© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows railroad freight car in Omsk By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday as a sharp drop in oil stockpiles outweighed concerns that a spike…
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Can the world really press the pause button on the economy for months without mass unemployment? The experience of the Russian Federation as it emerged from the central planning of the Soviet Union nearly 30…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold fell back swiftly on Wednesday after investors booked profits on its rally to $1,800 an ounce, but backers of the safe haven said they did not expect…
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In April 2020, about two months after the African continent recorded its first case of COVID-19, the African Academy of Sciences undertook an extensive survey of its members. This allowed hundreds of scientists in African…
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The number of fireworks being lit off at night is out of control this year. While people often light off fireworks close to the Fourth of July, this year fireworks have been lit in large…
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© Reuters. By Djaffar Al Katany GOMA (Reuters) – Aisha Kalinda melts the chunks of cocoa in a pan and spoons the brown gloop into a mould which will become the latest bar produced at…
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Australia has ruled out abandoning the government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app in favour of the rival “Gapple” model developed by Google and Apple, which is gaining widespread support around the world. Deputy Chief Medical Officer…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea My new analysis of companies that seek to buy renewable electricity finds that business is becoming a powerful new ally in…
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MONTREAL (Reuters) – A UN agency agreed on Tuesday to change a landmark aviation emissions scheme, in a boost for airlines that said they could face billions of dollars in costs under the current deal…
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The federal government has announced it will spend more than a billion dollars over the next ten years to boost Australia’s cyber defences. This comes barely a week after Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned the…
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