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Oil Jumps 4% as Crude Stocks Fall After Hurricane Zeta Disruptions By Investing.com

Oil Jumps 4% as Crude Stocks Fall After Hurricane Zeta Disruptions By Investing.com

By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices jumped 4% on Wednesday after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles dropped 10 times more than the build expected by analysts for last week as Hurricane Zeta became the…

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South Africa has failed to harness the digital revolution: how it can fix the problem

South Africa has failed to harness the digital revolution: how it can fix the problem

Conflict arising from government's ownership of Telkom and its regulatory role contributed to failure to achieve digital transformation. Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a migration from physical work spaces in many sectors of the…

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How predators may have shaped the way some southern African lizards survive and reproduce

How predators may have shaped the way some southern African lizards survive and reproduce

Fitness, the way the naturalist Charles Darwin conceptualised it, refers to the ability of organisms to survive and reproduce successfully. Reproductive success lies in species’ ability to have offspring that are also capable of surviving…

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U.S. formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty By Reuters

U.S. formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty By Reuters

© Reuters. U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling a years-long promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw…

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why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers

why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers

Clothes shops are among the worst hit retailers from the coronavirus pandemic. Sales in the UK are still well down on pre-March levels. Big players such as H&M and Gap are closing stores, and jobs…

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new ideas from quantum theory could herald a revolution

new ideas from quantum theory could herald a revolution

Lasers were created 60 years ago this year, when three different laser devices were unveiled by independent laboratories in the United States. A few years later, one of these inventors called the unusual light sources…

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Gold Shoots Back Above $1,900 on U.S. Election Uncertainty, Covid By Investing.com

Gold Shoots Back Above $1,900 on U.S. Election Uncertainty, Covid By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold shot above $1,900 an ounce, rallying for a third day in a row on Tuesday, as the American presidential election neared its finish amid concerns of delayed…

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Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they bragged about it

Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they bragged about it

In ancient Athens, only the very wealthiest people paid direct taxes, and these went to fund the city-state’s most important national expenses – the navy and honors for the gods. While today it might sound…

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3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?

3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?

Twitter over the weekend “tagged” as manipulated a video showing US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden supposedly forgetting which state he’s in while addressing a crowd. Biden’s “hello Minnesota” greeting contrasted with prominent signage reading…

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Oil dips as surging coronavirus cases fuel demand concerns By Reuters

Oil dips as surging coronavirus cases fuel demand concerns By Reuters

© Reuters. File photo of a worker walking past a pump jack on an oil field owned by Bashneft, Bashkortostan By Sonali Paul and Koustav Samanta MELBOURNE/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as…

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