitches-create-holiday-jitters-1504801636 23 comments apple
- What would you do to make the most of scarce leads? https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/6u5rt2/what_would_you_do_to_make_the_most_of_scarce_leads/ 9 comments sales
- Very meaningful for the Patriots of Bitcoin such as Roger, Jihan and others: “In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” - Mark Twain https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6sqgo1/very_meaningful_for_the_patriots_of_bitcoin_such/ 14 comments btc
- 'A misuse of scarce funds': NHS to end prescription of homeopathic remedies https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/21/a-misuse-of-scarce-funds-nhs-to-end-prescription-of-homeopathic-remedies 240 comments worldnews
- 100,000 Venezuelans cross border shopping for scarce food http://www.seattletimes.com/business/100000-venezuelans-cross-border-shopping-for-scarce-food/ 7 comments worldnews
- Oil crisis leads to food rationing in Angola: The decline in the price of crude oil badly hit Angola. The national currency kwanza nearly crashed and imports have drastically reduced. Food is scarce and more expensive such that supermarkets ration sales http://www.dw.com/en/oil-crisis-leads-to-food-rationing-in-angola/a-19051909 31 comments worldnews
- Starbucks Sells California's Scarce Water to "Help" People Without Water http://gizmodo.com/starbucks-sells-californias-scarce-water-to-help-peop-1700982772 3 comments nottheonion
- Study: With good jobs scarce, more twenty-somethings use the Army as a last resort http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/02/study-with-good-jobs-scarce-more-twenty-somethings-use-the-army-as-a-last-resort/ 12 comments army
- Frackers Guzzle Water as Texas Goes Thirsty. Rain has been scarce in South Texas, where the oil and gas boom is depleting precious aquifers http://nation.time.com/2013/09/29/frackers-guzzle-water-as-texas-goes-thirsty/?iid=tsmodule 8 comments politics
- Stories that await a storyteller : Chola empire, a great Tamil phenomenon that peaked in the 12th and 13th centuries but is scarcely remembered largely because it didn’t rule from Delhi, and we have made our historiography so Delhi or north-centric. http://www.asianage.com/columnists/stories-await-storyteller-367 28 comments india
- How a Cabal Keeps Generic Drugs Scarce: The critical shortage of generic drugs continues unabated due to pharmaceutical companies colluding causing needless deaths http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/opinion/how-a-cabal-keeps-generics-scarce.html 8 comments politics
- No future without scarce metals http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-future-scarce-metals.html 15 comments science
- Interstellar Predation Could Explain Fermi Paradox - If alien civilisations compete for scarce resources, the process of evolution may ensure that the survivors keep as quiet as possible http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26622/ 185 comments space
- In 1983, Ronald Reagan's Washington regarded high unemployment as a national emergency. Today, with unemployment kissing 10 percent, Barack Obama's Washington scarcely seems perturbed. Why? http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/203544/does-washington-care-about-unemployment 3 comments politics
- Rival colonies of bacteria can produce a lethal chemical that keeps competitors at bay, scientists report. By halting the growth of nearby colonies and even killing some of the cells, groups of bacteria preserve scarce resources for themselves, even when the encroaching colony is closely related http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100324094717.htm 5 comments science
- Most critics of a return trip to the moon are surprised when I tell them it contains an abundance of Helium-3, a potential super-fuel that is scarce on earth http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2006/12/72276 18 comments space