The shortage of crucial medical supplies, especially personal protective equipment, has crippled the United States’ ability to quell the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 54,000 nursing home residents and workers have died from COVID-19 in the…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Police vehicles idle on the outskirts of the opposition camp against the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Cannon Ball NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on…
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Amid claims of social media platforms stifling free speech, a new challenger called Parler is drawing attention for its anti-censorship stance. Last week, Harper’s Magazine published an open letter signed by 150 academics, writers and…
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The U.S. airline industry has generally faced two obstacles in enticing more people to fly: fear and fares. Before the novel coronavirus, few feared flying thanks to the extreme rarity of airline crashes in the…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker walks on the heliport at the Brazil’s Petrobras P-66 oil rig in the offshore Santos basin in Rio de Janeiro 2/2 By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters)…
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How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to public attention when he sailed…
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As governments around the world grapple with the public health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are striking similarities with the eurozone crisis that followed the 2008 financial crisis. Having researched this crisis,…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – The global energy agency that rarely helps the positive case in oil has given a friendly boost to those long crude, just as the week comes to an…
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The number of confirmed and probable deaths from COVID-19 in New York City was 23,247 as of July 10, which is more than eight times the number who died in the 9/11 attack. Angela Weiss…
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Independence is a cardinal pillar for organisations that are set up to deliver a public good. Their success depends on it. This is particularly true of development banks such as African Development Bank, AfDB and…
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