Before coronavirus, inequality was already increasing in many parts of the developing world. But the pandemic is going to greatly heighten existing economic and social inequalities. Here are five of the main ways inequality is…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices slid on Wednesday as concerns grew…
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Over the past few days, we have been hearing the Prime Minister and the Attorney General speak of a Court of Investigations. The former referred to it while questioning the authority of the BBC, with…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Black and Latino essential workers are more likely to feel stressed over job safety and security as well as family pressures…
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© Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com — Crude oil prices slipped in early trading in New York on Tuesday, but remained largely in a holding pattern ahead of the week’s two updates on U.S. inventories and…
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If you went to use Google yesterday, you may have been met with a pop-up, warning that the tech giant’s functionality was “at risk” from new Australian government regulation. Google Australia’s managing director, Mel Silva,…
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The United States and Kenya formally launched negotiations for a free trade agreement on 8 July 2020. With the US gearing up for presidential elections in a few months, these talks may not draw much…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil edged down on Tuesday morning in Asia, even after OPEC+ said on Monday that the organization is in almost full compliance with output cuts in place to…
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When most of us think of the prehistoric past, we envision a world of bizarre, often fearsome giants. From dinosaurs to mammoths and even penguins, life then seemed larger than life today. Millions of years…
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The job of slicing up the economic pie in the U.S. has traditionally fallen to Congress, with the Federal Reserve tasked with making sure there is enough to go around. But this could soon change.…
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