2/2 © Reuters. An employee rides a bicycle next to oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq 2/2 By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. senators from oil states who recently introduced…
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Traffic jams may have disappeared from our roads as people stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we can be confident they will be back. Scientists have studied traffic and congestion for decades. We know…
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The eight Francophone states that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union have agreed to drop the use of the CFA Franc. Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo will…
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© Reuters. CAIRO (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates’ energy minister Suhail Al Mazrouei said on Saturday that an OPEC+ decision to cut oil supply will have a major impact on rebalancing the oil market amid…
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The same week social distancing measures were announced in Australia (March 16 – March 22), sales of game consoles leaped 285.6%. Prior to this, sales were declining month on month. We’ve also seen a 278.5%…
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An elderly man at a social grant paypoint in South Africa after the COVID-19 lockdown. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) () Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images The public debate on strategies to…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary 2/2 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and the G20 countries agree on the need for…
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As a food waste researcher, I’m interested in how humans prepare food, eat and manage leftovers. This interest is not just confined to Earth – it extends to other planets. I recently spent two weeks…
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America’s decades-long war on drugs disproportionately harmed minorities. Now, it seems that decriminalization of marijuana hasn’t leveled the playing field. Black men are 12 times more likely than white men to spend time incarcerated in…
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2/2 © Reuters. A view shows branded oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq 2/2 By Rania El Gamal and Vladimir Soldatkin DUBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Top oil nations were finalising a deal at…
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