© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – The June expiry has come and gone for U.S. crude and the WTI benchmark isn’t showing any sign of clambering beneath $30 per barrel. So far, so good…
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent need has risen worldwide for specialised health and medical products. In a scramble to meet demand, “makers” in Australia and internationally have turned to 3D printing to address shortfalls.…
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The COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to trigger the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Many argue it could unravel globalisation altogether. Globalisation relies on complex links – global value chains (GVCs) – that…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan and Geoffrey Smith Investing.com – prices ended the week on a high note, as escalating tensions between China and the U.S. over Hong Kong and Covid-19 pushed money into the…
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When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice as tall as a human. We have studied…
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Significant Figures is a series from The Conversation where scholars explain an important number in the news. CC BY-SA The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, including nonprofits. With millions of jobs lost, long…
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14/14 © Reuters. ‘We brought the virus home’: Oklahoma family loses a father as COVID-19 hits rural America 2/14 By Andrew Hay and Andy Sullivan GUYMON, Okla./WASHINGTON – (Reuters) – Over 25 years, the massive…
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If you were a honeybee, how would you choose where to find flowers? Imagine your first flight out of the hive searching for food. What would you do if you saw flower patches with one…
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Severe shortages of critical medical supplies have prompted governments to compel private companies to fill the gap. In the U.S., President Donald Trump invoked rarely used powers to force General Motors to make ventilators, while…
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© Reuters. By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. biofuel trade group asked the Trump administration on Friday to deny requests from refiners seeking retroactive biofuel blending waivers after an Energy Department official…
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