On subsequent weekends through 23 February, the museum will also lead 11 am and 1 pm Preparing for the New Year walking tours around Chinatown.

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Now in recognition of Tudor's hardy entrepreneurial spirit - as well as almost two decades of scientific research on the continent - he has been awarded the Queen's Polar Medal (PM) in the New Year's honours list.

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Gold still down by 2:36 PM in New York, while the yield on 10-year Treasuries rose to 1.77%.

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After breaking their euro-era highs last week, Portuguese benchmark 10-year bond yields surged to 8.18% by 1:39 PM in New York, taking their spread with German bunds to 487 basis points.

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Yield on benchmark 10-year Treasuries gained 1.5% to 3.32% by 2:37 PM In New York.

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