South Africa needs a sounder mineral beneficiation policy to tackle the challenges the country faces, particularly rising unemployment. Its beneficiation policy is not very demanding and isn’t pursued with any vigour. For example, South Africa…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – More than 1,000 climate friendly projects could line up for a piece of the…
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South Africa is now ranked 5th in the world for COVID-19 active cases, 9th for cumulative cases, and 23rd for cumulative deaths. The nation’s leadership was initially widely praised for reacting decisively and early by…
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© Reuters. News conference at LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B in New York NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced an investment program that would allocate $750 million to build…
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Kenya has, in partnership with Google’s sister firm, Loon, launched a fleet of 35 internet balloons that will provide internet services to remote areas of the country. This is the first balloon-powered internet to launch…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Companies and CEOs are increasingly wading into political issues. My latest research suggests that such corporate activism can come with high…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed Opec logo in this illustration picture By Rania El Gamal and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC fears its…
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The list of US figures whose Twitter accounts were hijacked by scammers on Wednesday US time reads like a Who’s Who of the tech and celebrity worlds: Tesla boss Elon Musk, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos,…
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I am a third-generation member of a farming family in Honduras. I fondly remember getting up before dawn every day and riding several miles on the back of a mule to join in the family…
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By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina does not plan to increase grains export taxes despite the government’s need for revenue as the coronavirus pushes the country into a deep recession this year, Agriculture…
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