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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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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© 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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What’s in a name? For billionaire investors in plant-based food products, potentially a lot of money. They would have cheered the loudest when the European Parliament voted in October 2020 to allow companies to label…
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The controversial and banned practice of giving horses baking soda “milkshakes” before a race doesn’t work, according to our analysis of the available research. Racing folklore says sodium bicarbonate milkshakes can boost racehorses’ endurance because…
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By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold prices rose for a second straight day, edging toward $1,900 an ounce, as the safe haven crowd leveraged on uncertainty over the outcome of Tuesday’s U.S. election and an…
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The world is gripped by fevered speculation regarding the outcome of the US presidential election. Will there be a second term for Donald Trump, or will Joe Biden best him at the polls? In a…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Rows of steam generators line a road at the Cenovus Energy Christina Lake SAGD project south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more…
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India’s pharmaceutical industry is renowned for selling medicines to the world at reasonable prices, especially developing countries. This has helped Africa in its fight against HIV/Aids, for instance. Such endeavours have earned India a reputation…
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November 2 marks 20 years since the first residents arrived on the International Space Station (ISS). The orbiting habitat has been continuously occupied ever since. Twenty straight years of life in space makes the ISS…
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