© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed in early trade on Monday, clawing back over…
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CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to…
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John Weeks, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the School or Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), has died aged 79 from leukaemia. In the almost 15 years since retiring, he focused on popularising radical economics, achieving…
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Western Canadian canola fields are seen in full bloom before they will be harvested later this summer in rural Alberta 2/3 By Rod Nickel and Hallie Gu WINNIPEG, Manitoba/BEIJING (Reuters)…
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What does a pandemic smell like? If dogs could talk, they might be able to tell us. We’re part of an international research team, led by Dominique Grandjean at France’s National Veterinary School of Alfort,…
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Central banks are stretched to the limit, trying to support the economy during the unprecedented COVID-10 recession. The Bank of England is now considering cutting its base rate to below zero. The bank has so…
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© Reuters. A sign is seen in front of the Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. HOUSTON (Reuters) – The United Steelworkers union (USW) local representing workers at Exxon Mobil Corp’s (N:) Baton…
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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation predicted that measures to curb the spread of the disease would disproportionately affect women workers. This has certainly turned out to be true in South Africa.…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold posted its biggest daily decline in two months on Friday, falling 2%, as the dollar rebounded on a better-than-expected recovery in U.S. jobs in July. The shiny…
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How did the first person evolve? Mabel, age 7, Anglesea, Victoria. Hi Mabel, what a great question! We know humans haven’t always been around. After all, we wouldn’t have survived alongside meat-eating dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus…
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