The challenges of informal settlements have once again been thrown into the spotlight in the midst of the current pandemic. Research has shown that some of the most at-risk populations and therefore the potential hotspots…
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© Reuters. Oil Set for Weekly Decline on Demand Doubts as Pandemic Rages On (Bloomberg) — Oil clawed back some lost ground in Asia, but is set for a weekly decline after data showed the…
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An online app called Amica is now using artificial intelligence to help separating couples make parenting arrangements and divide their assets. For many people, the coronavirus pandemic has put even the strongest of relationships to…
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The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has announced that she’s disbursed nearly US$1.7 billion to 116 organizations, since first publicly discussing her giving intentions in May of 2019. Most of the organizations aim to advance…
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© Reuters. Trump Lets Keystone Line Ship More Oil With Expansion Stalled (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration will allow the existing Keystone pipeline to carry more oil-sands into the Midwest and U.S. Gulf Coast while…
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Every two years or so, when Mars passes close to Earth in its orbit around the Sun, conditions are right to launch a spacecraft to the red planet. Launches during this period can complete the…
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That women are paid less than male colleagues is a stubborn fact in the U.S. workplace. As of July, women earned 84 cents for every dollar a man earned. It is a discrepancy that has…
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© Bloomberg. One-kilogram silver bars sit stacked at Gold Investments Ltd. bullion dealers in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Gold held its ground after a record-setting rally as investors…
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The United States is on the verge of a potentially devastating eviction crisis right in the middle of a deadly pandemic. Federal, state and local eviction moratoriums had put most of the pending cases on…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A LNG tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu By Ekaterina Kravtsova and Scott DiSavino LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A sharp increase in U.S. liquefied (LNG) output in…
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