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Brazil’s offshore oil workers chilled by coronavirus outbreaks By Reuters

Brazil’s offshore oil workers chilled by coronavirus outbreaks By Reuters

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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Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up

Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up

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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Coronavirus recovery – lessons from the eurozone crisis

Coronavirus recovery – lessons from the eurozone crisis

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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Oil Gets Rare, Late Week Boost From IEA Demand Outlook By Investing.com

Oil Gets Rare, Late Week Boost From IEA Demand Outlook By Investing.com

© 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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How deadly is COVID-19? A biostatistician explores the question

How deadly is COVID-19? A biostatistician explores the question

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 at the heart of the African Development Bank’s ability to be effective

Independence is at the heart of the African Development Bank’s ability to be effective

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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Energy & Precious Metals – Weekly Review and Calendar Ahead By Investing.com

Energy & Precious Metals – Weekly Review and Calendar Ahead By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Is the world underestimating the demand for oil amid the new explosion in coronavirus cases? Latest International Energy Agency stats suggest so, with the IEA forecasting more consumption…

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Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty cut is not about helping first-time buyers, but shoring up the whole UK economy

Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty cut is not about helping first-time buyers, but shoring up the whole UK economy

One of the big winners in UK chancellor Rishi Sunak’s summer statement is the housing market, where stamp duty has been scrapped for all house purchases under £500,000 until March 2021. This will cost the…

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Supreme Court ruling on Oklahoma tribal land raises questions for oil industry By Reuters

Supreme Court ruling on Oklahoma tribal land raises questions for oil industry By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: General view of U.S. Supreme Court in Washington By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Supreme Court decision recognizing about half of Oklahoma as Native American reservation land has implications…

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how geopolitics triumphed over technology

how geopolitics triumphed over technology

When the United Kingdom completed its telecom supply chain review last year it gave a green light to Huawei by concluding that nationality-based bans did nothing to improve network security and could actually harm it…

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