An analysis of financial inclusion in South Africa shows that affordability limits poor households’ access to formal financial services. In our study, which looked at people’s use of financial goods and services between 2008 and…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Big Rig Brewery in Kanata By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he was…
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Let’s turn back the hands of time. Before extinction knocked dinosaurs off their pillar, before the “Great Dying” extinction wiped out 95% of all organisms – we had the Paleozoic Era. During this age in…
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Civil society groups have played an important role in responding to the COVID-19 social crisis in South Africa. Examples include the “community action networks” in Cape Town and Gauteng, as well as similar initiatives in…
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© Reuters. The sun sets behind a crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday, reversing earlier…
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What does the Sun’s core look like? Sophie, aged 8, Perth What does the Sun’s core look like? This is a fantastic question Sophie, and one we will need to go on an adventure to…
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In the United States and many other countries, nationality is defined by a set of legal parameters. It may involve birthplace, parental citizenship or a circumscribed set of procedures for naturalization. Yet, in many Americans’…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An airplane comes in for a landing above an Exxon sign at a gas station in the Chicago suburb of Norridge HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp (N:) assets are likely…
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On Monday, online discussion platform Reddit permanently took down its largest community of Donald Trump supporters, r/The_Donald. The community had more than 7,000 active users per day (although this has previously been much higher). The…
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China announced in 2017 its ambition to become the world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030. While the US still leads in absolute terms, China appears to be making more rapid progress than either…
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