While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging. In a 2018 paper published after he…
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© Reuters. Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar meets Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) at the Parliament in Athens CAIRO (Reuters) – Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar has committed to ending a months-long blockade of oil…
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It’s been a rollercoaster year for Airbnb and its much-anticipated plans for an initial public offering or IPO. The home sharing platform had planned to file back in March to go public but then coronavirus…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar was confirmed in Forst SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China banned pork imports from Germany on Saturday after it confirmed its first…
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A banknote has been sitting in my wallet for six months now. As time ticks on, it burns an ever greater hole in my pocket. At first I felt uneasy spending it, following COVID-19 warnings…
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The sudden stop of the global economy in 2020 has brought to everyone’s attention the interconnectedness of supply chains across countries and continents. Add to this the mounting tensions between the US and China, with…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — Gold prices ended up for the week but the “mini rally” of the past three days — which saw the yellow metal rise less than $10 daily on…
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Google and Facebook have launched a nationwide public relations campaign in response to the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission’s draft news media bargaining code. Rather than agree to negotiate with media companies to pay for…
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The coronavirus outbreak at the Greencore factory was so bad that the UK government recently published new health and safety legislation for England in direct response to it. The sandwich factory based in Northampton had…
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2/2 © Reuters. German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier attends a news conference in Berlin 2/2 By Markus Wacket BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will have to raise the price for carbon dioxide emissions from transport and…
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