On New Year’s Eve 2018, an arsonist started a fire in Betty’s Bay, a small town in South Africa’s Western Cape province. The fire consumed more than 12 000 hectares of vegetation, most of it…
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Entrepreneurs and innovators across India have responded quickly to the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. A host of new innovations, some emerging from start-ups that have been incubated by universities, have appeared in recent…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County By Roslan Khasawneh and Sonali Paul SINGAPORE/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday,…
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What price are you willing to pay for food? For most of us, that’s a question about money. But what if the cost were actual pain, injury and death? For some seals and dolphins, this…
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West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude went negative for the first time in history this month as oil traders got stuck between a mammoth oversupply and lack of places to store it. The international price of…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in Baar LUSAKA (Reuters) – Glencore (OTC:)’s Zambian subsidiary Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) will resume mining operations for 90 days but still expects…
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A species of mammal that lived in what is now Madagascar when dinosaurs roamed the island has finally been described today in Nature. The work is based on a complete skeleton of the animal found…
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The UK government message is clear: we are all in this pandemic together. Everyone is urged to stay at home and the businesses that are losing out from lockdown have been offered significant financial assistance.…
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© Reuters. By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The global market is headed for a surplus of between 200,000-300,000 tonnes in 2020, the head of miner Antofagasta (LON:) told Chilean media on Saturday,…
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A number of rating agencies have downgraded emerging market economies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their actions have raised the question: why do so during a crisis? This is not the first time ratings agencies have…
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